Tag: work and wellness

  • 9 Things to Try When You Lack Motivation

    9 Things to Try When You Lack Motivation

    When you’re feeling unmotivated, it doesn’t mean you’re lazy. A lack of motivation is usually a symptom. There are hundreds of reasons you could be feeling unmotivated. Instead of forcing yourself on a drudging march of productivity, try one of these tactics.

  • Five Healthy Swaps That Will Upgrade Your Workday

    Five Healthy Swaps That Will Upgrade Your Workday

    You’ve been going through your days stressed and overworked. You wake up tired, and by the end of the workday, you’re completely spent. These five healthy swaps will help you upgrade your workday, renew your energy, and free you up to do more of what you love. Want to start feeling better now? Try one…

  • Has Work Taken Over Your Life?

    Has Work Taken Over Your Life?

    We live in a world where there is always more work to be done than hours in the day. We are beholden to strategic plans, work plans, road maps, targets, deadlines, and funnels. We live with constant change, where opportunities come and go faster than we can qualify ourselves to take advantage of them. We…

  • Three things YOU can do promote a healthy workplace

    Three things YOU can do promote a healthy workplace

    Each individual employee, from the lowest person on the totem pole to the Board Chairman is a critical contributor to the creation of a healthy work environment. The following steps are three key ways that you can take control of your relationship to work and contribute to a healthier workplace for everyone.

  • Is self-compassion the key to a healthy workplace?

    Whether you are the CEO or the janitor, you can cultivate self-compassion and subsequently bring it into your workplace, contributing to a healthier culture. When we treat ourselves with compassion, we not only strengthen our own ability to deal with stress and adversity, but we become better at supporting those around us with their challenges.

  • Why you should treat your career like training for a marathon

    The marathon is everyone’s favorite analogy for a long haul, and with good reason. It’s easily recognizable, clearly communicates distance, and evokes images of endurance and perseverance. Which is why – at the risk of overusing the trope – I think it’s an excellent way to think about your career.

  • Key Person Risk: What It Is, and How Minimizing It Can Improve Your Work/Life

    Something that’s well understood, and frankly easier to do, in large corporations, is the need to reduce your dependencies. Nonprofits and small businesses, while leaner and meaner in my personal (and right) opinion, tend to dive headfirst into dependence on a few key players. This is why transitions, and VACATIONS, are so much harder in…

  • How to Set Boundaries When You Love Your Work

    So we know it’s important to set boundaries when we love our work, but how do we do this? In the same way that it can be tempting to go for a cookie when you’re feeling that 4pm energy dip, it can be tempting to log in to your computer to do just one more…

  • Reframing Inconveniences: The Type A Guide to Coping When Things Go Awry

    Many of the inconveniences that contribute to chronic stress and frustration are caused by the little, everyday things. Not being able to find your keys/sunglasses/umbrella when you leave the house in the morning. Someone canceling a meeting at the last minute. Lunch spilling in your bag during the morning commute. Missing the bus or train.…