Emma Lennon
Emma Lennon is a passionate writer, editor and community development professional. With over ten years’ experience in the disability, health and advocacy sectors, Emma is dedicated to creating work that highlights important social issues.
Articles by Emma:
Life
What are personal values, and how can you establish your values?
Emma Lennon | January 8, 2024
Personal values are the principles and beliefs that guide your decisions, actions, and interactions. Here's how to discover what yours are.
Life
Feel like you’ve wasted time? Here’s what you can do about it
Emma Lennon | December 18, 2023
Time is indeed precious, and it makes sense that we want to avoid wasting it. But what does it actually mean to waste time?
Wellbeing
Am I a people pleaser? How to spot the signs
Emma Lennon | November 22, 2023
People pleasers often go out of their way to make others happy. Here's how to tell if you're a people pleaser, and what you can do about it.
Life
How (and why) to give women compliments that aren’t based on appearance
Emma Lennon | November 17, 2023
Complimenting a woman based on her appearance reduces their worth to what they look like. Here’s how you can change that unhelpful habit.
Relationships
What to do when a friend doesn’t value your friendship as much as you do
Emma Lennon | November 15, 2023
While perfectly balanced reciprocity in friendships is rare, what can you do when it seems like a friend doesn't value a friendship as much as you do?
Relationships
The importance of setting boundaries
Emma Lennon | November 8, 2023
When used correctly, boundary setting is an incredible assertiveness skill that could change your life.
Child-free
The unspoken bias that child-free working women face
Emma Lennon | October 27, 2023
Work-life balance is harder for child-free women employees to obtain, due to an unspoken bias in the workplace.
Beauty
How unrealistic beauty standards profit from women’s insecurities
Emma Lennon | October 20, 2023
As the beauty industry profits from exploiting appearance-based insecurities, women should question why they uphold unrealistic beauty standards.
Beauty
What is skin cycling, and is it healthy for your complexion?
Emma Lennon | October 9, 2023
Skin cycling represents a shift from a one-product-fits-all approach to an acknowledgment of the changing needs of our skin.