Career and Leadership Advice
9 Common Misconceptions About Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the innate ability to observe, recognize, and manage your emotions constructively. Giving you the ability to communicate effectively, handle stressful situations, prevent conflicts, conquer challenges, and empathise with others. Yet it is often misunderstood, in this blog, I unpack 9 common misconceptions about having a high EQ.
How to Handle an Unexpected Job Loss
Losing a job is often stressful, frustrating, and scary. When you lose it unexpectedly though, those feelings are more likely to triple. If it's happened to you, know that it is normal to start panicking. Here’s what you should do next.
Why Change Careers When You Can Pivot Instead?
With the job market heating up as employers struggle to attract suitable candidates, there’s never been a better time to make a career pivot.
Anticipatory Anxiety: How to Stop Worrying About the Future
When we are faced with unprecedented experiences such as the one we are living through right now, it is very easy to focus on all the negatives and tap into our inner pessimist. This mind hack is to help you bring a more balanced outlook to what the coming days and weeks might bring.
What to do When You Feel Overwhelmed
Overwhelm is when you are feeling paralysed emotionally and you are unable to cope with or handle your current circumstances. One of the ways to manage those feelings of overwhelm is to shift your focus from an internal (in your head) to an external (what’s around you) focus.
How to Practise Square Breathing
Square breathing, or box breathing as it is commonly known, is an easy and simple way to calm down your busy brain. It’s a useful technique to add to your mental toolkit and something you can do anywhere, anytime when you feel stressed.
How to Stop Anxious Thoughts
The goal of this exercise is to become more aware of when we are worrying needlessly about those things we cannot influence. When we watch the news regularly, we can easily start spiralling into anxious thoughts.
Ask Rachel: How do I stop my manager from making snarky comments towards me?
Dear anon,
Putting up with snarky remarks from anyone, never mind your boss, takes a lot of energy and enjoyment out of your day. It is a difficult situation to be in.
How to Stop Self-sabotage at Work
Do you feel sometimes that you get it your own way? Self-sabotaging behaviour is more common than you might think. Find out how you can learn to overcome it and achieve your goals.
The 5 Stages of Stress
We often don’t realise the symptoms that our stress is leading to burnout. These are the five stages you need to know.
How Can You Tell When it’s Time to Quit Your Job?
Most people have days when they feel like quitting their job. However, if it’s something you can’t stop thinking about, read on to find out how you can get past this hurdle without any regret.
Discover the Power of Active Listening
Listening is one of the most important skills you can have. How well you listen has a major impact on how well you do your job and on the quality of your relationships, both at work and in your private life.