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When Your Workplace Feels Like A Badly Written Sitcom
Here you are, wondering why working with other humans has to be so monumentally difficult.
Whether you're bottom rung in Spalding or top dog in Singapore (thanks, Zoom!), it's like being trapped in a particularly tedious episode of The Office - except no one's laughing. (While you're busy being your anxiety's butler, serving up fresh workplace worries 24/7)
Pick your Position In the Corporate Circus:
Bottom Rung Blues
There you are, watching the mess unfold like a slow-motion train wreck. You can see exactly what needs fixing (it's not exactly rocket science), but apparently your invisible clock of junior status means that your ideas float past like tumbleweeds. And yes, you'll be the one dealing with the fallout when it all goes spectacularly wrong.
Brilliant.
Middle Management Madness:
Ah, the filling in the corporate sandwich! Trying to translate upper management's latest "blue sky thinking" into something that won't cause a revolt on the shop floor. Meanwhile, you're catching flak from both directions like some sort of human lightning rod.
Fun times!
Top of the Tree Troubles:
Finally made it to the top after years of hard graft? Congratulations! Now you're discovering that actually getting people to do things is about as easy as herding cats. You've tried asking nicely (didn't work), you've tried being firm (definitely didn't work), and now you're wondering whether interpretative dance might be worth a shot.
What's Your Particular Workplace Pickle?
The Passive Aggressive Parade:
"Oh well done for finishing that report...eventually." Sound familiar? Those lovely colleagues who can turn a compliment into something that feels like a paper cut doused in lemon juice.
Charming.
The Invisible Employee:
Mysteriously left off every meeting invite, forgotten for the tea round, and somehow never quite hearing about those "impromptu" team lunches until you see the photos on the office WhatsApp group.
Starting to wonder if you're actually a ghost?
You know the type - swoops in like a seagull after your chips, taking credit for your work faster than you can say, "Actually, that was my idea."And somehow, they always manage to do it in front of the big boss.
How convenient.
The Nameless Nasties:
Then there's all those lovely workplace behaviours that don't even have a proper name - like being watched like you're on some peculiar reality show (Hello, micromanaging Maureen!), or finding yourself the star of the office gossip mill.
Or maybe it's those subtle eye-rolls in meetings that make you feel about as valued as yesterday's sandwich. Hard to put your finger on exactly what's wrong, but boy do you feel it!
It's like death by a thousand paper cuts - none of them major enough to complain about, but somehow they're turning your working day into a special kind of torture.
Making Work Less... Well, Work
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Boundaries (Because you're not a doormat)
Time to politely but firmly show people where the line is. Think electric fence, but with better manners. When someone makes one of those lovely passive-aggressive comments, try responding with all the sweetness of someone who definitely knows what they're up to. -
Document Everything
Keep a log of what's happening. Think of it as writing your workplace memoir - might come in handy if you need to have a chat with HR. Plus, it's therapeutic, like keeping a diary but with less teenage angst. (Hopefully.) -
Find Your Work Tribe
Seek out the normal ones (yes, they do exist, somewhere). Having allies at work is like having a lifeboat on the Titanic - might not solve everything, but definitely makes things more bearable.
How I Can Help (Without suggesting trust falls)
Whether you're stressed in Spalding or zooming in from Zurich, I won't give you any of that "just be positive!" nonsense. Instead, we'll work on practical ways to handle your workplace, whether it's feeling like a soap opera or a horror show.
We might use:
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Provocative therapy to help you see different ways to handle situations (without resorting to hiding in the stationery cupboard)
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Hypnotherapy to help you stay calm when Karen from Accounts is being particularly Karen-like
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Eye movement techniques to process that time Dave stole your presentation idea
Ready to make work less dramatic?
Getting started is simpler than explaining to your boss why you need another mental health day:
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Free 15 minute chat (no corporate speak, I promise)
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If we click, you get a booking link
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Two sessions to start (£99 each, 90 - 120 minutes)
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More if you need them, but no pressure
Available in-person in Spalding, Lincolnshire, or online worldwide via Zoom (because workplace drama doesn't respect geographical boundaries)
Workplace revolution optional
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion."
- Dale Carnegie (clearly never had to explain to Sharon from HR why her passive aggressive emails aren't actually "just being efficient")