It’s going to be okay. You will get through this. You just need to get over this! How many different expressions have you and I been told over the years that are as useless as these? Despite knowing how little these phrases do to actually solve a problem, people seem to offer them anyway. When […]
Category: Mental Health
Dealing with conflict requires a values-based approach
Conflict within the workplace can be frustrating to handle if you don’t have the right tools. Not only can workplace conflict decrease productivity, but if not addressed correctly, workplace conflict leads to bitterness and resentment among coworkers, creating an unhealthy environment at best- and a toxic environment at worst. Transforming conflict to be productive means […]
How to REALLY Take A Break: When You Unplug, What Do You Plug In To?
Picture this: The past quarter at your work has been extremely busy to the point that the workload is overwhelming and stressful. You and your coworkers are all working extra time- if not overtime. However, you have something to look forward to: a week-long vacation with your family. Everything is booked and ready to go. […]
Why is Krisis, like stress, often seen as a negative?
Well, I’ve got news, it is not! Think about all the cliches that people use when it comes to crises. Aren’t these little adages just an attempt to put a positive spin on something we do not like? It often boils down to a simple theme, and I know you know this to be true […]
Stop Setting New Year’s Goals; Start With Your WHY!
Don’t you love this time of the year, the start of it? In many ways, the New Year lies before us like the perfect country road in the spring, a new year of growth.
In A World of Presents People Need…
As we head into the final month of the calendar year, now that Black Friday is over, the focus starts to sprint towards Christmas. I want to ask if you would take a couple of minutes to think about the thinking.
Living Under The Yellow Light: Makes Wellness, More Than Not Being Sick!
The hardest part of wellness, or at least for most of the people I talk with, is to stop thinking of it as not being sick or ill. Yet there is nothing that new. I want to share a poem called And the People Stayed Home’ at the end of this newsletter, but read and then notice the year it was written!
Form Without Substance Is Self-Worship
What I am really saying is just what Grandma would say, “what you are speaks so loudly, people cannot hear what we are saying.” Picture the scene; have you ever had one of those weeks where it seems so draining, yet if someone asked what we did – it would be hard to put into words? […]
The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get!
Unplugging will not Recharge us; recreation is about re-creat-ing! This morning I want to take a nod to those of you with kids who have a March Break. I want to offer some ideas to ensure that you recharge but also own the fact that recreation is about re-creat-ing. One of the greatest ironies is […]
Recalibrate, Reframe, But it’s NOT about Reset or Restart, but a Tired Brain!
For February, I thought I’d honour Groundhog Day. It seems to be a constant theme for so many of us! I am sure you have seen it in others, as I have, yet when we look in the mirror, do we not see the same pattern? I know I get caught on this treadmill. But […]