International Women’s Day 2019

International Women’s Day 2019

The 3 things you can influence for International Women’s Day  This year’s #IWD2019 theme is #BalanceforBetter. What does this phrase mean to you? What does it mean to your organisation? For me, it means equal opportunity for women to access the upper...
Declutter Your Headspace

Declutter Your Headspace

Don’t you just love Marie Kondo? I’m catching up with the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo when I go to the gym (it helps me do longer sessions on the cross-trainer) and I’m loving the happy declutter-induced transformation. It’s just as...
Returning-to-Work Anxiety

Returning-to-Work Anxiety

It’s normal to feel anxious when returning to work. I received a call out of the blue late one Thursday evening, asking if I’d be interested in sharing my expert opinion on BBC Radio on the theme of returning to work. Whether you’ve been off work for...
To-Do List Magic

To-Do List Magic

How “Errand Paralysis” Affects us All It was early January: the season of goal-setting and getting stuff done. I was approached by a BBC producer and asked if I’d like to share my tips on how to overcome “errand paralysis” in response to...
The Self-Promoter

The Self-Promoter

How to promote yourself better at work.   It’s a weird thing when a BBC Radio 5 Live producer contacts you saying we’d like your expert opinion as a Business Psychologist. On live radio. In two hours time. Part of me (my Inner Critic) screams...
Managing your Negative Thoughts

Managing your Negative Thoughts

As well as being a queen-gurner I’m pretty good at putting myself down (there I go again). Negative thinking is normal. But it doesn’t have to ruin your life.   Did you know that 4 out of 5 thoughts are negative? Let’s think about that for a...
Tackling the Imposter Syndrome

Tackling the Imposter Syndrome

The Fear of being Exposed is Crippling According to research 70% of us will feel like an “imposter” at some point in our career (and it’s not just specific to women). The classic signs include the following psychological elements. At some level you might… fear...
Tame Your Inner Critic in 8 Steps

Tame Your Inner Critic in 8 Steps

Tame Your Inner Critic in 8 Steps with Jess Baker Welcome to this Tame Your Inner Critic series of blogs with me, Jess Baker. I am a Chartered Business Psychologist, award-winning Leadership Coach, and since I first wrote this blog my book has been published in five...

Empower Yourself (you deserve to)

Focusing on You This is my lovely, colourful, and all-encompassing  “Empower Yourself  – a Personal Leadership” model. Okay, I’m a bit biased, but don’t you think it incorporates some much-needed focus on key elements that we as...
Tame Your Inner Critic: Good Life Well Lived Podcast

Tame Your Inner Critic: Good Life Well Lived Podcast

The Good Life Well Lived podcast Nicola invited me to talk about how to Tame Your Inner Critic when she came across my Tame Your Inner Critic FREE 5 -day online challenge. “Welcome to Episode 8 of The Good Life Well Lived podcast where I am joined by Jess Baker....