When life feels overwhelming, finding space for joy can feel impossible. But even the busiest schedules can make room for microdoses of happiness—small, intentional acts that lift your mood and energy.
Here’s how to start:
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Write Your Joy List
Think about the small things that make you happy. I...
We just got back from a weekend in the stunning Sunshine Coast hinterland, and it feels like we’ve been away for a week. That sense of escape, rest, and recharge was exactly what we needed.
We’d booked the weekend two months in advance—something research suggests is a clever way to maximise happine...
I get it—busy, busy, busy. Every moment filled, rushing from one thing to the next, hoping for a sliver of peace and quiet. Balancing everyone else’s needs while trying to carve out just a little time for yourself.
It’s exhausting, isn’t it?
Here’s today’s challenge: how can you spend more moments...
This weekend, I’m heading to the beach—my happy place. A quiet beach offers the perfect combination of nature, stillness, and connection with loved ones. For me, it’s the ideal recipe to recharge.
Most of my recharge rituals involve water—ideally moving water—but saltwater is my clear favourite. Th...
We know that how we respond is a choice. But how we think about things? That’s a choice too—a decision we make every day.
Call it mindset, attitude, or something else, but the truth is this: where we allow our thoughts to go, how long they linger, and the quality of what we focus on is within our c...
"How did it come to this?" she asked, her voice heavy with defeat.
I was speaking with a smart, successful woman—a leader juggling motherhood and a demanding executive role during Melbourne’s COVID lockdown. That day, she was bouncing her two-year-old on her lap, her six-year-old tugging on her eve...
A week at the beach with the children, following the end of a long project, has been a wonderful reminder of the importance of taking time to recharge.
At the start of the project, our team deliberately planned for recovery. Success wasn’t just about delivering on expectations; it was also about cr...
Feeling Exhausted, Detached, or Not Performing Like You Could?
There’s a big difference between feeling tired and being burned out.
Burnout, recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2019 as an occupational phenomenon, stems from chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been successfully ma...
As we gradually return to our workplaces, I’m reflecting on how not to squander the reset of the last few months.
Like many of you, I’ve experienced a shift—once the intensity of crisis management eased, I found unexpected pockets of quiet. Moments that would have been spent rushing between meeting...
