Take Control of Your Tasks Do you find yourself distracted and failing to get things done by the end of the day? New job, new living space, new environment? Or perhaps it’s just the same thing but more tasks and more activities as we find our world returning to the previous activities as we start […]
Your Stress Pal This week I am talking to Pennie Sempell, JD, CEO for StressPal (@Stress_Pal) that is working to build better resilience in healthcare communities to stress and burn out. Pennie started out in Psychology, graduated from law school, and worked in mediation that led to a career focused on stress reduction. Pennie has […]
The Breakfast Club How 1 small group helped save the Fall Semester. Over the last several months I have worked with my colleagues and a number of clients on plans to safely re-open businesses and school. Along the way, we have gathered some insights that are worth sharing with others. Do you want to exit […]
Breaking News…….is it though? The problem of constant alerts and flood of information and attempts at grabbing our attention was a problem long before the COVID19 pandemic swept across our world. But add in what has now been months of the flood of news and data, much of which is tagged as “breaking” and you […]
The recurring theme I find in life is people’s generally good intentions that fail to end in actual positive results? You will often find me stating that I don’t believe that anyone gets up in the morning with an intention of How can I be a terrible parent How can I eat unhealthily What is […]
This week we take a look at mind-body therapies to reduce our need for medication in particular Opioids. JAMA published a Meta-Analysis study (A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis) this month. The researchers reviewed evidence from over 60 studies with more than 6000 people looking at a range of therapies including meditation, guided imagery, hypnosis, and cognitive-behavioral […]
This week we are focusing on mindfulness and meditation and why it is important for your health. People that include mindfulness and meditation in their daily routing find they are better able to deal with pain, have improved immunity, sleep better, lower their blood pressure and have less inflammation. What are the incremental steps […]
