On a Quest For Life Success

What’s your coping quotient? When you experience overwhelming changes that knock you out of your routine, a multitude of frustrations that block your goals, infuriating conflicts that test your patience, and internal pressures that make you choke, you have experienced what psychologist call STRESS. How do you cope with stress? When I asked this question [...]

How’s Your Balanceability? Stage 3

Are you overwhelmed with guilt to the point that you have no initiative? Two monks were meditating as they walked along a muddy road. They came across a beautiful young woman trying to cross the road without soiling her shoes. Without saying a word, the first monk picked up the woman, carried her across the [...]

How’s Your Balanceability?

Balanceability is a word I coined that means the ability to balance your life.  Erik Erikson, the father of balance research, identified 8 stages of psychosocial balance. Each stage represents an internal conflict–a crisis–that people experience as they grow, with positive and negative turning points. According to Erikson, in order to live a healthy life, [...]

11 Burnout Factors and How to Fireproof Your Workplace

Is your workplace prone to burnout? Creating a work/life balance is not just an employee’s job, it’s their boss’ job, too.  That’s because the workplace plays a pivotal role in one’s balanceability. Whether you are a small business owner, corporate CEO, or leader/manager, it is your responsibility to create a balance-friendly environment in the workplace. [...]

5 Styles of Conflict

How do you handle conflict? Most of us use a variety of styles depending on the person, the situation and our stress level. How we deal with our spouse at home is likely to be different than how we deal with our boss in the workplace.

Margins of Success

Margin is the space between my current activity and my limits. It is elbow room and breathing space that decreases stress, enhances relationships, and increases success.

Your Coping Quotient

How do you cope with stress? One woman said, “chocolate, shopping, and wine therapy.”