In our forthcoming book, The Super-Helper Syndrome, the final chapter is called the compassionate life. Without giving away too much of a spoiler, that chapter comes back to Jess’ own life history which had popped up earlier in the book. The final chapter starts with...
Empathy says, ‘I feel your pain’.Compassion says, ‘What can I do to relieve it?’ (Jess Baker) Being kinder to others as well as yourself has a place in your professional life as well as your personal life. Researchers have been...
“ALL I CAN SMELL IS CIGARETTE SMOKE” Have you heard of Phantosmia? I’ve had it for 6 days now, and it’s challenged everything I know about living mindfully. It has quite literally been doing my head in. I wouldn’t mind if I was smelling...
Are you a People-Pleaser? Watch out! If you’ve got strong people-pleaser tendencies, you are likely to accommodate other people’s needs readily. Maybe you suspect someone you know is a people-pleaser, so I will break this down a little further:...
International Day of Happiness It’s the UN’s International Day of Happiness today and their theme is ‘Choose to Help’ – how perfect for us! Firstly, Happiness Can I be totally honest? I loathe the idea of ‘pursuing’ of...
Do you know what exhaustion feels like? Meet Kim, she’s a nurse, or in her words ‘just a nurse’. When she first qualified twenty-three years ago she had bags of energy, but these days she mostly feels, ‘tired all the time’. She is often...
Are you the ‘fixer’ in your family? Whilst there’s some form of tension in every family, there’s also usually one person who plays the role of the fixer, peacemaker or mediator. Is this you and how does that play out? If this is you, it’s likely that you...
Compassion Fatigue for the Masses Is anyone else tired of the news, feeling deflated or powerless to do anything about the state of world? There’s actually good reason for this – we can only cope with so much ‘trauma’ before our mind and body begin to shut down....
Hands up! Who else has experienced the Imposter Syndrome at some point in your life? Mine first revealed itself when I started a ‘posh’ all girls’ secondary school and I felt totally out of my comfort zone. It continued when when I was given a senior HR manager role...
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