Is It That Work Doesn’t Allow You to Have Boundaries or That *You* Don’t?

If you struggle with saying no, expressing your limits and knowing your responsibilities at work, it’s time to have an honest conversation with yourself. Is it that you can’t say no or that you’ve never said no in the first place? Is it that you can’t say that...

Being naive about ‘authority figures’ is a blind spot we need to clear up

Sometimes we can be wilfully and even dangerously naive about people we perceive to be authority figures. We decide, for instance, that because of someone’s profession, they always do the right thing. It’s this mistaken belief that authorities always have...

My 9 Favourite Career and Business Books for People Pleasers, Perfectionists and Overthinkers

As a recovering people pleaser, perfectionist and overthinker, atypical careers and business books often leave me feeling cold and drained. They push heavily on productivity, morning routines, hustling and basically performing at society’s idea of what...

Podcast Ep. 220: We’re Allowed To Have Work Boundaries

Over the last several months, I’ve been chatting with a range of people behind the scenes about their relationship with work. Something that became immediately apparent is that most people don’t think that they can have work boundaries. And even if they...

Podcast Ep. 208: Scope Creep Makes Your Boundaries Beep

This week’s episode of The Baggage Reclaim Sessions is all about scope creep, when the expectations, requirements, goals, vision, etc., shift beyond what was originally agreed. While it’s a project management term, not only is scope creep rife in the...