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Discernment – The ultimate life hack in 2024

Always hypervisible! The idea that success is a 'one size fits all' approach and not trusting your instincts or that something can be done in a different way is harmful and exhausting. If like me you are highly emotionally sensitive to people and situations. One of the reasons for this...

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Why are we holding grudges?

Holding onto past hurts As humans, we often indulge in the practice of holding onto past hurt in the form of grudges. A grudge is the manifestation of harboured anger, bitterness, resentment, or other negative feelings that persist long after someone has caused us pain. However, the practice of nursing...

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Empowering black & brown healthcare professionals

Mental Health Awareness Week The percentage of black and brown healthcare professionals experiencing harassment, bullying and abuse from patients, relatives and the public has increased. As we approach mental health awareness week and the official theme for 2023's Mental Health Awareness Week isย anxiety. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are at...

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Do you often feel disappointed in yourself or others?

Do you often feel disappointed in yourself or others? Last week in our People Leaders discussion, one of my colleagues quoted;ย  โ€˜The absence of deserved recognition is resentmentโ€™ Working in an organisational context I am often asked to dream up simplistic, institutionalised solutions to help people leaders manage complex day...

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๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐€๐‚๐Š๐‹๐€๐’๐‡!

๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐€๐‚๐Š๐‹๐€๐’๐‡!I've felt really upset by this whole "quiet quitting" debate!Putting in extra hours or taking on additional responsibilities to prove my worth is not something I have been adverse to in my career and it still isnโ€™t!But, if work is consuming your life and you're expected to do...

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Black Female Founder – This is Me!

I am good enoughI am fearlessI am confidentLet me break it downย I am a Black British born female. Living in London, with Jamaican heritage.ย Yes, both my parents are black!! (this is a regular question, I am asked constantly)!!I first trained as a therapist in 1999. I had always been fascinated...

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Being Black, Female and a Founder

Black Female Founder Based on estimates by the UK government, UK Black female-owned enterprises account for 0.63% of all micro, small and medium enterprises, while Black female adults make up 1.56% of the total UK population. The number of black female founders is increasing in the UK but only 0.5%...

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Episode 81 – Becoming a Cheerleader

Black Women Leading & Winning Series 5 Michaela Jeffrey Morrison, Chief Executive Officer, Ascend Global Media. Founder of the Women in Technology World Series, a cutting-edge digital platform and conference portfolio dedicated to diversity and inclusion. She has directed numerous high profile conferences in Europe and The USA to promote...

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Mixed Fragility & Colourism

The Mixed-Race Identity In society, we often think about identity in a binary or mono-racial way which can leave mixed-race people struggling to find places where they feel they fit in. Mixed-race people can have dissimilar experiences growing up and struggle between occupying two different sides of heritage at the...

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