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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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WordPress Freelancers: Job Costing Is Your Best Friend

7th August 2019 Business Health Remote Working
Freelancing has many benefits but also has drawbacks. One of the drawbacks to freelancing is hidden costs in the form of overhead and scope creep. This is why job costing is your best friend and advocate. Since I came from an accounting background, I’m passionate about this subject and gave ...
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Introducing The Big Orange Heart Partnership Team

5th August 2019 Fundraising News
Big Orange Heart has been rapidly expanding in terms of the levels of support delivered to the WordPress community. To-date over 2,500 hours of companionship and mentorship have been delivered, with over 3,500 members registered for our live events, volunteers have very generously donated over 5,000 hours, and we’ve had over ...

The Joy of Houseplants

2nd August 2019 Depression Mindfullness
When it comes to small changes that will increase your joy, adding a houseplant or two may be just the trick. I recently looked around at my apartment (that I’ve lived in for fifteen years) and said, “This place needs life.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy about my roommate ...
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Small things to make a positive change #3 – Mental Health

23rd July 2019 Coaching Depression Mental Health Mindfullness
For some of us that work from home, getting dressed might fall into this category, although for others this may be a big step. Falling into the routine of staying in a dressing-gown or pj’s whilst working can inadvertently have a negative impact on the way we view our circumstances. ...

Big Orange Heart at #WCEU 2019

22nd July 2019 #HeadToWCEU Events News Skills Health
When Dan asked me to join the team for WordCamp Europe 2019 in Berlin it was a mix of, mostly, over-excited emotions and a dose of fear of the unknown, but yes, mostly utterly chuffed to little mint balls (aka very, very pleased). We arrived in good time to settle ...

Contingency Plans for Freelancers

19th July 2019 #PressForward Business Health Coaching Skills Health
What happens when we go on vacation or have downtime due to health reasons? Do we have another freelancer we can count on to make sure the work is done on time? Creating contingency plans as a WordPress freelancer is a vital part of taking care of yourself — and ...
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The #PressPause mini podcast series roundup

11th July 2019 #PressForward Business Health Mental Health Physical Health Skills Health
On the run up to WordCamp Europe 2019, Big Orange Heart joined forces with WPMU Dev for a series for short podcasts to encourage people to attend WordCamps: #001 – Why go to WordCamp – Nathan and Micah go over why they like WordCamp as well as discussing some of ...

Small things to make a positive change #2 – Physical Health

9th July 2019 Coaching Physical Health
How often do we not do small things, brushing them aside as ineffective and not worth those few minutes, or even allowing ourselves that short amount of time because we are so focused on what we’re doing, and then something else comes along and the “small thing” is forgotten? Well, ...

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