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Balance
verb
1. put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.
2. offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another.

Considering your values and not falling are two big components of balance. Until I read the
definition of balance, I never knew that. The idea of work:life balance had always been so abstract
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With job stability returning after the pandemic, employees are becoming more comfortable with the thought of changing job roles and moving to a new company. Hence, the start of the ‘Great Resignation’. 

Employee turnover rates are currently sitting at an average of 15% but are expected to continue rising. How can you keep hold of your employees during this time? Keep reading!

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Even 15 minutes for your own self-care adds up over a number of days and weeks.

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Many of us have spent the last 8-12 weeks in some form of lockdown and I imagine for some people, you’re beginning to get in the swing of it.  We are adaptable creatures and whilst sometimes we fear change, we are generally pretty resilient. (more…)

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” ― Mark Twain

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Change

Things have changed.  Remember back in January when we all had holidays planned, events to attend (and organise), we all had a normal life.  Some liked that normal, some weren’t so keen but we all were living in a world when the words unprecedented, COVID-19, and social distancing weren’t being uttered everyday.

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Compassion

If you live in the UK, you will be hard pressed to have missed the clap for carers on a Thursday evening at 8pm, the efforts of 100 year old Captain Tom Moore who smashed his £1,000 fundraising target by £29million or you may well be one of the 750,000 people that registered as volunteers for the NHS. (more…)

Challenge

Challenging is one word to describe what is going on at the moment.  I can think of a lot of other words but let’s go for challenging.

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Control

‘We cannot control the wind, but we can adjust the sails.’ – Bertha Calloway

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Connection

There are certain people in the last month that I have spoken to more than I have in the last 6 months.  Apparently all it takes is a pandemic for me to re-connect with some people!

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