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Diary of a Misfit Penguin
By Wendy Gardner
Part memoir and part toolkit, Diary of a Misfit Penguin follows executive Wendy Gardner’s journey from machine mode to wholehearted living after grief, burnout, and a mental health crisis. Blending vivid stories with research and simple practices, Wendy shows you how to set kinder boundaries, belong to yourself, and bring your true colours to work and home. Honest, funny, and fiercely compassionate, this book becomes your companion whenever life requires you to be human again.
About The Book
If you’ve ever kept it all together while quietly falling apart, this book offers a steady hand on your shoulder.
In Diary of a Misfit Penguin, executive Wendy Gardner is celebrated as “the machine” in high pressure boardrooms, until the day life shatters her armour. From a daughter born sleeping to a mental health crisis, Wendy charts a courageous journey from performance to presence.
Part memoir and part practical guide, this is a field guide for humans living and working in cultures that reward “not feeling at all”. With warmth, humour, and hard won clarity, Wendy weaves personal stories with research on self compassion, psychological safety, and burnout, then offers simple, science backed tools that can be used in minutes.
Step Out of Machine Mode
Learn how to soften the habits that keep you in autopilot without losing your competence or capability.
Set Loving
Boundaries
Discover practical ways to say no without guilt, conflict, or carrying other people’s expectations.
Create Small Daily Rituals
See how tiny, repeatable shifts can build real resilience and long-term change.
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