Journal
You’re Human, Of Course You Have a Negative Bias.
Tips to help combat your built-in defense of assuming the worst. The negative bias we have as human beings is an evolutionary function we developed eons ago to help us survive in the wild. Our ancestors became acutely attuned to possible threats in their environment...
The Conscious Self Is Here.
After 7 years of coaching extraordinary creative leaders, professionals & entrepreneurs 1:1, I am excited to share that I have listened to requests and will now be offering small group coaching experiences. The initial program, The Conscious Self, is a 7 week...
An Expansive Mindset is Good for People, Profit & Planet
An expansive mindset can look like going deep inwards and uncovering what you already know. An expansive mindset can look like pushing out of your current reality - what you currently know, see and belief - to creating new realities. An expansive mindset can look like...
All You Need To Know About Breathwork + Flow State: An Interview with Dave Murphy
TLDR: Tape your move shut when you sleep; flow state is the ultimate human advantage over AI. Breathwork and flow state are powerful, accessible, research-backed tools that unlock enhanced wellbeing, creativity and performance. They are modalities I often suggest to...
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to the Fear of Failure
‘Only losers don’t feel like losers’ - DVF. I was reading the Diane Von Furstenberg piece in The New Yorker today. The interview is a perfect example of how showing vulnerability can paradoxically make you look even more strong than if you hadn’t shared weakness at...
Key Tactics for Managing Conflict and Difficult Conversations
Most of us are expert at sabotaging conflict resolution whether we realise it or not. In our daily interactions, conflicts and difficult conversations are inevitable. How we navigate these challenges can greatly impact our relationships, sense of self and ability to...
Holistic Listening: A Crucial Skill in Today’s World
For the sake of humanity we all need to (re)learn how to listen. In our distracted, overstimulated states in a world that is changing at a speed we haven’t experienced before, it’s becoming harder and harder to listen. And I mean truly listen - to ourselves, others...
Self-Sabotage 101: Understanding & Overcoming Our Inner Saboteurs
I recently did the below Q&A with Casper Magazine on self-sabotage. They asked about what drives self-sabotaging behaviour, the different ways it manifests and what to do to move into a more supportive and sage mindset. If you haven’t already, take the saboteur...
Preventing the Pitfalls of Introspection: Self-Consciousness & Self-Centredness
Does becoming more self-aware make us more self-conscious or self-centred? It's a valid concern, especially in today's individualistic society where insecurity and self-absorption can easily take root. Without the proper approach, self-awareness can inadvertently feed...
How to Take Advantage of Impostor Syndrome & Break the Impostor Cycle
Jennifer grew up being told she was ‘the smart one’. That she didn’t have to do any work to achieve top marks. That she was a natural. Now, as a Creative Director at a top agency, she always feels like whatever success she achieves isn’t success at all because she had...
The Creativity Paradoxes: What They Are & How To Manage Them
Creativity is a loaded word and the creative process is full of paradoxes. The most obvious paradox is the undulating frustration and euphoria we experience during the creative process. We can all relate to the agony of staring at a blank canvas feeling blank...
Navigate the Maze of Decision Making: 5 Steps to Guide You
It’s not about right or wrong but about finding the best path forward with what you know.
The Key Elements of Post-Traumatic Growth That Help at Work
Sarah was mortified. Recently promoted, she had spent weeks thoroughly preparing for her first major presentation to the Executive Team and she botched it. Five days had passed and she still woke up in the middle of the night with such bad anxiety that she had trouble...
What it Means to Have Presence & How to Cultivate it
Years ago, pre-pandemic, I was conducting face-to-face coaching sessions with Creative Directors at an advertising agency in New York. One morning stands out to me now as I write about having presence because of the stark difference between the presence of two...
Feeling Stuck? What to Do to Get Clarity
Steps you can take to break the cycle of doubt, indecision and fear that prevents you from gaining clarity and taking authentic action in your life.
How to Stop Wasting your Energy in 2024
We give our energy away all too easily and often without realising it until it’s too late.
How to Reap the Benefits of Stress & Perform Better
There is such a thing as Positive Stress. It’s called Eustress and it’s key to helping us perform under pressure.
How Stream of Consciousness Writing Helps Decision Making
Stream of consciousness writing is a method that allows your thoughts to flow onto paper without any conscious structure.
How to Combat Negative Bias
Negative bias is a natural survival mechanism that in our modern world, can become harmful. But we can learn ways to stop it from producing anxiety.
Why Is Emotional Intelligence Important?
Emotional intelligence empowers us to become better leaders and happier, more satisfied human beings.
What is Conscious Leadership and Why is it Important
Conversations around leadership can create a false division in our minds between the leaders and the followers.
The Best Way to Make the Best Decision
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Every day we make hundreds of them.
How Not to Negotiate with Terrorists A.K.A Emotional Manipulators
Emotional manipulators can play dirty but that doesn’t mean you have to.
4 Ways to Lift the Languish
Languishing. It’s the fancy word for that blah feeling you’ve been feeling during the pandemic.
We’re All Marathon Runners Now – Here are 3 Strategies to Finish the Race
Ways to sustain yourself and create structure in an uncertain world.
Life Lessons from Mandatory Australian Quarantine
Ten days ago I stepped onto my native soil of Australia after two weeks in mandatory quarantine.
How to Channel the Benefits of Negative Emotions at Work
Work has never been easy. Before the pandemic knocked us sideways, we were plenty busy managing stress, fear and frustration in the workplace.
How to Make Decisions When You Can’t Really Plan for Anything
First published on mindbodygreen on August 13, 2020.
How to Practice Empathy in the Workplace and Why it’s Important
First published on mindbodygreen on June 28, 2020.
5 Exercises to Find the Job That’s Actually Right for You
First published on mindbodygreen on May 27, 2020.
4 Ways to Grow from Professional Hardship
First published on mindbodygreen on May 13, 2020.
Managing Coronavirus Anxiety Isn’t a One-Size-Fits-All. Here’s How to Find What Works for You
The one thing you need to know about self-care during Coronavirus.
How to Boost Mindfulness During the Coronavirus Outbreak
First published on Refinery29 on March 19, 2020.
How to Make Building Resilience a Powerful Habit
Building resilience can hurt along the way. In fact, it almost has to hurt for it to be effective. The question is, is the pain worth it?
How To Be an Authentic Leader in Times Of Crisis
Finding and expressing your form of leadership is what matters.
How to Endure Hardship the Modern Way
Practicing a mindset of Stoic Empathy allows you to endure hardship gracefully while maintaining healthy emotional connections with yourself and others.
How to be a Grounded Leader in our Volatile and Uncertain World
How do we stay grounded in times of crisis? When everything is shifting beneath us, keeping ourselves calm and connected is one of the biggest challenges that we face in life.
Stop Giving Advice and Learn how to Provide Meaningful Support
Giving advice rarely helps people, instead it makes them defensive and self-doubting.
How to Build and Benefit from a Mind, Body, Spirit Practice
Stop dealing with stress through control and start reducing it through connecting to your authentic self.
How to be an Influential Leader by Being Vulnerable
It’s not about denying your innate exposure, it’s about leveraging it for success.
How to Daydream to Boost Your Creative Leadership
Rarely do we solve problems by staring at a screen.