by Laurie A. Watkins | Apr 8, 2021 | Career, De-Stress, Sleep
There once was a time when sleep was solely determined by the sun. People would work in the fields during the day, and the day would end when the sun went down, and they would sleep. Today however, we have blackout curtains, screens, artificial lights, and caffeine...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Apr 1, 2021 | Career, De-Stress
Have you read Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson? I certainly have! Whitney helps high growth organizations and individuals grow through disruption. She also was named one of the world’s fifty most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, and is CEO...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Mar 25, 2021 | De-Stress
The toll of the coronavirus pandemic is more than just lives lost to the disease, missed time with family and friends, loss of jobs, or other losses. Many people have been affected by the psychological trauma and fallout of living in isolation and fear during a...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Mar 10, 2021 | Career, De-Stress
I know how easy it is to see other people’s lives and feel like they have it all together. Whether you are viewing people’s lives in person or online, we tend to see the best parts of other people. Take social media for example. Most people only post the happy,...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Mar 4, 2021 | Career, De-Stress
We rarely expect anyone else to have all the answers or to be able to do it all. So why do we put that level of pressure on ourselves? How come it is so hard to ask for help? I’ve written recently about how to Prevent Burnout with Strong Self Care. I think one of...
by Laurie A. Watkins | Feb 11, 2021 | De-Stress
So many of us were able to spend Valentine’s Day in a relatively normal way last year, since the world didn’t really start to shut down until March in a lot of places. We have had to pivot and recalibrate so much about our lives over the last (almost) year. This...