Stuck in “Analysis Paralysis?” Stop Overthinking and Make Decisions with Ease

by Ishwari Samarakoon | February 26, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog

Do you spend your time second-guessing your decisions? Playing with a decision over and over again in your mind? Or do you externalise the worry by canvassing your friends and family for their thoughts? & when you do this, do you find that you are no closer to...

From Empire to ME Weeks: Reclaiming Success in Speech Pathology

by Ishwari Samarakoon | February 20, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance

Do you know what success means to you? Does success look like having a lot of money? If so, exactly how much? Does it mean having more time? If so, exactly how much? Does it mean accolades? If so, which ones? Often we are striving for success but we don’t know exactly...

Do you trust yourself? If not, it’s a super power you need to build.

by Ishwari Samarakoon | February 12, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance

Self-trust.It’s such a BIG thing.Do you have it?Is it something you are still having to figure out?When I was 29, all of a sudden I was single. End of an 11-year relationship. I was living on my own for the first time. I had to work out not only where I was going to...

Breaking the Cycle: Rethinking Monthly Expectations

by Ishwari Samarakoon | January 30, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance

Are you ready for February? I asked this on my Instagram story on the weekend. The census was a loud NO.  With each new month, it feels like we have to do better.  The expectations are high.  Each month feels like a new beginning. A chance to re-write the goals,...

The Overcommitment Trap – has it caught you?

by Ishwari Samarakoon | January 16, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance

Are you in the habit of overcommitting? Whether this is to a new goal, task or idea. Or to a person or request. Often we try to do too much. I definitely know I do.  I think I have more time than I do. I think I have more energy or desire than I do.  Or I want to make...

Let’s make starting a whole lot easier

by Ishwari Samarakoon | January 7, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog

Starting is hard. Whether it’s starting a new year.  Starting back at work. Starting a new job. Or starting a new goal. You can feel stuck and the inertia is real. It can feel very big and knowing where to start and what to do first can be tricky. The key to starting...