THE GIFT OF PRESENCE: SCREEN FREE QUALITY TIME WITH LOVED ONES

THE GIFT OF PRESENCE: SCREEN FREE QUALITY TIME WITH LOVED ONES

How fully present are you when you are spending time with the people in your life?  Whether with friends, significant others, family, or even pets,  it’s so easy to fall into the trap of being “physically present” but mentally elsewhere because we’re half distracted on our phones. 

As we explored in my previous blog, Does Technology Bring Us Closer Together or Further Apart?, our screen addictions lead to a frequent state of being “together but apart.”  And that makes it hard to cultivate true connections. The average American spends more than 4 hours a day on their phones, which is equivalent to two months a year lost to likes, swipes, and memes. Instead of forming meaningful connections, we're caught in an endless scroll.

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Balancing Act: Carving Out Time for Fun in Your Hectic Schedule

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Balancing Act: Carving Out Time for Fun in Your Hectic Schedule

The busier our lives get, the harder it can be to find time for fun and hobbies. Of the four kinds of renewal, I describe in my S.E.L.F. Formula, the F /stands for” fun.”  We need fun in our lives. It recharges us in a way that nothing else does, just like exercise releases endorphins, fun releases feel-good hormones that fuel our happiness and well-being. It nurtures our souls and energizes us in a way that helps us navigate life’s challenges more easily.  Hobbies even make us better at our jobs, according to research published in Harvard Business Review, providing stress reduction, higher energy, and increased levels of creativity.

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3 Ways to Kick-Start Your Exercise Routine

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3 Ways to Kick-Start Your Exercise Routine

We've all been there – falling off the exercise wagon and trying to find the motivation to jump back on. When we struggle with jump-starting our exercise routines, we beat ourselves up and experience feelings of disappointment, judgment, and failure, all of which do nothing actually to help solve the problem. So how can we kick-start our exercise routine when we've veered off course?

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HOW TO (MORE) EASILY FALL ASLEEP

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HOW TO (MORE) EASILY FALL ASLEEP

So you finally made it to bed. You’ve done your bedtime routine and turned off all the lights. You’re exhausted, fully prepared for sleep, but your mind won’t stop racing — overwhelmed with thoughts, feelings, and to-dos. The longer it takes you to fall asleep, the more anxious and stressed out you become, which, in turn, makes it even harder for you to drift off to sleep. Once your head hits the pillow, how do you actually relax into a peaceful slumber so that you receive the full benefit of a restful night?

Check out this week’s blog for a few ways to clear your head and surrender yourself to the pleasures of sleep.

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3 MINDSETS THAT HOLD US BACK FROM SELF-CARE

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3 MINDSETS THAT HOLD US BACK FROM SELF-CARE

Our hobbies, passions, and the things we do for pure relaxation fuel and restore us physically, emotionally, and even spiritually in the most efficient way imaginable. Renewal activities provide care and nurturance for our souls — providing us with the energy we need to get through everything work and life throws at us. Yet, even though we know that and crave time for renewal, it can be very hard to make it happen.

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KickStart your S.E.L.F. CARE

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KickStart your S.E.L.F. CARE

Happy Summer!  I hope that wherever you are, you are enjoying the shift in rhythm that comes with longer days of sunlight, warm weather activities, opportunities to get together with friends, outdoor concerts and festivals, and the ability to connect to nature by just being outside. 

To that end, we are kicking off a series called Self-Care Summer. From now until Labor Day, we’ll be sharing Blogs with concrete ways to re-fuel our bodies, minds, and souls. 

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Getting Less Done In A Day?

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Getting Less Done In A Day?

Are you getting less done in a day than you used to? Do the days when you could speed through your to-do list, checking off one task after another, seem like a distant dream? I’ve lost count of the number of clients over the past few months who have told me that they used to be able to put fourteen things on their to-do list and knock them all out. Now, they put fourteen things on their list, but they're lucky if they get through eight of them. They end up feeling frustrated, disappointed, and like they're failing themselves.

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Back-to-Back Meetings: Productivity Insanity

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Back-to-Back Meetings: Productivity Insanity

Let’s talk about the global challenge of back-to-back meetings. In many (dare I say most) companies, back-to-back meetings have become part of the time culture. The last three years of remote work have exacerbated the problem exponentially. How does anyone get any work done? What is the impact on productivity?

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When your Workload Overfloweth

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When your Workload Overfloweth

We all have the best intentions to contain our work to the workday and create clear boundaries between our work and personal lives. But what happens when you truly must get back online to work in the evening after dinner, social or family time to keep on top of your workload? I hear it often from clients. It’s a common struggle to have more to do than fits in a workday. 

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