Every staff member in a school has unique strengths. Yet many of us spend far more time worrying about what we can’t do than recognising what we do well. Our brains have a natural negativity bias. We notice mistakes, weaknesses and
At times we can be our own harshest critic. Are you one of the millions of people who compare yourself to others, judge yourself harshly and are frequently hard on yourself? Do you worry about not being ‘enough’ or not having ‘enough?’
Ever had those moments? Everything seems to be cruising along nicely. Your relationship is good (if not getting better and better), friends are good (still get invites to go out), other interests are good (love cooking, going to the gym or doing what you do), health is good (could do more exercise and eat better but on the whole it’s good), work is pretty good (generally love what you do, most days), weather is good (sunny day after a bit of rain) so basically, life is good! Then it hits! Wham! You feel like crap! (that’s a technical term)