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.
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…
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.
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!
The Creative Cubicle: Haven for Inspiration or Sign of a Cluttered Mind?
Cluttered desk, cluttered mind. Or is it empty desk, empty mind? Tour a cubicle-filled office and you’ll probably see a moderate amount of stuff on the desks, a few resources on the wall, maybe some personal effects, but occasionally you’ll run into two extremes: Let me tell you, I have…
The Reciprocal Relationship Between Creativity and Career
Many of us struggle with trying to enjoy a prolific creative life while holding down a 9-to-5, and so we just... Don't! We resolve that we'll pick up our hobbies again upon retirement, and until then we go on trudging through our day jobs. That can't be right, can it?…
Where Authenticity Gets Tricky: Exploring the Grey Areas
Is it just me who thinks that sometimes authenticity is a bit… Tricky? Maybe it’s my accountant’s mind, but I keep looking for the “rules of authenticity”, and I can’t find them. There may not be a rulebook, but we cover three guiding pillars in: How To Embrace Authenticity In…
How To Embrace Authenticity In Your Daily Life
My intention word for the year: "Authenticity." In this post we explore how to cultivate authenticity and we delve into the challenges of maintaining authenticity in various areas of life including our comfort zones, creativity, and workplaces.