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Why Mixed Emotions are OK

28th August 2023 News
Whatever you're feeling after an event, it's OK. And confusion about the swirling seemingly opposing emotions is OK, too. Mixed emotions are OK.
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How The Spoon Theory Can Help With Communication

13th February 2023 Depression Illness Mental Health
Spoon Theory is a concept created by a woman named Christine Miserandino in 2003. It is a simple but powerful way of describing the limited energy and resources ...

WordFest Live Rescheduled to December 16

7th November 2022 News WordFest Live
The entire WordFest team of organizers and volunteers is excited to be actively planning for the next WordFest live this year. We do regret to inform you that, ...
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Remote Work: the Surprising Effects on Wellbeing

2nd November 2022 Guest Post News
Working from home may have some drawbacks, but the benefits far outweigh any negativity. This post looks at finding the good in remote work.

10+ Practical Tips for Actually Getting Through Work-from-Home Stress

27th September 2022 Guest Post
Work from home stress can be super difficult to deal with, but here are practical tips from a qualified expert and the GoDaddy team.
Carlin Gibbs

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The Remote Work Well-being & Mental Health Survey 2020

30th July 2020 Campaign Mental Health News
To better help understand how Big Orange Heart can deliver on its mission to support and promote positive well-being and mental health within remote working communities, we are launching our annual Well-being and Mental Health Survey.   The survey is entirely anonymous and will help improve the lives of others within ...

Balancing work and parenting when the office is in your home

18th June 2020 Business Health Coaching Remote Working Skills Health
I am a mom first. Loving three little humans is my most important work project. I also write some code here and there, contribute to marketing projects, and get involved with startups. But, before all that, I am a wife and a mom. More than 10 years ago I walked ...

Keeping Your Business Nimble – Plan for Uncertainty

16th June 2020 Bankruptcy Business Health Coaching Skills Health
Being nimble or agile in your business is a luxury of the small. Once you grow, it’s difficult to get buy-in for change. In downturns, we have opportunity – especially if we plan for uncertainty. The only thing that is constant is change. Economies expand and contract. Recessions happen. Industries ...
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Why?

9th June 2020 Anxiety Business Health Honest Conversations Mental Health Mindfullness
A decade ago, I found myself being introduced to multi-level marketing. Yes, somehow I found myself at one of those “talks” – full of well-intentioned people fully believing this business model was the key to success, the key to giving you what you wanted if only you worked for it. ...

Maintaining your mental health charity

2nd June 2020 #MayYourHeartBeOrange Campaign Fundraising Honest Conversations
Big Orange Heart needs a minimum of £10,000 (about $12,500 or Euro 11,000) every month to operate at its simplest level. This enables us to continue supporting the mental well-being and health of those of us that work remotely, at our present level.  Last week we shared just where that ...

Light Reading for the Heavy Heart: I Am Enough

29th May 2020 Coaching Light Reading for the Heavy Heart Mental Health Mindfullness
“I am not the best. I don’t have to be. I am enough.” Luvie Ajayi Every day we are bombarded with images, movies, ideas, and thoughts of what we should be, when what we are is truly all we need to be.  From childhood we are taught that to be ...
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Managing Remote Teams

27th May 2020 Business Health Coaching Mental Health Skills Health
Remote work is getting quite a bit of spotlight lately. And it’s no wonder. There has been significant pushback in the remote-work movement for years. In the interview with Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of Basecamp, 99u asked him how to help managers overcome this fear.  “Some managers may wonder ...
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Being Stronger #Together – the podcasts

21st May 2020 #MayYourHeartBeOrange #together COVID-19
For a month now we’ve been sharing short podcasts recorded by our wonderful Nathan Wrigley. They were all unrehearsed and the podcasts are largely unedited – just people telling their stories of how they’re managing right now. We're in something new. We've not been here before, much has been lost ...

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