by Mayda | Aug 27, 2021 | Career, Featured, Goals, Healthy habits, Personal growth, Stress
In a world that thrives on ‘no pain, no gain’, end of summer remains my biggest trigger to date. ‘Vacation is over’, ‘Now it’s time to take things seriously’ = more work, more pressure to perform and more opportunities for my personal Imposter Syndrome to show her...
by Mayda | Jul 29, 2021 | Career, Featured, Goals
I want my boss’s job! Getting promoted is both simple and complicated: simple, because (ideally) your managers would have given you a roadmap; and complicated, because, what a surprise!, the roadmap keeps changing as you go. And while there may be many moving parts...
by Mayda | Jun 28, 2021 | Burnout, Career, Featured, Goals, Healthy habits, Personal growth
Work/life balance: myth or reality? Possibly a bit of both; everyone has their own idea of what it looks like but, unsurprisingly, somehow not in sync with what the other side of the table has in mind. So where do we take it from there? Forgo the whole concept and go...
by Mayda | Jun 1, 2021 | Featured, Goals, Healthy habits, Personal growth, Stress
The brain, our final frontier? Feels like it sometimes. Our mind seems to have a life on its own – it regulates our schedules, our actions, our interactions; and ultimately gets to set the tone for how our days will be like. What a responsibility! An unfair...
by Mayda | Mar 1, 2021 | Career, Featured, Goals, Healthy habits, Personal growth
Follow your passion and all will be well… You’ve heard that before, right? Ask around for a show of hands, how many people actually followed this advice? My guess: very few. For two reasons 1/ no idea what it means; 2/ no idea how to do it. This is the typical...
by Mayda | Jan 4, 2021 | Featured, Goals, Healthy habits, Personal growth
Not one to make New Year’s resolution? Neither am I; too much work, too much pressure; might as well not do anything. But Under my ‘Joe Cool’ persona who doesn’t do resolutions, was hiding my over-achiever who was scared of not being up to the tasks; that and my...