Surrender to your natural rhythms for greater creativity and easier productivity Burnout has many causes, but one thing its victims have in common is they are pushers. They push those around them (employees, colleagues, spouses, children). They push against what …
Conduct this review during the Balsamic Moon phase, the waning crescent dissolving into darkness. Notes and explanations are italicized. Write your answers on paper for future reference—its insights are useful beyond the current moon cycle. What did I plant at …
Enjoy this excerpt from “The Opposite of Burnout: Crisis Edition 2020” No amount of effort, prevention or consciousness can completely spare us the from cycles of loss which occur in life. If our internal fire is already flickering when devastation …
So you know what to expect. It’s embarrassing how difficult this was for me, a health and wellness professional, and how deeply deluded I was about my own drinking. If you’re struggling to change your relationship with alcohol, maybe my …
The professional most at risk for burnout, is the one who thinks they are immune to it. As burnout scorches more ground, now claiming as many as 2 out of 3 professionals, every worker is effected, either directly or indirectly. …
Here’s Why It’s Okay–Even Good–NOT to Make New Year’s Goals I feel like I’m walking into a church and announcing that I’m changing my religion. I’m about to make a case for NOT setting goals this year! I’ve always been …
Every Cathedral is special and powerful, and Chartres Cathedral is unique among them. Look it up yourself, because this isn’t a blog about Chartres. This is a post about surrounding yourself with support that makes you feel stronger, wiser, clearer …
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There is an Invisible Line before you, right now. Do you see it? Above it is positive, uplifting, strengthening. Below it is negative, depressing, weakening. Both exist at all times. Neither is more or less “real” than the other. There is …
There’s a special kind of goal called a “commit or quit” goal. If you haven’t heard of this, that’s not surprising, because I made it up. I made it up because I noticed I was doing too many things half-assed: …
Why celebrate? 3 good reasons: (1) Celebration is a way of honoring and appreciating the good things that come your way, (2) Celebration creates more of a good thing, and (3) Celebration makes life more fun! If you’re not that …