When Productivity Becomes Armour
There’s a difference between purposeful work and needing to keep doing something. What if productivity can become armour, helping us feel safe, useful, in control or worthy?
There’s a difference between purposeful work and needing to keep doing something. What if productivity can become armour, helping us feel safe, useful, in control or worthy?
What if other people can see your contribution more clearly than you can? An unexpected award made me question how the High Achiever decides what counts — and why what we’ve already done can disappear so quickly.
You can be successful, capable and highly visible while still hiding in plain sight. This blog explores the protective strategies that help us succeed while sometimes preventing others from truly seeing us.
Many of us spend years waiting to feel ready before making a change. This blog explores why readiness is often built through participation rather than preparation.
A few peaceful days camping showed me something I hadn’t expected. It wasn’t my circumstances that changed when I got home, it was the old story I slipped back into. This is what happened when I realised I’d put my armour back on.