Do you find yourself procrastinating or avoiding the work that means most to you?

Do self-criticism and self-doubt hold you back from great opportunities and enriching activities?

Do you overcommit yourself, then worry about letting people down?

Are you excited by your vision for a project, but overwhelmed by its execution?

If any of the above applies to you, you might really benefit from a thorough audit of your strengths and weaknesses, desires and aversions, the conditions that will help you thrive and the expectations you could drop - so that you can feel fulfilled in the hard work that matters to you, while maintaining a good quality of life.

To make a start on this, you can take my free Compassionate Productivity mini-course.

I’ll send you an email every day for a week, with prompts and reflective activities to help you recognise your strengths without apology, acknowledge your weaknesses without shame, and to take the heat out of the internal conflicts that keep you stuck in procrastination, perfectionism, self-criticism and avoidance.

We will cover:

📌 How to prioritise when everything feels urgent and important. And the importance of being realistic about how much time you actually have.

📌 Ways to approach your stuckness with curiosity and compassion rather than getting mired in self-reproach and catastrophising.

📌 Things you’re just not that good at - and ways to be OK with being twice exceptional, or having a spiky skill profile.

You’ll also briefly hear about Compassionate Productivity, my small-group online workshop to help you put a framework around your toughest productivity challenges and get my help with your dilemmas and stuck points, in a supportive atmosphere alongside fellow travellers who get it.

After you’re done with the mini-course, you’ll be on my newsletter list - which you can unsubscribe from at any time.

I’m Kate Ahl, and I help knowledge workers make room for what matters most in their personal and professional lives, by paying close attention to their skill profiles, internal conflicts, and specific needs for thriving.