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Quick Adjustments and Rituals for Work-Life Balance

Barbara Bouchet — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:00:16 +0000

The demands being placed on your time are probably greater than they’ve ever been. To manage this effectively requires a steady commitment to finding work-life balance and to thinking differently about how you can find your center of renewal, moment-to-moment, day-to-day, week-to-week. Work-life balance is dynamic and changing all the time. It isn’t a fixed […]

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Recognize Signs of Over-Functioning in the Workplace

Barbara Bouchet — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:00:50 +0000

Do you feel burdened at work, or like you’re doing more than your share? You may be over-functioning. Taking more responsibility than is reasonable or realistic is sign of over-functioning. If you’re a leader or a hard worker and your tendency is to jump in and do the job, even when it isn’t yours, and you […]

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Don’t Lose IQ Points Through Reactivity

Barbara Bouchet — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:00:39 +0000

Think back to the last time you felt REALLY threatened. Did you feel a haze of confusion set in? A feeling of being frozen? Your mind in temporary lock-down? Obsessing over something you said or did? Unreasonable black/white conclusions? Trying so hard to be right that you stumbled over yourself? Feeling spacey or disconnected from […]

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Think Feel And Make Wiser Decisions

Barbara Bouchet — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:00:52 +0000

When you’re thinking clearly and feeling fully, you’ll often make your best decisions. A clear head and full heart leads to well-considered choices that you can stand behind with confidence. When your head informs your heart, and your heart offers its special brand of information to your head, you’re plugged into a lot of valuable […]

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Hold Your Value and Expand Your Confidence

Barbara Bouchet — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:00:01 +0000

When you recognize and take ownership of your value, you strengthen the foundation for your confidence. Your value can be viewed in two ways; as relative and as intrinsic. Relative Value Your relative value is conditional. It’s established through social and economic systems. We are all valued for specific skills and assets, and acknowledged accordingly […]

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Three Questions to Get Back on Track

Barbara Bouchet — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 18:00:22 +0000

You’re zooming along with your daily activities and notice that something feels off, not quite right. It’s a vague feeling, one that says you’re getting thrown off balance. Maybe it’s a feeling of irritability, fatigue or being easily distracted. You could just ignore it and forge ahead. But that usually leads to drifting off course, away […]

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Identify and Tend Your Vital Relationships

Barbara Bouchet — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:00:04 +0000

When a relationship has a powerful effect on something really important to you, it’s a vital relationship, and one that is central to your success and well-being. These relationships need extra attention and care. Is the Relationship Pivotal? When you look around for at most significant relationships and bring them into focus, you can start […]

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Golden Eggs, Rotten Eggs

Barbara Bouchet — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:23:03 +0000

You’ve heard the saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. This is meant to keep us from foolishly investing everything into one desired outcome. Sage advice. Now let’s look at the basket differently. Think of the basket as you. And you are holding within you, three different types of eggs: regular, golden and […]

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New Perspective, New Story

Barbara Bouchet — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:22:33 +0000

Things are not always what they appear to be. Familiar interpretations of what is going on around you can often limit performance and growth. Because so many well-worn stories can hold you back, it’s useful to bring them into question and consider a new perspective. Limiting stories mask a more complete truth that could liberate […]

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Intensify Self-Care

Barbara Bouchet — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:18:03 +0000

Self-care stabilizes your strengths, develops your gifts, and prevents much needless pain. Self-care comes about when you couple compassion toward yourself with personal responsibility for your well-being. Almost everyone practices self-care to some extent already. But by taking yourself in hand and practicing a higher level of self-care, you’ll enhance your resilience and balance, especially under […]

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