When I was little, I used to love the “days of the week song” and I even learned the Spanish version in high school. Now that I’m older (I turned 30….again, yesterday) the days of the week seem to blend together, going in a mad rush from Monday-Friday and then an all too quick Saturday…
This is your brain. This is your brain on over commitment. Me: “Come on kids. We have to go to the grocery store.” Kids: “Um mom? Don’t you want to change out of your pajamas first?” Me: “Oh, right. Good call.” If you ever have so much going on you don’t know whether you’re coming…
Take charge and live large…that was the theme of a conference I keynoted on Friday for the Texas Women’s Chamber of Commerce. It was fitting. After a week of vacation in Colorado, renting a motorcycle and riding in the mountains, seeing two shows at Red Rocks, and having a blast, I definitely felt like I…
Sleeping, brushing your teeth, breakfast? What do all of these things have in common? Good or bad, they are all habits. In fact, almost everything we do is a habit. While many of us spend lots of time and energy trying to break bad habits, you can’t break a habit unless you have another habit to replace it.
Are You an Addict?Are You an Addict?Are You an Addict? I’ve been doing quite a bit of productivity training lately, and I’ve heard so many people talk about their struggle with stress management. In The Power of Full Engagement, authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz make an interesting point: Stress is addictive. The hormone adrenaline…