by Ishwari Samarakoon | October 28, 2024 | Boundaries, Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Let me explain. Just because you can see clients across the lifespan doesn’t mean you should. Just because you can start your own private practice doesn’t mean you should. Just because you can hire an employee or contract...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | October 15, 2024 | Boundaries, Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Do you spend your Sunday’s dreading Mondays? Or worse still, all of Sunday procrastinating on all the things you want to do to get ready for the new week? Or are you someone who gets into a mad rush around 4-6pm, trying to get everything done and staying up late into...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | September 24, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Recently I was on Instagram and saw a fabulous comic. It was about a husband who, whilst doing the dishes, accidentally broke a glass. He put the glass on the bench to throw away after he finished the dishes. Only problem, after he was done, the glass remained on the...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | September 3, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Do you know how long a task takes you? Not the big tasks like writing a report but the little ones? Importantly, do you give yourself enough time in your day for these small tasks? Or do you find yourself at the end of each day going “Where did all my admin time go?”...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | August 12, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Saying NO is hard. Not just for you but for everyone. Why is that? Because we are conditioned, especially as women to say yes. It has been drilled into us. We are taught to consider other people before we consider ourselves and what we need. So what do we do? How...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | July 15, 2024 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog
Have you ever wondered – why do I need a mentor? Why is one important? Especially since you have seen plenty of people around you do well without one. I think this is such a fair question. So let me know answer it for you. A mentor is not just a supervisor,...
