Why We Need A Mindset Shift For Problem Solving

Why We Need A Mindset Shift  For Problem Solving

Struggling to solve problems in your life or work? I recently learned a powerful lesson from my garden that transformed how I approach challenges. Discover how an ancient gardening practice called ollas helped me shift my mindset and find sustainable solutions. In this blog post, I dive into the neuroscience behind why we get stuck in old patterns and how changing your mindset can unlock new possibilities. Whether you’re looking to create calm, embrace simplicity, or find a better way to solve modern problems, this article is for you.

Why Traditional Health Clocks Don’t Work

Why Traditional Health Clocks Don’t Work

Over the years, I’ve come across a lot of advice about aligning with natural rhythms—circadian rhythms, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clocks, Ayurvedic clocks—you name it. And while these ideas sound beautiful in theory, I’ve found myself increasingly frustrated. They just don’t work for me, and I’m beginning to think they don’t work for many people, especially those of us living with chronic illnesses. So I decided to research them and find out where these clocks came from.

How to Stop Seeing Self-Care as Transactional

How to stop seeing self-care as transactional

How to Stop Seeing Self-Care as Transactional Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon Music Google Podcasts I’ve been struggling with a significant flare up of my Myalgic Encephalomyelitis for the past few months, with heavy brain fog and profound fatigue, and I am forced to confront how I need to stop seeing self-care as transactional. I’m sleeping […]

How do different generations experience burnout?

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Each generation, from Baby Boomers to Gen Z, brings its own set of values, expectations, and communication styles. It’s important for us to recognize and acknowledge these differences when we’re examining burnout.

The Secret Behind Effective Burnout Recovery Strategies

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When I first learned about burnout I heard it was a stress management problem. Essentially it was too much stress and not enough coping strategies to deal with all that stress. But after my own epic burnout experience, I realized that way of perceiving burnout was wrong. The truth is, burnout is not a stress management problem. It’s an energy management problem. And that completely changes the way we look at burnout recovery strategies.

7 things my chronic illness has taught me that I wish I knew before I got sick

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Hindsight’s a jerk sometimes.
You know, that moment when you look back at an experience and now you see the red flags and the warning signs…
… or the hindsight that makes you aware of what things you could have done differently to prevent life from going as sideways for you as it did.
Of course you didn’t notice all of these things in the moment because…well who knows why?
Over the past five and a bit years of learning how to embrace my chronic illnesses and disability, hindsight has shared seven specific lessons that I wish I knew before all of this started.
Would these things have prevented my body from breaking in the epic way that it did? Maybe. Maybe not.
But either way, these seven things would have made this experience a lot easier, so I wanted to share them with you because I don’t think you need to have a chronic illness or a disability to benefit from these seven skills.