We often read snappy articles that instruct us to "manage our stress". Hmm, that can be irritating to read as a highly educated smart adult human who needs to earn money and care for small humans (or big ones). What does it actually mean? How do we do that in a busy life? As a burnout prevention and leadership coach I spend a lot of time working wi…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I speak with a former colleague who has moved across and lived in many countries with her husband, children and dog and works long days as a regional manager for a busy team. In this conversation she shares some of her experience around balancing work and life and health. We talk about prioritising. delegating, (o…

In this episode of Work, Family, Me, I sat down with Allison Wimalasuriya from Australia. Allison Wimalasuriya is an Australian woman in her thirties who works in the corporate world as a manager of employees, deadlines, and clients, studies pilates, parents an active toddler, exercises every day and is in an intercultural marriage. Hmm. How do the…

When we are in the day to day it feels hard to raise our heads and look at the big picture. We're IN the school drop offs, the rushing to get on a call, the pressure of the project. One of the things that I found so valuable about this conversation with Fiona Moguenot is her perspective of looking back on working and parenting from the vantage poin…

We talk A LOT about work life balance at the moment and one key of this is being intentional about separating out work time vs not work time. SO many of my 1:1 clients have very blurry lines - or no lines at all - around what work is and with hybrid flexible working, constant e-mails, multiple time zones and pressures that is no surprise. Not havin…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I speak with Shiivani Aggarwal from Delhi, India. She is the CEO of Formula Group, a woman in her 40s, and a mother of a 4-year-old boy. Despite her long days in the office, she manages to spend time with friends and family and eat healthy food! Tune in to learn how she does it. Listen to hear… What balance means …

In this episode of Work Family Me, I chat with Marie O’Neill - the Irish co-owner and Managing Director of EER, one of the Middle East’s leading relocation, immigration, and corporate services companies. Marie is also a mother to two girls (one a very newborn baby), a wife, a conference attendee and speaker, a board member in Industry Organisations…

We often talk about the later stages of burnout, the results, the exhaustion, the depression, the physical collapse. We don't talk so much about the thinking patterns, behavioural changes and phases prior to that. In this short (20 min-ish) solo episode I share with you the 12 stages of burnout as coined by Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North in t…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I chat with Sybille. She works as an immigration manager for a successful tech company and balances her job with parenting, a partner who works shifts, a consistent yoga practice, and a passion for music. Listen to hear perspectives on… impacts of affordable childcare (and the lack thereof) on choices limited soci…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I speak with Tanja McCandie. She is a Canadian national living, working, and parenting in Japan. She works as an associate professor, advocates for gender and teacher development, and handles homework, laundry, and baseball games while her husband works abroad. Listen to hear two “difficult women” discuss: Feminis…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I talk about a very common emotion that crops up in these conversations with working women and with my hard-working 1:1 clients in general...GUILT. Listen to hear… What the point of guilt is! An important differentiation to make for yourself. How to use guilt productively Some examples and challenges A 4-step proc…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I chat with Johanna Lennartson. Johanna is a Swedish woman in her early 40s who lives in Stockholm with her partner and two daughters and works full-time as an MD. Listen to hear… Some strategies for saying yes to your children (even when the to do list feels endless) A very unusual mindset around doing dishes (an…

In this episode of Work Family Me, I chat with Sara Vartore, an American business owner, entrepreneur, peak performance coach, mother of two, homeschooler, and just general all-around awesome woman. Listen to hear… The behind the scenes of growing a business Some tips for handling the discomfort of handing over responsibilities A different way of d…

Welcome to this episode of the Work Family Me podcast where I chat with Daniela Lima, a Brazilian woman in her 40s with a leadership role in a large multinational company, two children at home, a partner, friends, and a passion for champagne. Listen to hear... an exercise mindset gem 2 non-negotiables that help Dani manage a LOT of things a reframe…

Welcome to a series of conversations with working women from a variety of cultures and industries hosted by Maude Burger-Smith, an experienced women’s burnout and leadership coach, a certified sex, love, and relationship coach and curious feminist. Maude works with women around preventing burnout and healing high functioning depression and in this …