For AAPI Heritage Month 2024 I want to shine a light on the sometimes rocky interpersonal relationships between American companies and their overseas (or in-house!) Asian contractors and technologists. In this post I share some of the reasons for these differences and offer a sustainable solution.

Do you feel trapped, hopeless, and unable to see a way out? If so you may be burned out. Here are 15 signs that you need to take action and take a break.

In another article on burnout and mental health at work, Neelu explains how burnout can be exacerbated by poor self-advocacy, and provides some tools and strategies to help you improve your self-advocacy skills.

Neelu teaches self-advocacy skills for AAPI employees and introduces employees from all cultures to the specific difficulties faced by team members with non-Western cultural backgrounds.

Be yourself! Don’t be fake! It has almost become cliché. Can you really be your ‘Friday night’ self at the Monday morning all-hands? No one wants that. So here’s the secret to being yourself without actually, y’know, being yourself.

Many factors add to the sense of overwhelm and low self efficacy that brings on the burnout. Here’s one way to take back a little power when you are feeling down; deploy your interruption shield!

Have you given your Why much thought since the world turned upside down? If you are still working for your old Why, you could be working for a purpose you no longer believe in, and feeling burned out as a result.

In this post on burnout prevention, I explain how advocating for your own rest time — to yourself and others — can enable you to work hard and achieve your goals without burning out.

In this article I explain how to climb out of the pit of despair a moment of negativity can throw you down, by taking a step back and reminding yourself that the only constant is change.

In the next part of my blog series on burnout-proofing yourself, I discuss your inner critic and imposter syndrome, plus other ways to stand up for yourself to yourself.

In this article from my blog series on using self-advocacy to protect you from burnout, I explain how to tweak your motivation dial to meet your own needs in different situations.

In this video I describe two important self-advocacy tools for Asian and South Asian women; dancing between the ‘We’ and the ‘I’, and engaging your interruption shield.

In the first of a blog series on using self-advocacy to protect you from burnout on the road to success, I describe how to stand out from the team and get the credit you deserve.

In the final clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses the effect of growing up in a collective culture, in which the self takes second place to the group.

In another quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares a counterintuitive approach to problem solving; knowing when nothing is the most appropriate thing to do.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses how to reframe the questions you ask yourself and others in order to achieve more positive outcomes.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares her one biggest tip for quietening your inner imposter and learning to appreciate your own skills.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu shares how to prepare for being interrupted in a meeting so you can take back control and make your point.

In this quick clip from Neelu’s LinkedIn Live with Kelly from Equipt Women, Neelu discusses one of the most important ways to move forward and unlock self advocacy skills in the workplace; forgiveness.