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Work Life Management Planning System
Focus on What’s Most Important: Optimize Your Time, Energy &... read more
Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease
Rosalind Joffe, MEd. & Joan Friedlander. Women, Work, and Autoimmune... read more
Self-Care Translates into Focus and Profit
Compared to the allure of, let’s say, doubling your income in 90 days, improved self-care practices are not usually as interesting or compelling to business owners. However, deliberate, routine self-care practices ultimately translate into focus. Focus makes a real difference in achieving sustainable business growth. There’s an old story in the coaching world, or perhaps it’s an urban legend; I am not sure. It’s a story about an executive who was lamenting his lack of time for golf. He hired [...]
Listen to Your Body Talk
Are your shoulders become hunched? Is your breathing shallow? Have your legs all but disappeared from your awareness? When your job requires more sitting than standing – and more brain power than strength – it’s easy to override or miss “request signals” your body sends your way, such as: • Please get up and stretch • Take me for a walk • I really do need a trip to the bathroom • I’m thirsty • Ahem. I’m hungry. Could you [...]
100% or Nothing
Ah, here we have our friend, the cat. This is the cat in “do nothing” mode. Recently, I remembered an experience I had in 1982 at a program called “The 6 Day.” Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the daily morning mile-long run. The rules for the daily morning run were simple: run at 100% or come to a complete stop. No pacing yourself, no running at a relaxed jog, etc. It was 100% or nothing. The rules of the run [...]