Blog - WorkLifePsych

Oct 14

Take your personal development to the next level

Our free online personal development community has been up and running for quite some time now. The WorkLifePsych Club has (at the time of writing) almost 600 members from around the world - all with one thing in common: a desire to learn and grow. I’m delighted to announce that,... read more →

Sep 09

Productivity: it’s not binary

How do you think about your productivity? Do you think about it as a state to reach, a goal to achieve. “If only I had the perfect set of apps or the right routine - I’d be productive”. And, once productive, there’s no going back. Right? It’s not so simple... read more →

Sep 03

Eight years of WorkLifePsych. So what’s next?

Well this has come around very quickly! I’m sure, like lots of people, two years of COVID lockdowns and disruption has left me with a very warped sense of time. But still - this month marks eight years since I set up WorkLifePsych. Wow. I decided to go out on... read more →

Jan 22

Manage those tasks with Todoist

Back in December, we turned our attention to productivity and ran our monthly community meet-up with that in mind. Specifically, how to identify, capture and manage your important tasks. The session featured a live demonstration of how to get started with my task manager of choice: Todoist. Knowing the timing of the... read more →

Jan 04

Course correction, not reinvention

As we roll into another new year, we can feel enormous pressure to reinvent ourselves, committing to unsustainable changes and resolutions. Given the events of the last two years, do any of us need the pressure of additional significant life changes? Even outside of a global pandemic, adopting a 'big... read more →

Dec 12

Make next week even better with a weekly review

My latest video on our YouTube channel is a simple guide to conducting your own weekly review. Looking back on our week allows us to 'bank' what went well, consider what didn't and identify practical changes we're going to make the following week. When coaching my clients, they're often put... read more →

Dec 08

A free introduction to Todoist

For this month's online community meet-up, I'll be facilitating an introduction to my task management app of choice: Todoist. In past meet-ups, we've looked at the role of values, how to make career decisions and how to cultivate a healthier relationship with our personal devices. In this session, I'll be... read more →

Sep 15

Considering coaching? Our podcast resources explored.

We wrapped up our recent podcast series on coaching last week, posing the question 'Can a manager be a coach?' If you're considering coaching for yourself or your organisation, this is a great place to start. In this post, I look back on the series and signpost how we explored... read more →

Jun 29

What is coaching? Getting unstuck.

The latest episode of our podcast represents the start of a new series focusing on coaching. We start with the very essential question: what is coaching? In the past, I shared various academic definitions of coaching and the coaching relationship. But these days, I tend to describe it as the process... read more →

Jun 25

90 episodes later…

I'll be honest with you. I started our podcast as an experiment. In a world filled to the brim with podcasts, did we really need one more? And was there even room for another psychology podcast? Well, ninety episodes later, it seems like we have an audience. A growing one,... read more →