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Trialing black coffee this week as part of my intermittent fasting drive. It packs quite a punch.

Had to ask the kind lady in the cafe to water mine down!

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" The Summers Day, Mary Oliver

It's Summer...Finally!

The Summers Day* is my favorite poem.

I really do love the lines above.

Rachel Morris and I explored these ideas in the After Burnout series - Planning a Working Life YOU want.

It's out this week on the You Are Not a Frog Podcast. Listen here.

We discussed -

How does living your wild and precious life look - on a Monday morning?

How can we live our best life - while juggling the (let's be honest) messy parts of life?

What do you think? Have a listen then hit reply with your take.

There are a host of circumstances and choices that have brought us here, to this point in life.

And maybe some choices we haven't made.

Yet.

Returning to work can be an opportunity to review these choices,

It's a natural transition point to ask the question -

Is how I'm working, working for me?

For my finances?

For my team?

For my family?

Career Coaching can be a great way to explore your choices, make new decisions, and be the support you need.

Click here to learn more.

If you prefer to share ideas with others, I run a lovely small group workshop - Love your Return to Work.

Love Your Return to Work - Small Group Course Info

You will learn

How to sustain yourself at work
How to boost your confidence
How to reconnect after your time away
How to manage change
How to review if this way of working, is working for you

Key Info

3 week course
Live via zoom
Q and A
All sessions recorded to watchback later
Workbook included
Full Price - £180
With 25% Early Bird Discount - £135
Any questions? - email me and ask away!

Love Your Return to Work - Click HERE to Register

High stress jobs can be demanding at the best of times, but when you are feeling rusty and vulnerable returning to work can feel overwhelming. Joining Rachel Morris on the “You Are Not a Frog” Podcast is worth a listen where we talk more about this.

Click here to listen - then hit reply to tell me your thoughts!

Nuggets for you

The Summers Day* - listen in full here. So lovely to hear Mary's voice.

Get Working - If you enjoyed this weeks podcast, listen here for part 1 - After Burnout: Going Back to Work

Bojo's out - Change is in the air. Choices over the next PM. How can we respond, rather than react to change? Read here for brief musings from the Thrive Well News archive.

Feel it - "The more you feel your feelings, the easier it gets to understand them" Click here for a creative tweet.

If it were easy everyone would do it - Click here for inspiration on reframing hurdles.

Rebellious Hope continues - The wonderful Deborah James, cancer campaigner, mum, sister, wife, journalist, has died peacefully with her family around her. Read more here. Typing this with tears in my eyes...