Good mental self-care can help us learn effectively, change our circumstances, increase creativity, better our relationships, improve memory, and increase our emotional control (EQ).
Take at least 30 minutes a day for just you. Find an activity that is life giving and guard that daily time valiantly. On the weekend, spend at least two hours all to yourself doing something you enjoy.
Recent studies have shown that 95% of adults need seven to eight hours of sleep a night. A decrease in sleep leads to chronic fatigue and mental exhaustion.
Technology – our phones and mobile devices, in particular – has given us the false promise of being more flexible in our jobs, but the opposite is true.
How can you better manage your day so that you can allow time to rest and thus stay on your game?
If your work defines who you are, when you cease to work, then you cease to exist.
Do you feel like sometimes you have been forced into a corner of rising expectations and demands? Last week, we talked about why rest is so important. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, author of Rest, believes, “When we take the right to rest and practice rest we make our lives richer and more fulfilling.” I would agree. Of all of my life…
When practiced well, rest can make us more productive, creative and focused both in our professional and private lives.
Killed by Stress You know what is crazy…. in Asia people are actually falling over dead from being overworked. It’s called an occupational sudden mortality. The term in Japanese is called Karōshi, which is basically a heart attack or stroke due to stress. CRAZY!! Last week I talked about the effects of stress in our lives. In the SEAL Teams,…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ffffff” show_divider=”off” height=”80″ divider_style=”solid” divider_position=”top” hide_on_mobile=”on”] [/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https://philkoontz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/stressedout.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] There is no doubt we have all felt like this picture of Chris Farley before (for me it is every night before my 5 kids go to…