Tag: resilience
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The Menopause Conversation We Need to Have
Menopause is one of those subjects that everyone knows is important, yet for years it has been quietly avoided, brushed aside, or whispered about. It has started to get more attention lately, but too often the conversation is dominated by celebrity stories that turn into books, exercise regimes, or neat little solutions that do not…
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Why Championing Women Cannot Be a One-Day Event
I have a slightly complicated relationship with International Women’s Day. I understand why it exists, and I think it matters. There are still plenty of women whose stories have been overlooked, whose work has been undervalued, or who have had to work considerably harder than the man sitting next to them to be taken equally…
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Why I Stopped Feeling Guilty for Doing Nothing
For years I treated rest as something I had to earn. If I stopped for too long, I felt like I was cheating. Even when I did sit down, I would distract myself with scrolling or mindless games, which only left me feeling worse because I told myself I was wasting time. I thought I…
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What I Learned from My Worst Week (or Month) This Year
There are times you look back on and think, how on earth did I get through that. For me it was one of those weeks that tipped into a month, when everything seemed to land at once. Work was full on, life was messy, and the unexpected extras kept showing up whether I liked it…
