Photo credit: @storiesbychloe Are you feeling stuck, unmotivated, or underwhelmed at work? You might not be burnt out – you might be experiencing boreout. This silent struggle is surprisingly common, especially for driven, high-performing professionals who suddenly find themselves uninspired by work that once felt meaningful. When Boredom Becomes Boreout Back in the days of pen pals, I had a French pen pal, Céline. Our letters followed the usual pattern – Comment ça va?  and Je m’appelle Kate...

Photo credit: @storiesbychloe I grew up in the 1980s, in a world that now feels almost impossibly analogue. There was one television in the house and only four channels to choose from. If you wanted to change the channel, you had to stand up and do it yourself. The video player arrived much later, a top-loading beast that felt thrillingly advanced when it finally appeared. Music meant a record player. I envied the stacker hi-fi systems at my friends’ houses, while I sat patiently with a tiny...

Photo credit: Stories by Chloe What’s important to you about the work you do, and how often do you really stop to consider whether your values are reflected in the way you live and work each day? In coaching conversations, this question often opens the door to far more than career goals or productivity strategies. It brings us into the quieter, more revealing territory of meaning, identity, and belonging and it is here that many clients begin to recognise a subtle but persistent discomfort in...