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Does Worry Wake You Up? 5 Simple Ways to Help When You Can’t Sleep
“I can’t sleep,” Shelly said. “I mean, I don’t have much trouble falling asleep. But then I wake up at three in the morning and can’t get back to sleep.” For Shelly, it started with a combination of a...
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Drifting Apart and How to Reconnect
Drifting apart “We’re drifting apart,” Sara said during our first meeting. Her husband, Daniel, agreed. They got along well enough, but lived more like roommates than a married couple. It’s not just...
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Antidote to Busy: 5 Simple Ways to Find Time for You
Ely was excited about his new job. He’d spent a year looking, and found what he wanted – interesting work, good pay, friendly people. Perfect, right? But Ely had also increased his responsibility,...
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The Key to Overcoming Procrastination
Have you ever put off a task that you just didn’t want to do? Procrastination can be frustrating. If this happens just once in awhile, it’s probably not an issue. But if procrastination is a way of...
View ArticleThe Fastest Way to Boost Your Mood
Do you ever feel stressed out about the demands of day-to-day life? My clients Ava and Leo were doing their best to balance high-pressure jobs with the needs of two school-aged kids and time for...
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The Truth About Stress
Stress has a bad rap. Stress can create problems, to be sure. Some of the more common ones are include difficulty concentrating, trouble with focus and memory, moodiness, frustration and overwhelm....
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3 Simple Shifts for a Stress-Free Holiday: A Busy Person’s Guide
This time of year, you’ll find quite a few articles about having a stress-free holiday. A quick search on Google brings up almost 63 million. First, you’ll find generalities: ● How to avoid overwhelm:...
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Mindfulness for Busy People
Elizabeth knew that something was wrong at work. She was being interrupted during discussions, ignored in conversations, and excluded from meetings. She didn’t have a clue what it was...
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What’s Wrong with Being Busy?
Two different clients recently asked me this question. On the surface, their stories were very different. Janel is a dedicated stay-at-home mom who spends a lot of time cooking from scratch and...
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Why “forcing yourself” never works (and what does)
The essence of motivation A student recently came to me with a question: How do I get myself to study History when I don’t want to do it? I try to force myself, but then I get distracted or forget....
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The science of motivation (and a simple self-assessment)
You’d rather not do it – run 2 miles in the rain, finish your Spanish homework, track your expenses. When you’re in a certain mental space, those things seem boring. Naturally, you’d rather do...
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How to manage emotional risk so you can get outside your comfort zone
What would you love to do that you’re not doing yet? One of my clients, Melanie, wanted to wanted to inspire her colleagues by sharing her approach to teaching students to write. But, she asked...
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You Have 99 Problems, But Time Isn’t One of Them
My client Kathleen, a working mom, had a surprisingly common complaint: “There just aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I need to do.” It’s true that she was juggling a lot – her job as...
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A Surprising Way to Avoid an Argument
Amy assumed that she and her husband Jeff would host a large holiday gathering in November, as they always did. Jeff, on the other hand, was hoping for some quiet time, perhaps a vacation just for just...
View ArticleWhy Complaints Drive You Nuts (and how to handle them)
It’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness. – Proverb Where complaints come from Let’s start with what counts as a complaint. If you tell your doctor about your headache, for example, that’s...
View ArticleAre You a Secret People Pleaser? [quiz]
What would happen if you said Yes to everything you were asked to do? You might end up in one of these situations: Damitri had a to-do list of over 70 items, and he felt like he was always...
View ArticleMotivation – What to Do When You Don’t Feel It
Whether you want to lose weight, clean the garage, prepare for a test, or finish a project, you have to find a way to start. Sometimes motivation is elusive. If you don’t feel it, however, you need to...
View ArticleWhat we Fear More than Death
Why is public speaking so filled with anxiety for so many people? Some say it is feared more than death itself. It sounds crazy, but that’s what people say. Is there any truth to this? Read more about...
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A Simple Way to Triple Your Productivity in the New Year
Questions to Boost Your Productivity You know it’s going to be a busy year when it’s your first day at work in 2016, and things are already ramping up. Your productivity is already being squeezed....
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One-Minute Stress Management Tools: 5 Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool
Stress can help…to a point Stress management tools are part of your early warning system. Feelings of tension alert you to things you need to take care of, so you can move on to more important things,...
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