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...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | December 19, 2023 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Are you struggling to get your admin done? Do you always feel behind in your reports, emails, progress notes and calls? It’s an awful feeling when the work starts to pile up. We start by feeling terrible, blaming ourselves and soon it’s so overwhelming that the...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | December 11, 2023 | Career, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
FOMO It’s real and we all suffer from it. Jump on social media and we are instantly hit by it. It also happens throughout the day, through conversations and helpful suggestions. It’s easy to want what others have. It’s easy to think you want what others have. ...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | November 28, 2023 | The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Work-life balance is like happiness. We all want it but it can be fleeting especially if we aren’t clear about what it looks like. Work-life balance isn’t one thing. It’s also not stable, consistent or forever. Instead, it’s ever-changing, growing, leaving and...
by Ishwari Samarakoon | November 13, 2023 | Career, Hard conversations, The Speechie Life Blog, Work-Life balance
Here’s a little secret about boundaries. Boundaries in relationships are hard to hold. They are hard for you to hold. They are hard for other people to hold. ( Glossary definition of boundaries ) So when we are talking about boundaries, we need to start, explore,...
