How to prepare for your PhD viva
It’s almost been a year since I had my viva but I still get asked regularly how I prepared for my viva. This is a difficult question to answer and […]
Category Archives: Organization
Guest blog: Executive coach Dr Siân Taylor explores how practicing mindfulness helps her to help others
One of the best “side effects” to becoming more mindful can be the positive influence that it has on our compassion for others and on our level of patience. This […]
4 simple tips for getting back on track
Although blogging is one of my favourite things to do, over the past few months finding the time to write has slipped down my list of priorities for various reasons. […]
Making it Mindful at Christmas – preparing for the big day
Is it just me or does the run up to Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year?! On the one hand, I’m not complaining as I love an […]
Is mindfulness the key to achieving a work life balance?
This year I successfully completed my PhD – one of the most enjoyable yet demanding experiences I have ever been through. During the final few months, everything was overshadowed by […]
Dealing with disappointment…
Most of us have goals that we are aiming to meet, and everyone’s goal is unique to their situation but I’m sure most of us have had an experience where […]
Why basing our identity on our role could be holding us back…
As I grow older one of the most common things I’m asked when I meet new people is “what do you do?” For over three years, my answer was “I’m […]
5 tips for organizing your wardrobe
Cleaning out my wardrobe has been on my to do list for what feels like forever. For some reason an excuse would always come up as to why now was […]
Procrastination – why we do it and how to stop it.
Procrastination, also known as the ‘art of putting things off’ has been spoken about for centuries. You might recognise it as that voice in your head that tells you that […]
Happiness Update – 50 days of using my ‘Happiness Planner’
Sometime ago (around 50 days ago to be precise!) I invested in a 100 day Happiness Planner, as I mentioned here, I was looking for ways to become more mindful […]
