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10 Creative Solutions For How Not To Get Overwhelmed At Work
Work can be fulfilling and enjoyable or simply a necessity for paying the bills and putting food on the table. No matter the reason you work or how much you like your job, you’ll struggle sometimes with the responsibilities and demands placed upon your mind, emotions, and energy. Every job comes with its unique challenges.…
Read More5 Things You Need to Know About Healing From A Divorce You Didn’t Want
The bomb just dropped. Those devastating words you thought you would never hear just blew up your dreams for the future: “I want a divorce.” Or maybe you saw it coming, yet it was still a shock. Sure, you knew your marriage had problems (or maybe you didn’t; maybe you thought everything was great), but…
Read MoreHow To Get Over Divorce Depression And Start Moving On With Your Life
Divorce is a harrowing and stressful event under any circumstance, and more so if it wasn’t what you wanted. Getting through the legal battles, negotiation, compromise, financial and emotional devastation, and life disruption is difficult enough. It’s a long-term transition. You may feel like you’ve been forced to leave a cozy, safe nest, and thrown…
Read More5 Reasons You Need Creativity In Your Life
(Even if you’re a research scientist…) We tend to see creativity as the ability to produce art, music, literature, and wonderful masterpieces of beauty and design. Or we think of our aunt or grandmother who could crochet an afghan, sew their own wedding dress, or perform with the community ballet. Yet it’s much more. It’s…
Read More8 Creative Solutions For How Not To Get Overwhelmed At Work
When you’re swamped at work, it’s easy to get into overwhelm, but it’s not easy to find a way out if you’re feelings are getting the best of you. Solutions don’t come from a place of panic. Some would advise using logic, a list or pros and cons, or deadline-driven priorities. But that’s just using…
Read MoreHow Effective Communication Skills Strengthen Your Personality And Self-Esteem
Think of all the things you do well. Are you a cook, an athlete, a math whiz, an author or speaker, a person who can repair anything, an architect or interior designer, a gardener? Why do you identify as that kind of person? Confidence? Now think about how you feel when you’re engaged in those…
Read More5 Creative Solutions For The Most Common Divorced Working Mom Issues
Some of my blogs have investigated the special challenges working divorced women face. Here are 5 creative solutions for the most common divorced working mom issues. While the harrowing experience of divorce is tough on all parties involved, women face special challenges. Most divorced working moms must juggle financial constraints, parenting and childcare, relationships, and…
Read MoreWondering, “Why Are Effective Communication Skills Crucial To Your Success?”
Here’s your answer…. You have an uncompromising work ethic. You possess extensive, diverse experience. Your skills unmatched. So why are effective communication skills crucial to your success? At any given moment, with or without intention or awareness, you are communicating. Even if no other human is in the vicinity and no pet is picking up…
Read MoreNew Parents: How To Tell If You Have Postpartum Depression
(and how to handle it if you do…) You just brought a new little life into the world. The perfect combination of traits from you and your partner resulted in a precious tiny human, a bundle of joy. Yet you don’t feel the joy you were expecting just a few days ago before you delivered.…
Read More“This Dead End Job Is Ruining My Life!” Here’s What You Need To Do….
It’s one thing to take an entry level job for the experience and money. It’s another to still be there 10 years later. Maybe you even got a promotion to middle management, but you can tell that’s as far as your boss and her boss see you going. You’ve tried working long hours and taking…
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