Everyone should have their own policy on boundaries and creating space between our personal and professional lives. Absolutely. But I think we can all agree that there are some lines that intercept and bleed together in our worlds. 

Its natural to add the “personal” to the “professional.” 

It pays to be yourself! The truth is that if we are wise, we are going to be the same person at home as we are at work. People are drawn to who we are as human beings. On the contrary ff we don’t have personalities people are going to notice. 

Share experiences. People want to know we are human. Humans relate! We share experiences about our families at home or a funny things we have done… even mistakes that we have made.

Here are a few things that we can do to bring the personal into the professional:

• Talk about your passions. Your passions SHOULD flow into your work… and if they don’t, hmmm maybe its time to look for another job?
• Engage your readers to telling them stories they can relate to. Maybe you saw an old friend and it made you reminiscent. Or maybe you ate at a good restaurant or had an experience with a bad driver…
• Don’t try too hard. Speaks for itself.