by Ishwari Samarakoon | July 1, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Have you heard of the Zone of Genius? It’s from Gay Hendrick’s book – The Big Leap. He talks about how in life and work, we have tasks and skills that fall into 4 zones. The key is learning to spend more time in our Zone of Genius than our Zone of Excellence as...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | June 25, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Do you put off taking leave? Or do you wait till the end of the year for the compulsory 2-week closure? Are you someone who feels bad for taking time off because taking holidays can feel indulgent? Or do you feel like you are letting your boss or the team down? Or are...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | June 10, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Let’s talk about partners. I know it seems like a strange topic to write about, especially in regard to Speech Pathology and your career. But hear me out. I was recently asked to speak about the topic of health leadership, burnout, imposter syndrome etc. It got me...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | April 29, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Right-sizing Have you heard of this concept? It’s different from downsizing which is what you do when there is a change of circumstances. This term has been used most often when kids leave home and the family home is sold for a much smaller property that is better...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | April 22, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Comfort. It can be a dirty word. We are often told our success lies just outside our comfort zone. Which means that discomfort is king when it comes to success. While I believe in that (and I truly do) for stretching ourselves, growing, accomplishing more and...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | April 8, 2024 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Are you a therapist who feels the deep need to work across the lifespan? Or do you feel the need to be able to work with any client who gets referred to you, whether that’s early language, fluency, speech sounds, literacy, AAC etc? Are you a therapist who feels bad...
