<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Braver Spaces]]></title><description><![CDATA[Braver Spaces]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/braver-stories</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:36:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Avoidance: a huge time waster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years ago, I went on a course that introduced me to the idea of “Eat That Frog.” I can’t remember everything I learned on that course, but I do remember the frog concept. At the time I had a mountain of things that I kept putting off. Awkward phone calls. Emails. A complaint I needed to make. A conversation that was overdue. Forms to fill in. All those slightly irritating jobs that somehow I continually moved from today’s list to tomorrow’s. The trainer called them frogs. And the idea is to:...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/avoidance-a-huge-time-waster</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6ac771371e0bec4cfc16d253</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:17:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/030446_15438461670f4f07b09ba81a1db9d2a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teens need us…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Often we hear about the arrival of a new baby taking its toll, comments like ‘you’ll never sleep again’ and ‘good luck with that’ ringing in your ears as you go on mat (or pat) leave.   Yet for me with my two children emerging from their teenage years, with job searches coming at us thick and fast, this is the time no-one mentions. The time when your kids still need you, need your time, your support and the contents your fridge, more than ever. Except that the times are not all routinely...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/teens-need-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c0c76ac0d7a57cc48dd5d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:36:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e423d_a14df0d4fff44cce9bc6bec13b60d74a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if it's not a confidence issue?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new 2026 Women in Business report has been published by Grant Thornton. Read the full report here: Women in Business report It reports that only 16.5% of CEO's, from mid market businesses, are female which has dropped by dropped by a staggering 8%- from 24.5% to 16.5% in just one year. In a separate study by HiBob, 93% of women reported that they felt confident in their work. Read the report here: Women in the workplace report Traditionally, women have been asked to work on their...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/what-if-it-s-not-a-confidence-issue</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9bfc76cdf183e0230b9993</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:30:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e423d_8ea57c7082774f25a8a1c52b808780ac~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mistake I made after redundancy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The biggest mistake I made after being made redundant was not valuing my worth. The desperation to secure my next role coupled with a sense of shame and embarrassment from being let go completely knocked my confidence - btw, no one should feel shame after being made redundant but I didn't know that at the time. When I did get offered a role, which in all honestly wasn't the right fit (a 30 minute drive, full time, a step down and less money), I took it. I figured I could move and get my dream...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/the-mistake-i-made-after-redundancy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9bfb98950c73fdcf7ca5f0</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:26:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e423d_810fd3521a1d4b9289800c616351aa60~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burnout I didn't see coming]]></title><description><![CDATA[I didn’t realise I had burnout until it was already pretty serious. Looking back, there were some obvious signs that I wish I’d paid attention to: I needed to nap constantly - exhaustion ruled my day. My stomach was in constant turmoil - bloating, discomfort, the works. I didn’t recognise the person staring back at me in the mirror - I was grey and hollow. In all honesty, I didn’t even know what burnout was, let alone how to spot it in myself. I ended up needing three months off work to...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/the-burnout-i-didn-t-see-coming</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9aa62de12fa7bad8b61085</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:12:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a7e030_eec2f49806804cfd81f64d6fc4dca846~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've recovered from burnout. Now what?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a lot written about burnout: how to spot it, what causes it and how to recover from it. There's another part though that we don't talk about as much and that we really should do: what happens when you're better? At some point, you start feeling like yourself again. You have more energy, you want to work, you start getting excited about things and your confidence comes back. Brilliant. Then you realise that you can't (and likely don't want to) go back to doing everything exactly as you...]]></description><link>https://www.braverspaces.co.uk/post/you-ve-recovered-from-burnout-now-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9aa23de12fa7bad8b6086b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:02:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9e423d_fad6b8c5bed84750961a8af4964aa6b9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator></dc:creator></item></channel></rss>