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Why fuelling great work, and preventing burnout is bigger than 'self care.'

To celebrate a friend's milestone birthday, and a significant wedding anniversary we escaped to Bali. I had two weeks away of warm, humid, tropical bliss, filled with meaningful conversations, shifts in perspective and rest. Yet I came back to work feeling absolutely empty, done and ready to throw my computer in the trash.Prior to our trip I'd been hustling hard, in order to meet client deadlines I was over-booked and trying to juggle creative work, motherhood and taking care of myself. I was wa...

Forget the competition & find your compellers: Why inspiration beats comparison everytime!

Let's talk about that familiar feeling: scrolling through social media, seeing what your peers are up to, and maybe feeling a pang of comparison. "They have such a cool website!" "All their content looks so good!" While a little healthy competition can be motivating, getting stuck in a compare-and-despair cycle can stifle your creativity and leave you feeling burnt out. Enter the idea of compellers, a cool little concept I learnt from the wonderful Kirstin Butler in her book 'The Comfort Zone."...