Here I'm musing on the struggle to write concisely, what I hope to achieve, and four ideas to start writing more concisely and with focus.
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A Deep(er) Dive into Authenticity in the Workplace
It’s no secret that workplace culture is shifting in a major way, and as I’ve been exploring authenticity throughout the first half of this year, I couldn’t help but expand it to the employee experience once again. Here are some perspectives that might help you feel more authentic at work.
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What Are We Searching For?
If we never give ourselves the opportunity to cultivate self-awareness, we can easily find ourselves walking through life unaware of where our authentic wants and needs are misaligned, and so we start to feel conflicted, lost, and yes - generally inauthentic. So we begin searching - but what exactly is it…
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Cultivating Authenticity With a Creative Practice
We all want to lead authentic lives, but often we don't know where to start. Let's explore how engaging in a creative practice can help cultivate authenticity.
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The Peaceful Warrior: How To Slow Dance With Fear
I've always thought it's important to pick up your creative medium of choice, uphold your boundaries, fight through your fears, and make art. As I’ve spent more time making stuff, I’ve decided my inner creative warrior is more of a peaceful warrior. A lover, not a fighter. Read on as we discuss…
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The Key to Cultivating Authenticity (and a Significant Omission from the Three Pillars Approach!)
We’re a little over half-way through the year, and as I've been working with the intention word "authenticity", I’ve realized I missed a key component to cultivating it!
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Why I’m Happily Back in the Office (and the Drawbacks of WFH)
We cubicle bumblebees love to idealize work-from-home arrangements. The reclamation of commute time, the quiet space, the sweatpants… But there's a certain joy that's come from returning to the office after three years!
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Reclaiming My Creative Space (and Reprioritizing My Life)
I was struck by inspiration one evening, just as I was setting up my home office to return to work after a creatively expansive year-long maternity leave. It came in the form of this quote: Put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write,…
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Happy May 1st, Accountants!
A very happy Accountants’ Holiday to you, Canadian number crunchers! We made it another year! I hope all my accountant friends are enjoying the day off (or at least recovering peacefully from their respective tax parties). If you know a public accountant (or you are one), you know we all…
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How to Work From Home (After Building Your Career In-Office)
I was absolutely a work-from-home advocate pre-pandemic. As it happened, we were actually very close to completing a work-from-home proposal at my office when the pandemic struck! How about that for coincidental timing. With the matter settled, I said goodbye to my “creative cubicle” and set up my little home…
