Take care of yourself.

5 Ways to Add Self-Care into a Busy Day

Where do you fit into your day? If you’re like most people, you’re pretty busy. You’re already dealing with work, relationships, and a whole lot of day-to-day actions. You’re running in every direction at once. How in the world are you supposed to fit self-care into a day like that?  Thankfully, it’s easier than you think. Try these five ways …

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Tips To Manage & Understand Your Emotional Triggers

Maybe you wonder what’s really going on when you feel like certain events push your buttons. Take control of your emotional triggers by increasing your awareness and developing new ways of responding. Understanding Your Emotional Triggers  Learn the definition of triggers. A trigger is an experience that draws us back into the past and causes old feelings and behaviors to …

Wiley Coyote holding a rock that says Reality.

3 Strategies for Handling Negative Feelings at Work

Mixing feelings with work? Never! Society usually tells us to keep our work problems and home problems totally separate, which ends up making a lot of people feel like they can’t bring their feelings with them to work situations. Here’s the reality: Feelings are inevitable at work. Just like any situation in life, you’re going to experience feelings and emotions …

Pain is real. But so is hope.

What Not to Do When Life is Hard

When life is hard there are some things you can do to help yourself and manage your own circumstance. Don’t fall into blaming The first thing we typically do when something goes wrong is to blame. We blame others or ourselves, depending on the situation but blaming does no good whatsoever. It’s a waste of energy and keeps us focused …

Why habits (not goals) are the key to success.

CAN’T FIND SUCCESS? – TRY BUILDING YOUR HABITS AROUND YOUR GOALS

When we aspire to change something in our lives, we usually try to take things logically, but of course, there is huge emotion at play. We’ve been told to always have an end in mind, so we create goals. Yet while goals are very important in providing direction and hopefully a preview of our desired outcome, it’s fair to say that …