IF YOU want to learn more about how to deal with bullying and harassment, the Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) has recently launched the guide Creating without Conflict. The guide was produced as a result of a FEU survey on 4000 workers in the media industry...
Key Tips from the ‘X-treme Setback Overcomers’! When we are trying to develop or improve a skill, it’s useful to look to those who make it look easy, and see how they do it. Fortunately, when it comes to dealing with setbacks, the world has some extraordinary examples...
IF YOU’RE thinking about improving your life in some way, whether it’s to do with furthering your career or beefing up your social life, you might find a few ‘positive psychology’ tips useful. Rather than poring over weaknesses and ways to correct them, this approach...
The previous blog focused on a particularly difficult period of my professional life. Basically, I desperately needed to jump start my career but, despite intensive marketing, I just couldn’t get a break. And then, seemingly out of nowhere, I was commissioned to write...
I admire anyone who sets New Year resolutions and actually sticks to them. In my case, my main priority at that time of year is reaching spring without slitting my wrists! Dramatic I know but, a sensation seeker to the core, the post festive slump combined with the...
Picture this: as a hardworking freelance who spends most of her time writing at her desk or standing in rooms delivering workshops or classes, I try to keep fit. Cycling is a passion of mine. It also helps me think clearly, often about work, as I coast along through...
Apply now for FEU Training’s autumn programme of workshops for creative freelances including: Money Matters: Sept 5, London Get Noticed: Sept 12, London Linked In and Meeting Up: Sept 13, Colchester We’ll be scheduling more face-to-face learning opportunities...
To help you manage your stress levels and get organised so that you can make the most of your freelance lifestyle, we’ve just launched a new online course ‘Stress-busting for Freelances’ – free to members. Like all our ecourses, it’s designed for your...
