The Power of Intention
Lisa wants to feel happy again. Under the weight of family and work responsibilities, she's been stressed and exhausted. Yet, she knows she loves her family and career and desires a joyful life. Travis wants [...]
How to Interrupt Negative Patterns
When unfavorable situations, actions and emotional conflicts happen again and again in your life—same scene, different characters—there’s a good chance you are in the presence of a negative “pattern.” Some examples: people-pleasing picking the [...]
Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents
With people living longer than ever before, more and more individuals find themselves sandwiched between caring for their children and caring for their aging parents. Coping with our fast-paced world is stressful enough, [...]
Listen to Your Body: It Knows More Than You Do!
The body holds much of the information we need to function at our best, but too often we ignore its messages and plow ahead listening to our mind instead. As kids, we are not taught [...]
How Well Do You Manage Your Energy?
When the demands at work and burdens of a busy life take their toll on our work performance, we tend to think that managing our time better will improve the situation. If we can [...]
The Importance of Play in Our Lives
If it feels like you have less leisure time and fewer unstructured “play” hours in your life, you’re not alone. Consider these statistics: The average married couple works 26 percent longer each year than similar [...]
BURNOUT
“My candle burns at both ends/it will not last the night.” —Edna St. Vincent Millay Burnout is a condition that affects us physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially and spiritually. One of the first physical symptoms of [...]
Illness and Stress: What’s the Connection?
Believe it or not, stress may not be the villain it's made out to be. In small, short-term doses, stress can give an athlete the competitive edge or a public speaker the enthusiasm to project [...]
Learning to Live With (and LOVE) Yourself
I used to think if I could change my weight and the shape of my body, I’d be happy. Rebecca believes she’s an okay person except for certain personality traits, such as anxiety, impatience and her [...]
Taking Stock On Your Life
Taking Stock On Your Life Ancient Romans named the month of January for Janus, their god of gates, doors and beginnings. Always pictured with two faces—one looking toward the future, the other back at [...]