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Michelle Minnikin

Michelle Minnikin

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Organisational Psychologist & Coach

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Join date: Mar 27, 2021

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Jun 13, 20263 min
This time last year, I didn’t know if it would work
Wild, right? I do now. Before I sat down to write this, I pulled two cards. The 3 of Materials (Pentacles). And the Moon. The 3 of Pentacles is the card of collaboration - skilled people, doing meaningful work, building something together. The Moon is about what lies beneath the surface. The hidden things. Trusting the process even when you can’t yet see where you’re going. I sat with that for a moment. Then I started writing. This time last year, I was building something I totally believed...

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Jun 7, 20264 min
Everything at once
What the most ironic three weeks of my professional life taught me about invisible labour - and receiving. Three weeks ago, James hurt his leg. Badly. This comes straight after I hurt my back (I’m almost fully recovered, thank goddess). Which meant that by the time I rocked up on Thursday to run a two-hour masterclass called Why You’re Exhausted (And It’s Not Because You’re Doing Too Much), I had lived through what might be the most ironic lead-up of my professional life. Let me paint you a...

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May 25, 20262 min
The Exhaustion That Rest Doesn't Fix
On going viral, the voice that wouldn't let me stop, and what's underneath it Last week, a post went viral. Over 115,000 people saw it. Almost 2,500 liked it. Hundreds of comments. My phone became a small, vibrating rectangle of notifications, and my full-time job became responding to strangers on the internet. Which I am genuinely glad about. The conversation mattered. The rage in those comments was real, and it was right, and it needed somewhere to go. But by Friday, I was spent. And...

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