Entries tagged with: Balance
Practicing Self-Compassion
6 October 2015
Allison read Dr. Kristin Neff’s web site about self-compassion as well as several of her articles and watched her TEDx talk. Dr. Neff's research was just the reminder she needed about talking to herself like a good friend rather than an angry taskmaster.
How Much Sleep Do You Need?
20 October 2015
Allison read Do We Really Need to Sleep 7 Hours a Night and the Recommended Amount of Sleep for A Healthy Adult: A Joint Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research Society. Both of these articles will likely leave people wondering exactly how much sleep they need.
Let “The Reckoning, The Rumble, and The Revolution” Start Now
3 November 2015
Barbara read Brené Brown’s newest book, Rising Strong, and learned that if you take risks like Brown recommended in her first two books, The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly, you will sometimes fall on your face. This book describes how to learn a lesson from the failure, get back up, and try again.
Read This the Next Time You’re Having a Bad Day
17 November 2015
Allison read How to Turn a Bad Day Around by Amy Gallo on HBR.org and nodded her head as Gallo explained some important happiness best practices by Shawn Achor and other experts.
Help for Holiday Stress
1 December 2015
Allison read The show must go on. But at what cost? by Brené Brown and was grateful for another installment of Brown's practical wisdom (and vulnerability).
Give Them (and Yourself) Nothing
22 December 2015
Allison read The Gift of Nothing and Vacation Sabotage: Don’t Let It Happen to You! (You’ll probably need to do something differently if you want to make space for doing nothing at all.)
Mindfulness Can be Messy and Unpleasant
29 December 2015
Allison read If Mindfulness Makes You Uncomfortable, It’s Working by Amy Jen Su and appreciated both the specific techniques for using mindfulness to improve leadership in the workplace as well as her candor about how unpleasant it can be.
Fortune 500 Companies and Mindfulness
5 January 2016
Allison read Why Google, Target, and General Mills Are Investing in Mindfulness by Kimberly Schaufenbuel and thought the research and specific examples from Fortune 500 companies might help people convince themselves (and others) that mindfulness matters.
Resolve to Change for Just One Month
12 January 2016
Allison read How to Stick to Your New Year’s Resolutions by Austin Frakt and appreciated an economist’s very practical approach to achieving New Year’s resolutions (or any goal that matters to you).
The Power of Perspective
19 January 2016
Allison watched Dia Draper’s TEDxCharlottesville Talk, The Power of Perspective, and laughed out loud while finding some much needed perspective of her own.
Learning to Live Well in Midlife (or Any Other Time in Your Life)
29 March 2016
Allison read 8 Ways You Can Survive — And Thrive In — Midlife and thought that many of these life lessons could be helpful to people at any stage of life.
Irish Inspiration
26 April 2016
Allison read How to Calm and Reshape an Anxious Mind in the Irish Times and signed up for a course on wholeheartedness and gratefulness with one of her favorite poets, David Whyte. It’s good to get wisdom from across the pond.
Observe Yourself for “30 Days and Three Seconds” Before Making a Change
10 May 2016
Allison read The Solution to Maintaining a Budget Is Awareness by Carl Richards and believes his “30 Days and Three Seconds” experiment can help set the foundation for any change in personal behavior.
Do the Most Important Task First
31 May 2016
Allison watched Pinkcast 1.2: A simple trick for getting the right stuff done and decided to experiment with adding this strategy to her daily approach for getting things done.
Sounds of Sedona
7 June 2016
Allison listened to a faraway flute while she hiked the red rocks of Sedona and was delighted when she met the flautist on her way back down the mountain. He helped her lock in a new level of calm, and that’s a wonderful thing.
Some Good Ideas from Goddesses Never Age
6 September 2016
Barbara read Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being and learned refreshing ideas about how to have a positive attitude about the later years of life.
Coffee… Not Now, But Soon
13 September 2016
Eden read Why You Shouldn’t Drink Coffee In The Morning and was excited to learn a new, practical way to stay alert during the work day.
Find Purpose, Strengthen Relationships, and Develop Grit
20 September 2016
Allison read Making Modern Toughness in The New York Times and appreciated Damon Winter’s advice on how to be more resilient.
Feeling Busy?
4 October 2016
Janie read The Busy Person’s Lies, by Laura Vanderkam, and was fascinated to read about the differences between the stories we tell ourselves about time and the reality of how we live our lives.
Thinking About Time Differently
8 November 2016
Janie conducted the time-tracking experiment she wrote about in her last blog post, Feeling Busy, and was surprised to see that overall, her time was more balanced than she thought.
