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Avoid overwhelm

Six tips to avoid feeling overwhelmed and improve wellbeing at work include asking for help, building confidence, and looking after yourself. It also means setting priorities, knowing your limits, saying no when needed, and staying true to yourself.

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Identifying a need for, and seeking, support

Confidence

Wellbeing routine

Priorities and planning

Get back to basics

Preserve authencity

Nikki Alderson

Nikki Alderson is a former criminal barrister and now specialist coach, speaker and author who supports legal organisations retain female talent; and
empowers female lawyers to achieve career ambitions.

Nikki specialises in women’s leadership, enhanced career break returner support, and workplace resilience, confidence and wellness.

Although Nikki’s work focuses predominantly on 1-1 coaching, she is also a TEDx Speaker and delivers motivational keynote speeches and bespoke seminars, workshops and webinars on a variety of topics. Link to her latest speaker showreel, including video testimonials, is here: Showreel2024

Author of Amazon No.1 Bestseller Raising the Bar: empowering female lawyers through coaching. Nikki was a finalist in Women in Law Awards 2020 and 2019 International Coaching Awards.

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