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10 Tips for Enjoying the Holidays

05/08/2020 /

Holidays can cause us to feel happy, sad or ambivalent. The holidays can also cause stress.

No matter how you feel, the following tips from this article by Johns Hopkins University, can help you enjoy the holidays as much as possible:

  1. Reflect on what is important to you during the holidays.
  2. Make a plan as early as possible about what you will do during the holidays.
  3. Communicate clearly how others can assist or support you.
  4. Realize the holiday season is a marathon, not a sprint.
  5. Maintain a healthy lifestyle.
  6. Manage your spending.
  7. Monitor alcohol and medications – individually and together.
  8. Manage your expectations for family gatherings.
  9. Think ahead about stories or observations from the past as a family that you’d like to share.
  10. Reflect on what went well this holiday season and improvements you would like to make for next year.

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The war against distractions

08/07/2020 /

We all claim to be multi-tasking. But it is not true. Multi-tasking is actually inefficient. Multi-tasking has a cost. In fact, distractions seriously risk to impact on our jobs, our carreer and, above all, our life. We are no more able to focus on a single thing. There’s a lot at stake. Do you want to give “it” away?, asks Tracy Davidson in this TEDx.

Tracy Davidson is anchor of NBC10 News Today. She has been awarded many different prizes related to her job and her commitment in empowering women both personally and professionally.

How to be Mindful at Work

24/06/2020 /

Mindfulness is not just a passing fad. It’s here to stay.

Why? Well because the way the world is going, we are being pushed to our limits every day, millions of inputs being thrown our way, projects to plan, time always lacking (or at least, that’s what we perceive). This is leading to a real epidemic of Burnout in the workplace, with negative consequences on company productivity and efficiency, but most importantly on our health.

So how can mindfulness help? Well, being mindful means being able to live in the present moment, bringing all our attention in the here and now. This means channeling all our energies into what we are doing instead of dispersing them into ruminating thoughts about the way we should have resolved that issue yesterday or what we have to do tomorrow.

Mindfulness helps us keep anxiety at bay, holding us within our state of calm, presence and clarity.

We can think better.

We can work better.

 

Check out some of these Mindfulness Practices collected by the New York Times and give them a try! You just might realize how wonderful it is to just be.

 

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Restful Thinking – How to Calm Your Mind

17/06/2020 /

Finding calm can be hard, even more so in the midst of challenging times, when deadlines are fast approaching and your To-Do list is getting ever so long.

Instead of giving in to your spiralling negative thoughts, you can break the cycle using these simple but effective affirmations. suggested by Niklas Goeke … or you can come up with your own list that can pick from in moments of need!

  1. Insomnia: “I can’t sleep, but I can still recover.”

  2. Pressure: “I don’t need to think to exist.”

  3. Helplessness: “I don’t need the answer right now.”

  4. Doubt: “If this doesn’t work, what’s the next thing I can try?”

  5. Fear: “Who needs you to see this through?”

  6. Emotional pain: “This feels bad, but I don’t have to react right now.”

  7. Impostor syndrome: “I love myself.”

 

10/06/2020 /

Feeling stuck in  your career? Unfulfilled? As if you’re in the wrong place and not using your talents in the best way?

Have you ever thought of changing career but was suddenly swept over by a wave of guilt and despair? How could I ever change at this point? Wouldn’t that make me appear weak and indecisive?

Think again!
You still have time.
You can still change.
Better yet, you are allowed to change.

 

Are you Tending to your Needs?

03/06/2020 /

Have you ever heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

It is a motivational theory in Psychology which depicts human needs as being organized in hierarchical levels within a Pyramid. At the base are our Physiological needs: food water, warmth and rest. Then follow Safety Needs, Belongingness and Love needs, Esteem needs and finally Self-actualization.

Why the Pyramid? Well Maslow wants to remind us that unless we are tending to our primary, base needs, we won’t be able to fulfil those higher ones. That also means that before we can feel loved and as if we belong in a group, we must feel safe there. And before we think about achieving our full potential, we must check that all the underlying needs are met.

You can read more about each of the levels of this hierarchy and start reflecting upon whether you are meeting those needs in your own life!

 

 

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