This page features selected essays on workplace well-being, change, and belief systems — written by me and published across other platforms, such as Thrive Global.
You're Not Invisible — The System Just Can't Read You
The Bigger Questions: How do we design systems that recognize contextual intelligence- not just familiar patterns?How do we make space for professionals who are intentionally evolving, not randomly pivoting? And how do we ensure that efficiency doesn’t limit the range of thinking entering organizations? These aren’t rhetorical questions- they shape who gets seen, who gets heard, and who gets to influence the future of a company.
If this tension feels familiar, you’re not alone.
Coping vs. Transformation After Job Loss
When my role unexpectedly ended, I coped exceptionally well—at least on the surface. I stayed busy, focused, and forward-looking. Yet the discomfort lingered. This essay reflects on what coping can’t resolve, and how job loss can quietly expose the beliefs that shape our sense of worth.
My Articles Previously Published on Thrive Global
Sept 2017- The Office Racetrack- Do you pace yourself when there is no finish line?
Excerpt
Many of us create absurd justifications for overworking. At best, I justified it as a necessary means to success, but most of the time I was just compulsively acting on my own personal drive to deliver above expectations, and a fixation with an element perfectionism- setting up an abstract idea in my mind of what I should be able to do, that had no relationship with what I actually needed to do. With the ever increasing demands of corporations in the face of shrinking resources, the excess results in counter productivity and potential loss of valuable employees. One of the worst elements of demotivation is being in a situation in which no matter what is delivered and accomplished- it is never enough.
Read the full article on Thrive Global
June 2017- The Tipping Point I Tried to Ignore
Excerpt
At some point, avoiding what we don’t want can quietly replace going after what we do want. This is the story of how fear and a refusal to let go of the illusion of control led me to a career tipping point. Recognizing the dangers of operating out of fear-based momentum, and that it takes real courage to choose direction over security.
Read the full article on Thrive Global