Resources — HAPPINESS CONCIERGE

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ANXIETY / DEPRESSION

A noobs guide to a panic attack (Huffington Post)

What my panic attack felt like

Six easy wins to fight anxiety (NY Mag)

Meaningful work, or helping others, can fight depression (The Atlantic)

There's a theory depression is your body just sorting your shit out (NY Mag)

Can a 'Gravity Blanket' help us sleep anxiety away? (New Yorker)

BUSINESS

Podcast: NPR's Planet Money. How money gets made in different industries.

BURNOUT

The Scarcity Trap - how wanting 'more' and seeking perfection can screw us (NPR)

BODY

Why tummy rolls are great (Live Nation)

Even feminists get the blues (The Guardian)

BOUNDARIES

C reative people say no (Medium)

How to say no at work

ENTREPRENEURIALISM

The mental price you pay when running your own business (Inc)

The mindset this entrepreneur looks for when hiring (NY Times)

EFFICIENCY

Batch your tasks into your most productive hours

How to tackle your To Do list like a boss

EXERCISE

Other women who look like you exercising (Fast Company)

Why you're not using your gym membership (NPR)

You need to sleep more if you workout (Fast Company)

The science of how exercise alters our DNA (NY Times)

CAREER

Help! I don't know what my passion is (NY Mag)

Do this quiz and it'll fire out jobs that will make you happy (The Guardian)

How to survive networking events

A list of things not to do when you first go freelancing (99U)

Work life balance is total crap - try fun and purpose instead (Quartz)

CONFIDENCE

The Confidence Gap The Atlantic

Turn Anxiety into Confidence The Atlantic

Get Excited: Reappraising Pre-Performance Anxiety as Excitement Harvard Business Review

FREELANCING

5 reasons why you're not getting re-hired

Um ... how do I get clients? (Life Hacker)

HIRING

This CEO looks for happy people as they get more done

INTROVERTS

Why you don't want to go to out, ever

Networking for people who hate networking

T he world needs introverts

IMPOSTOR

You'll never be qualified enough

They've found out about you (Parody: The Onion)

LEADERSHIP

Prevent your team from pulling sickies

How to be a great leader if you're shy

Be a better boss - get your head around mental health

MONEY

Know what 'bucket' you sit in - before asking for that payrise

Five women got out of debt and so can you

How to negotiate like a pro

Why Women Don't Negotiate Their Job Offers Harvard Business Review

Happy people spend money on experiences - not things. Because... science.

MOJO

I've lost my mojo

Stuck? How to figure out what you want with I Want List

How To Do A People Audit

Are your friends bad for you?

Podcast: 2DopeQueens are exactly that

The amount of fucks you give directly affects your mojo

How not to run into 'giving a fuck' debt

Get your mojo back with an Energy Audit

Do things before you're ready

Everything is better after watching Ru Paul's Drag Race

NETWORKING

Effective marketing for Introverts (tip: schedule your bravery)

How to become insanely well connected First Round Review *recommended

How to follow up after a networking event via Forbes

Networking for people who hate networking

30 conversation openers for networking events

Join the HC Slack Network where connections are made daily

PARENTING

You can wait to have a baby

How to talk to your daughter about her body

If mothers are more efficient – why are they cheaper?

It's ok to admit you regret having kids

PRODUCTIVITY

You're a perfectionist and it's stopping you from getting shit done

Analysis Paralysis: you're probably thinking too much Mark Manson

Why you're getting nothing done

Time Assets vs Time Debt - where are you spending your time? James Clear

SELF HELP

Mark Manson: Practical, No Bullshit Self Help That Doesn't Suck

Gala Darling: Radical Self Love

SEX / RELATIONSHIPS

Why the idea of having a 'soulmate' it total bullshit

This CEO has a "weekend marriage"

Podcast: Savage Love - hear other peoples sex problems get solved - ADDICTIVE

When a partner cheats (NY Times)

VIOLENCE

Violence is about control (statistics on gendered violence, trigger warning)

WOMEN IN BUSINESS

An idiots guide to the gender pay gap

Use money talk to get more women on your Board Fast Company

Eight tactical ways to get more women in senior roles in your workplace Women's Agenda

WORK

Work is my self care and that's a privilege NY Times

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OH YEH! It’s blue skies ahead!
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You like to do whatttttttttttttttttttttttt with your Easter egg chocolate!?
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Sadie here, my Dad likes to put his chocolate on top of this Wheaties for Breakfast at Easter time? And I like to dip my chocolate in a cup of tea, like it’s a biscuit. And I’m not ashamed abawdit. What about you?
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For those of y’all who celebrate Easter, ace. For those of you who are all year round chocolate fiends, what’s the most hilarious chocolate story you have? Comments welcome below.

Happiness Concierge came about as Rachel spent Sundays journaling, then blogging, then getting out there and chatting to all y’all... Rachel was able to create space to be a Happiness Concierge for herself, on a Sunday!
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Mojo School lessons are sent on Sundays; the very day Rachel made them back all those years ago… Happiness Concierge Running Club is on Sundays: as you can see there is a theme here for making space for yo’self.
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We want to encourage y’all to spend Sunday, doing something for you. Whatever that may be. Catching up with friends, coming along to HCRC, visiting family, reading a book, writing in your journal, sharing space with others. Snap it, tag it #HCSundays!
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What will you do on your Happiness Concierge Sunday?
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One of the added benefits of coming along to one of our many free upcoming events is you get the opportunity to do some sneaky networking! It’s win-win-win! You may have heard us say, opportunities are attached to people, and these kinds of events make finding opportunities easy.
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You get a super easy and fun content to help you slay work and life AND - you’re in a room with a bunch of like minded legends! Links in our bio.
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Anytime you’re not talking to yourself, you’re presenting.
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Being confident in your presence in a meeting, on stage, at work chatting to clients is an invaluable skill. We often hear, ‘Some people just aren’t good presenters, I’m not.’
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You will walk away with tools and hacks you can pop in your back pocket, and whip them out whenever you’re presenting.
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Presentation Bootcamp, Melbourne May 24-26. Link in bio.
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Sadie here!
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A few years ago, I was walking home from work and I called my Mum. Chatting away, I had an aha moment. “Mum, I have no friends.” She responded in true Sadie Mum style with: “Well, get some!”
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”So here I was, a 20-something-somewhat-adult, brainstorming with my Mum about ways to make friends (why is it so hard to make friends as an adult, btw?). Eventually I reminded myself of my superpower: organiser. I landed on ‘Sadie will start a movie club’. I opened Facebook, a platform that already had people using it (HOT TIP), and created an event page: ‘Sadie’s Movie Club’. I chose movies I wanted to see and then invited a group of people along, who I knew would also enjoy the movie. We’d then get burgers and debrief afterwards.
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Months later, I was glad and very happy to report to Mum that “I had a few friends”. I had a mini community of like-minded legends, to bounce ideas off and have some much yearned for fun.
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When I joined Happiness Concierge, I was joining the 450+ people on Slack, all chatting and enjoying each others company. I smiled, knowing that this community existed, for all those who may have felt like I had years earlier.
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If you feel like I did, you can join our Slack Community, all the people are already there, you don’t have to start a movie club. Link in the bio.
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#community #friends #mojo #fun #linkinbio

Last week in Sydney I was joining a team for the day on an off site and talking about the concept of Self Leadership (that we are responsible for our own success; the tools made available only work if we make a choice that we want them to work). So anyway, I was low key stressing that jeans were too casual for this off site and you know I wanted to make a good impression for this new client so panicked and put on heels at the last minute. I arrived to the location...and errrrrrryone wearing gum boots or sneakers. Lucky I had packed you know THREE SHOE OPTIONS (I like to have options OK??) and hid behind my rental car to change. So here is a photo hours earlier before I did that.
Rayoncé 💃🏼