Stacey’s Insights

Take a moment to pause, check in and consider -- How are you feeling at the end of December? Are you excited for a well-earned break, or running on empty? Wherever you are right now, I hope you get to celebrate, rest and enjoy the holidays. But before you close the...

How often do YOU pause and reflect? It wasn’t until I hit the point of burnout several years ago that I realised: I NEVER reflected on my career. As an Activator in the StrengthsFinder assessment, I’m a natural doer. Someone who dives into action, works hard and...

Several years ago I made an extreme and completely out of character decision... I closed my business for 2 months. To do -- absolutely nothing. You see, I’d reached another cycle of complete burnout after YEARS of working 60+ hour weeks, late nights and weekends. I...

Do you have a big goal or project you’ve been dreaming about for YEARS -- yet for some reason, you keep putting it off? Launching a podcast was on my priority list since 2018. But I’d tell myself the tech was too difficult or I didn’t have time. Then suddenly, another...

You've worked hard to get where you are and have already achieved a lot of career success. You want to continue to invest time and energy into growing your career -- but balance this with priorities outside work. But can you have big career ambitions without...

Is your job getting in the way of the career you want? A topic which comes up a lot in my coaching sessions is how to balance your long-term career goals with the demands of your current role. Like one client put it, it’s easy to get caught up in the ‘hamster wheel’...