Do you ever dread Mondays? The ‘reality bites’ moment after the weekend?
The start of the week can be a rude wake up call even if we love our job.
But for anyone feeling burnt out and exhausted, it can be another reminder of the sheer relentless of the world right now. My work around #resilience won’t offer a magic wand or extra days for the weekend, but I hope it might help you.
It’s allowed me to reframe my relationship with that relentless feeling.
I now take a few minutes every Monday on the walk home from dropping my son at school to stop and breathe, to pause and consider, to rest and admire and feel grateful.
Today was bitterly cold after days of rain, a blue sky and gorgeous light on the autumn trees, the village sheep clustered together in the field’s corner.
Then it’s home for a coffee and to spend five mins planning my day before I start my tasks.
Wishing you all a kind transition back to work (while noting that some may have been working the weekend so hopefully this applies for any day marking the week’s start).
I am a journalist, author and speaker. With more than two decades media experience, I am an expert communicator and media consultant with an extensive network, and someone who is committed to supporting news rooms and media leaders to create safe, successful spaces for a more effective and empathetic industry.
I have co-authored various ground-breaking reports into the safety of women journalists, the kidnapping of journalists and moral injury and the media, as well as being involved in the development and delivery of curricula and courses on issues including gender-sensitive reporting and countering sexual harassment .
My key areas of expertise include journalism safety, mental health, gender and ethics and I have written and spoken extensively on these subjects.
I am widely respected for her skills in moderating and facilitating conversations on a range of subjects, have been published by some of world's leading media outlets and am comfortable speaking in front of large audiences.
I am also an award-winning author of flash fiction, which has been published widely, and my debut collection is being launched in 2021.
I have recently finished my first novel and am now working on a memoir, provisionally entitled 'Aftershocks.'
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