The Unwritten Manual

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! The Unwritten Manual — Ep. 12: When No One Actually Knows the Priority Ever feel slammed but strangely directionless? This episode digs into a hidden drain on teams: not workload, but unclear priorities. Sara unpacks how mixed messages, shifting deadlines, and “everything is urgent” cultures create invisible dec...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Does your workday feel like you’re constantly putting out fires—even when nothing is truly on fire? In this episode of The Unwritten Manual , Sara breaks down urgency culture at work : the pattern where every email is “high priority,” every Slack message needs an “ASAP” response, and real priorities get buried u...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Can’t stop thinking about work after hours? In Episode 10 of The Unwritten Manual , Sara explores work stress, burnout, mental load, and why some jobs follow you home long after the workday ends. Even when you clock out, close the laptop, or leave the building, work can keep showing up in your thoughts, mood, bo...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! They’re amazing. They always handle it. Everybody relies on them. And that’s exactly the problem. You know the strong one. Maybe you are the strong one — the person everyone counts on, leans on, and quietly asks more of because you can handle it. But after a while, that kind of strength starts to cost you. Episo...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! We’ve all heard it: “We’re a little short‑staffed today, so let’s all just help where we can.” Once, that was a bad day. Now, it’s the culture. In this episode, Sara digs into what really happens when “temporary” understaffing becomes permanent—how trust erodes, patience thins, and good people quietly disappear...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Every workplace has that moment when someone tells an uncomfortable truth. In this episode, Sara unpacks what happens when a person speaks up—and why honest feedback can trigger silence instead of progress. Through the story of a single meeting gone sideways, we explore why teams often mistake discomfort for neg...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Every workplace has a Daniel — the steady one everyone relies on until, somehow, he stops caring the same way. He doesn’t storm out. He doesn’t quit. He just… fades. This episode unpacks the truth behind “quiet quitting” — not as laziness, but as a signal of emotional undernourishment and broken trust.   Through...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Ever watched someone present your work like they just discovered it in the wild? This episode of The Unwritten Manual, Sara peels back the quiet horror of the group project that never ended — the kind that lives on in meetings, team chats, and “collaboration” emails. We talk about invisible labor, misplaced cred...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Episode Title: Beneath the Reply Line — The Space Between the Words Description: A four-word email shouldn’t ruin your day. But sometimes… it does. In this episode of The Unwritten Manual , we slow down a moment almost everyone has experienced — a quick correction that lands heavier than it should. Same words Di...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! A quick heads‑up — this episode sails with a bit of humor, but the message under the laughter is serious: how communication really works at work. Ahoy, weary Zoom travelers!  You’ve heard the call — “Let’s give it one more minute for everyone to join…” — and you’ve felt your soul slip quietly into Davy Jones’s L...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Every meeting has a moment no one talks about. A breath. A pause. A single idea hanging in the air — suspended between clarity and connection. It’s not silence by accident. It’s the room… thinking. People processing. Some catching up, some gauging each other’s faces to see if it’s safe to agree. You spoke fast —...

Got feedback or a story to share? Leave me a quick message —I’d love to hear from you! Why did that feel off?  You ask a question… and suddenly it feels like you did something wrong.  Or you’re on the other side—and you’re thinking, “Why didn’t they even try?”  No one says anything directly. But something just shifted.  In this first episode of The Unwritten Manual , we step into that moment—and s...