by Zena Everett | Feb 3, 2025 | Zena Everett's Blog
Pop tarts don’t benefit us in any way, although I’m sure they taste great. There is a work equivalent of pop tarts: low value tasks with no benefit, involving extra layers of touch points and bureaucracy. Is your...
by Zena Everett | May 17, 2022 | Zena Everett's Blog
Teachers are popping pills to keep up with their excessive workload, a recent UK teachers’ conference was told. The 24/7 culture is driving teachers out of education. School leaders were called out as the biggest culprit, messaging teachers...
by Zena Everett | Sep 8, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
Instead of feeling restored from your holidays, are you feeling lethargic, a bit down, struggling to snap back into the swing of things? Jet lag without the jet lag? Feeling the post-holiday blues is a normal psychological response to a well-earned break....
by Zena Everett | Jan 11, 2021 | Zena Everett's Blog
It’s a new year and you are probably full of great intentions, or at least you were until the latest lockdown. Me too. I’m making my own kefir. Let’s see if that’s still happening by February. How can we build our reserves of positive energy so we can cope,...
by Zena Everett | Mar 18, 2020 | Zena Everett's Blog
For years I’ve asked Crazy Busy delegates what they would do if they had an extra hour a day. Predictably their answers always include sleep, read fiction, read around their own subject, cook a decent meal from scratch, exercise, spend uninterrupted time with their...