It's no secret we live busy, chaotic lives. Most of us experience stress on a regular basis, and it can feel hard to find peace and stillness. In workshops and 1:1 work I talk regularly about taming self-sabotage, being compassionate to ourselves, and being with our...
Yesterday I delivered a workshop on Wellbeing and Technology at the Civil Society Media Charity Technology Conference. We had about thirty people in the room exploring the costs of technology, whether we are addicted to our technology, what we want our relationship with technology to be like, and...
What does ‘the system’ mean to you? Is it your workplace? Is it the politicians? Is it the owners of big business? Is it the train company? Is it society as a whole? We are all operating within a number of different systems, and how we...
Last week we delivered three sessions on self-care and resilience at the brilliant ACEVO conference. We are proud to have worked with ACEVO in various ways over the past three years to promote this important topic in the not-for-profit sector. We know that working for social good in...
The wellbeing of yourself, your team, and your organisation as a whole must be regularly tended to. Wellbeing isn’t just about putting a few strategies in place; it’s an ongoing, ever-changing process. Our needs change over time as we grow and develop. Within organisations, wellbeing needs...
..is 'what is our company's wellbeing strategy?' Wellbeing, self-care, and emotional intelligence are not a luxury, they are an absolute priority. The landscape is changing; early adopter organisations are recognising wellbeing isn't a nice to have. It is essential. It needs to be implemented in order for individuals...
Working in the charity sector feels like a never-ending list of to-dos. There is always more that can be done; more supporting, more campaigning, more fundraising, more developing. This perspective, which permeates the sector, keeps us in 'perpetually busy' mode. We're always on, always moving, always...
Happy September. It's gorgeous here on the south coast today: still and sunny. 'Should I stay or should I go' was a constant question for me when working in the not-for-profit sector. There were plus points and negative points about working in the roles I did,...
Workplaces have a culture. There are unspoken rules about how you interact with colleagues, how you show up in meetings, how far you might go in sharing new ideas, and how much you speak out about things that concern you. There are rules. And often those...
Our brilliant Bird associate Elloa Atkinson sent me a groundbreaking book yesterday. It's called Reinventing Organisations (I recommend the illustrated version) and talks about the next paradigm of work. I am out of my mind with excitement about this book. It shares, that what we're looking at in future is...