Do more stuff. Do creative stuff. What on Earth are you talking about – clearly I already have too much on my plate, and your advice is to do more? Yes, but do it for you, and do it for the win. 🙂 What contributes to overwhelm? Overwhelm is a…
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The Creative’s Guide to Rest: 7 Ways to Restore Your Energy
Feeling exhausted even though you’re doing all the self-care things? Although you’re making time for rest, you might be missing out on the exact type of rest that you need. Oh yes, there are types. Seven types, if you’re asking Saundra Dalton-Smith, MD who coined this framework for rest that…
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Is Stress Directing Your Life? How to Reclaim Calm Clarity
Anyone feeling like the flow of their daily life is dictated mostly by stress? You have to get to the office early so that you aren’t stuck in traffic. Traffic is stressful – it’s a waste of time and you don’t have a minute to spare! Why? Well, not wanting…
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Paving the Way for a Better Busy Season: 6 Things to Do Now
Preparing for upcoming busy seasons has become like my own personal Olympics. Thrilling hobby, I know. If you’re new to the blog, I recently wrote The Busy Season Survival Guide, which is a cumulation of a decade of lessons I’ve learned about managing busy season burnout while trying to stay…
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How to Stay Grounded During Busy Seasons: Start with Your “Why”
Do you have a stressful day job? If you feel like you lose yourself when things get busy, read on! Reconnecting with your path and purpose is one of the best ways to prepare for an upcoming busy season. So before things get hectic, pause. Take a breath. Check-in with…
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The Role of Balance in the Onset of Burnout
Being cognizant of our unique version of balance is an often overlooked element that’s key to navigating our busiest seasons! In the recent post Breaking Down Burnout, we considered that burnout is caused by a combination of internal and external factors, plus extreme imbalance, drawn out over time without a…
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Work-Life Balance isn’t One-Size-Fits-All (Two Ends of the Spectrum)
Work-life balance looks different for everyone. We all have different interests, motivations, energy levels, and ambitions, so one formula does not fit all! It happens that my husband and I work in the same profession. Ask either of us if we feel like we have “work-life balance” and we’ll give…
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Preparation Over Prevention: The Mindset Shift That Made the Difference
I’ve learned quite a bit from my reign as a self-proclaimed burnout queen. (So much in fact that I’ve written a Busy Season Survival Guide for the blog to share over a decade of those lessons with you!) Those years gave me a lot of time to reflect, to try…
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Create a Work-Life Balance Unique to You (6 Introspective Steps)
How do you find work-life balance that works for you? In this post, we’re taking a six-step introspective journey to find that balance! But first, if you’ve not already, you might wish to visit this foundational post: How to Find Your Unique Work-Life Balance. It takes a high-level approach to…
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Is Burnout Okay? How to Know When to Push Through and When to Walk Away
Are you burning out frequently at work? Is it making you question your life choices? I say that in jest, but I actually did want to explore this as an adjacent post to the 5-part series called The Busy Season Survival Guide, published recently. I burn out at least twice…
