December 18, 2015
Are You In or Out?
Imagine you’re at work, sitting with your two colleagues. It’s mid-morning and the company coffee bar has opened. One colleague asks, “Fancy a coffee?” You…
Posts categorised with 'Stress'
December 4, 2015
To Get Ahead, Do Nothing!
©iStockphoto/andreusK While you’re reading this, what else are you thinking of? If you’re focused on these words to the exclusion of all else,…
November 20, 2015
Could Your Team Be Happier?
Do you have to love what you do for a living to be happy at work? As an editor, I play with words all…
September 29, 2015
Beat the Post-Vacation Blues!
One of the cruel, undeniable facts about time is that it crawls along painfully slowly when you are engaged in an uninspiring task, but absolutely…
August 18, 2015
Exploring Mindfulness
Mind Tools blogs are known for providing expert answers. In this blog, I invite you to join my journey into some recent thoughts about…
August 4, 2015
What Are Your Top Tips for Overcoming a Mid-Career Slump?
I know quite a few people who seem to be having mid-career crises at the moment. They’re all in their mid-30s and…
July 10, 2015
Not Waving but Drowning
Imagine the scene. I arrived at college full of excitement and a new-found sense of freedom. I was studying the subject of my dreams and…
June 16, 2015
Get in the Zone!
It’s early morning on a day when most sensible people are still in bed. But I’m far from home, in a dew-soaked field, under an…
May 18, 2015
Let’s Try to Get Along
They say you can’t choose your family – you just have to try to get along. And we all know the affronts, compromises and negotiations…
May 1, 2015
Caregiving and Work – When the Cracks Start to Show
I’d got no further than taking off my coat and turning on my laptop when my desk phone rang – it was my mom. “Charlie?…
April 14, 2015
What Lifts you up?
There are several areas in my life where I’m constantly striving to improve myself. And, for each one, I motivate myself using different methods.
April 10, 2015
A Crash Course in PTSD
I knew it was going to hurt as soon as the car pulled out across my path. The only questions in my mind were: how…