Phil McAuliffe
Your life audit
Are you feeding connection and starving loneliness? Let's check.
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Phil McAuliffe
- Mar 4
- 6 min
On managing overwhelm
Let's explore why you and I feel so frequently overwhelmed. Our lives may depend on it.
Phil McAuliffe
- Feb 4
- 8 min
How diplo life can affect our kids
For all the wonders and joys, this diplomatic life can really harm our kids. Let's talk about that.
Phil McAuliffe
- Dec 3, 2022
- 8 min
Connection and the modern diplomat
Connection is a big deal
You need connection to survive
Why aren’t you prioritising it?
Phil McAuliffe
- Nov 5, 2022
- 8 min
Why hit rock bottom?
Hitting rock bottom is messy. Why do you wait to hit it to make change?
Phil McAuliffe
- Aug 14, 2021
- 6 min
Checking our privilege
Words can mean different things in different contexts. Privilege is one of those words.
Phil McAuliffe
- Aug 7, 2021
- 10 min
On belonging
We humans - even diplomats - can hustle to feel like we belong and to feel worthy. Let's talk about that.
Phil McAuliffe
- Jul 31, 2021
- 10 min
My resilience reset
A whole lot of life has happened for us in 2020 and 2021. We need to process it in our way.
Phil McAuliffe
- Feb 3, 2019
- 10 min
Always being 'on'
It's a fact that we're never 'off' when
on a diplomatic posting. This is very damaging to your health and well-being
Phil McAuliffe
- Jan 6, 2019
- 9 min
Say what you mean. Mean what you say.
Stop being diplomatic. Sometimes you actually need to say what you mean and mean what you say.
Phil McAuliffe
- Dec 2, 2018
- 9 min
Stop glorifying exhaustion
Might there be more to that exhaustion you're feeling? There's a strong link between exhaustion and burnout with loneliness
Phil McAuliffe
- Oct 21, 2018
- 9 min
Love and diplomacy
We love what we do, but we don't do it alone. We bring our significant others and our families along for the ride - or not.
Phil McAuliffe
- Oct 7, 2018
- 10 min
On our inner critics
Our inner critics can be horrible to us. We live with them all the time.
Let me introduce you to mine, Joe.
Phil McAuliffe
- Sep 30, 2018
- 8 min
Can you ever say 'no'?
Nancy Reagan had it right. We just need to say no. But can you ever say no?
Phil McAuliffe
- Sep 23, 2018
- 8 min
Are you a resilient diplomat?
Many of us mid-career diplomats are no longer resilient. We're broken.
Phil McAuliffe
- Sep 9, 2018
- 8 min
Are you using social media, or is it using you?
For diplomats, social media is a powerful tool for connection. Using it can feel like connection, but it is not connection.
Phil McAuliffe
- Sep 2, 2018
- 4 min
Are you a lonely diplomat, too?
Loneliness is not only experienced by old people. Chances are you're lonely, too.
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