Wellbeing
Your health and wellbeing is as important as mastering the challenges of small business management and development. Check out our step-by-step course to solo success.
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Wellbeing
It’s time to trust Melburnians to make their own COVID-safe decisions
After days of speculation, today’s announcement by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews was pretty much as we expected: a significant lifting of restrictions, albeit only a half-step out of lockdown.
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Wellbeing
Hey big business! 5 ways to support the mental health of your small business clients
I’ve been fortunate to be a part of the development of some fantastic resources that support the mental health of small business owners. We’ve come a long way recognising the importance of mentally healthy workplaces during the past ten years. I am grateful to have been a part of this understanding but nowadays I realise that we need more.
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Wellbeing
It’s World Mental Health Day
With 50% of our Flying Solo community sharing their struggle with anxiety and depression in response to COVID, today's World Mental Health Day has extra significance. The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has urged struggling small business owners to reach out for help on World Mental Health Day (October 10).
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Wellbeing
5 ways to add meaning to your life
Quite often in coaching sessions, the topic of ‘Meaning’ comes up. Sometimes it’s eluded to, other times it’s spoken about directly. It might be a question: What is it, exactly? A want – for more meaningful work or relationships. Or it might become a discussion about what’s meaningful in a client’s life right now.
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Wellbeing
Your guide to COVID restrictions state by state
While COVID-19 restrictions were initially announced by the federal government and implemented across Australia in March, since then the states and territories have devised their own strategies to manage the virus. This approach acknowledges different areas will be affected in different ways and at varying times.
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Wellbeing
Podcast 234: How to get out of your own way when it comes to creating success
Insecurity coach Jaemin Frazer believes it's our uncertainty and fear about the people we really are that impedes our success in all areas of life and business. He says challenging these unhelpful beliefs will create a transformational shift towards success.
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How to harness the power of people outside your business to help it thrive
Have you ever thought about how you might approach your business differently if the internet did not exist? This idea sprouts from the anti-marketing discussion I occasionally have with people who feel overwhelmed by ‘all the things’ they feel pressure to show up for in their marketing activities for a business in the digital age.
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Wellbeing
Soothing words for crummy self-talk
It’s not perfect. I’m not ready. I always do this. People will think… These unhelpful statements can become way too familiar and can significantly influence your actions, happiness and future. Here are four crummy statements that don’t help. Replaced with soothing words that do.
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Wellbeing
5 simple ways to support your small business friends
Whether in lockdown or not, one of the things I enjoy most about the freedom of owning my business is having the ability to join forces with other businesses in my local area and dream up fun ways of supporting each other. Two heads are better than one and sharing ideas gets the creative juices flowing. These relationships are not motivated by financial gain but by the mutual benefits of working together with authenticity and respect.
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Wellbeing
Recently unemployed? Here’s my advice for your weekends
As someone who has been displaced a couple of times in their career, I will be sharing some of my journey and tips with you over the next few weeks. One thing I can tell you that has proven to work for me, and others I know in the same boat, is to make sure you give yourself some time off. I know that is hard. I know the anxiety and the stress and fear that can creep in.
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Wellbeing
What you need to know about burnout
No one aims to burn out. So how does burnout happen? Why do we push beyond our boundaries? And what puts freelancers and small business owners on a crash course?
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Wellbeing
How to help a Melburnian right now
This life we are leading is confronting and surreal. We cannot leave the house even for a walk down the street without a mask. (Can you imagine trying to get a grumpy teenager out of the house for a walk around the streets as ‘daily exercise’, wearing a mask?)
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Wellbeing
Sole traders are REAL businesses
I’m cranky. Chalk that up to the cumulative effects of the Victorian lockdowns. But it’s also a reaction to the dismissive treatment of sole traders.
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Wellbeing
Want to make a change? Get advice from someone who doesn’t care about you
When life coach Jaemin Frazer came up with the name of his business, The Insecurity Project it went against every ‘rule’ in the business book.
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Wellbeing
Explainer: what is a ‘state of disaster’ and what powers does it confer?
A “state of disaster” has been declared for the whole of Victoria from 6pm, Sunday August 2, for a month. How is this different from the existing “state of emergency” and what powers does it give the Andrews government?
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Wellbeing
Taking a break is not being lazy, it’s working smart
A few weeks back I wrote about being a small business owner and the impact Covid 19 had on my personal health and wellbeing, Can you hear the cry of your body over the noise of Covid19? It was a fairly frank account of suffering burnout as a result of trying to do everything and be everything in my fitness business whilst pivoting to online delivery. It was also an experience shared by so many business owners across the board.
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Wellbeing
Coronavirus update: VIC records 723 new diagnoses, 3 NSW schools close, QLD charges women over false declaration
Coronavirus update: VIC records 723 new diagnoses, 3 NSW schools close, QLD charges women over false declaration.
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Wellbeing
My imposter syndrome started when I became a mum
You’ve been faking it, big time. You really have no idea what you are doing and it’s only a matter of time before someone comes up and taps you on the shoulder and quietly asks you to leave the room without making a scene.
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Wellbeing
Podcast 228: How to safeguard your mental health during COVID
New research from MYOB shows 50% of our small business community are facing COVID-induced mental health challenges. Flying Solo editor Lucy Kippist speaks with Smiling Mind Lead Pyschologist, Mike Hines to discover how we can turn this statistic around.
