When you move up faster than your friends: what it does to old relationships
Success does not land in empty space, but among friends and in the family. Why envy, guilt and a quiet loyalty to where you come from arrive with a promotion — and…
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Bosses, colleagues, meetings, resignations and Sunday anxiety. A workplace is a system with roles, like a family - posts about what happens to us at work and how we carry it home.
Your last day: how to say goodbye to a team that meant something to you
Your last day at work often hurts more than it is allowed to — even when leaving was your choice. Why saying goodbye to a team is not a formality, and how…
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After redundancies: what happens to the people who stay
After redundancies, much is said about those who left and little about those who stay. Guilt, fear and quiet grief are more common among them than we think.
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“We’re a family”: why this sentence at work is a warning sign
“We’re a family” speaks to a real need to belong. But in a company it can blur boundaries, hide an imbalance of power and turn loyalty into a debt only one side…
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Secondary traumatisation: when the stories you listen to change you
Social workers, paramedics, police officers and teachers carry traces of traumas they never lived through. What secondary traumatisation is, how to recognise it, and what protects the individual and the team.
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The professional mask: the cost of being someone else at work
You are kind all day, and at home there is nothing left. What emotional labour is, why hiding feelings is more tiring than feeling them, and how to put the mask down…
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Why you can't celebrate your own success
Success arrives, touches you and evaporates. Why you can't savour it — and how family messages about modesty, your team and your inner voice all play a part.
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Boredom at work: an underrated state that isn't laziness
You do nothing all day, yet you're exhausted by the evening. Boredom at work isn't laziness but a signal — about challenge, meaning and the role you play in your team.
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Shame after a mistake: why one error eats up a whole month
The mistake was fixed within an hour, yet weeks later you are still thinking about it. What separates guilt from shame, why the thoughts keep circling and how to return a mistake…
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Crying at work: why we fear it so much and what it really means
One tear in a meeting and the feeling you have revealed too much. What tears actually do, why the workplace handles them so badly and how to respond when someone else cries.
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