How to Accomplish Your Most Important Goals

According to my calendar, there are only 100 more days left in 2011. Isn’t it amazing how time quickly passes? Are you on track to achieve the goals that you set in the beginning of the year? Perhaps your goal was to get in shape or to learn to speak Spanish. You may have wanted […]

Are Your Highest Values Reflected In Your Daily Priorities?

In the midst of your busy day, it is easy to get side-tracked and forget what is most important. Relationships are not just an important part of your life, they are your life. The Apostle Paul wrote in the Bible (1 Corinthians 14:1) “Let love be your highest goal…” If love is your highest goal, […]

A Powerful Strategy For Reducing Worry

Do you ever worry about doomsday predictions?  The latest is the alleged December 21, 2012 Mayan Calendar doomsday prediction. Astrophysicist Ian O’Neil, in an article at Doomsday Might be Wrong shows that the Mayans never actually predicted the end of the world.   Gathering information is a powerful strategy for overcoming worry. For example, the […]

How to Break the Procrastination Cycle

If you’re like most people, you sometimes procrastinate on important projects, and end up feeling stressed-out.  Jacqueline at chibird created a great cartoon called “Stages of Procrastination.” It made me laugh because (at some point in my life) I’ve been stuck in every one of them.  Her third stage, “excuses” resonated most with me.   […]

What Is The Best Way To Cope with Toxic Work Stress?

Many years ago, Walt Disney paid a heavy price for ignoring his stress symptoms. He was experiencing exhaustion, burnout and bouts of depression due to chronic stress and overwork.

Are You Ignoring The Symptoms of Too Much Stress?

  Some of the most common symptoms of stress are headaches, neck pain, irritableness and difficulty concentrating.  When you experience these symptoms, your body is trying to tell you something.  Do you ignore these symptoms?  I’ve certainly been guilty of this.  I would say to myself, “I can’t take a break; I have a deadline […]

How to Deal With Toxic Work Stress Carriers

Are there any people where you work who are toxic stress carriers? These are people who are not just stressed-out themselves; they seem to have a life mission to spread stress to others. Toxic stress carriers remind me of Mary Mallon, who was also known as “Typhoid Mary.” Starting in 1900, Typhoid Mary began infecting […]

An Overlooked Secret to a Happy Life Part 2

In case you missed my first post in this series, start here. Did you know that the Dead Sea is a body of water in Israel that is below Sea Level? Water is able to trickle into it, but no water is able to flow out of it because it would have to fight gravity […]

Overcoming Procrastination by Identifying Its Source

Procrastination is a problem that many people experience.  Not only can it keep you from being successful, it can also cause problems with everything from your mental to your physical health. There are so many different reasons why people procrastinate.  Whatever the reason, the first thing that needs to be done is to identify why […]

3 powerful questions that will quickly reduce your stress

Yesterday I was running late to pick-up my son at school.  I’ve already been late once this week and it looked like it was going to happen again.  I imagined the irritated look on my son’s face.  I imagined the lady in the school office shaking her head in disbelief and disapproval.  As I glanced […]

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