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Month: April 2020
When was the last time you consciously took a few deep, slow breaths?”
When was the last time you consciously took a few deep, slow breaths? The physiological benefit of deep breaths is that when we get anxious or stressed, the body activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which floods the body with adrenaline for a fight-or-flight response. We narrow our focus to what will help us survive. The…
Continuing my series on how to build your capacity to handle stressful times, I want to remind people of the value of relationships and community in building resilience. “
Continuing my series on how to build your capacity to handle stressful times, I want to remind people of the value of relationships and community in building resilience. You are not alone – other people are sharing your experience e.g. I appreciate all the parents sharing their challenges with trying to work while taking care…
How are you building your capacity to handle these stressful times? “
How are you building your capacity to handle these stressful times? I advise my coaching clients that their body is the tool that enables everything that they do. If their work was that dependent on a single tool, they would take care of it! For that body, that means getting enough sleep, exercising regularly, and…
Do you feel stressed and adrift during this time of great change? Do you notice yourself getting lost in the news or feelings of anxiety, and unable to focus on what you need to get done?”
Do you feel stressed and adrift during this time of great change? Do you notice yourself getting lost in the news or feelings of anxiety, and unable to focus on what you need to get done? I created a webinar to share how you can shift your mindset so that you can take back control…
How do you plan and execute when there is so much uncertainty? “
How do you plan and execute when there is so much uncertainty? The standard way we are taught to manage our work and lives is to make a plan and then execute on it. But planning feels hopeless now when we have no idea when we will return to “normal”, or what the new normal…
People who have jobs where they can work at home have experienced a transition over the past few weeks as they stopped going to the office each day to instead stay home, sometimes with kids. Working from home is much better than the alternative reality of the millions of people who have lost their jobs entirely, but still a big change. “
People who have jobs where they can work at home have experienced a transition over the past few weeks as they stopped going to the office each day to instead stay home, sometimes with kids. Working from home is much better than the alternative reality of the millions of people who have lost their jobs…
I’ve been thinking about personal responsibility this week as I reckon with my tendency to take a Hero mindset where I am feel responsible for making everything go as they “should”. “
I’ve been thinking about personal responsibility this week as I reckon with my tendency to take a Hero mindset where I am feel responsible for making everything go as they “should”. I have identified two problems with this mindset: 1) There’s so much that’s out of my control. 2) I don’t trust other people to…