Use the Pomodoro Technique to Make the Most Out of Your Day The Pomodoro Technique is a time-management practice invented by Francesco Cirillo, a late 1980s university student trying to improve his productivity while studying. He used a timer that looked like a tomato...

How to Deal with Constantly Feeling Overwhelmed Do you get tense just thinking about all of the responsibilities you have? If so, you probably deal with feelings of fear, frustration, anxiety, and maybe even anger. Once in a while, you may deal with these feelings,...

Learning How to Say No This is one of the big problem areas in the workplace, that is also a source of a lot of stress for so many people. It’s quite natural to want to be helpful at work. People come up to you and ask for your help all the time. Your boss gives you...

5 Ways to Become a Calmer Person We hear a lot about how to be calm and why calmness is essential. But why?! What does “calm” really do for someone? If you’re feeling like being calm gets in the way of your motivation and achievement-focused mentality, you’re not...

Why is it Important to “Unwind”? Moving on, let's take a look at why it's so important to unwind at all. At first glance, the idea of unwinding might be thought of as one of those "good" ideas, but not a crucial one. What you might not realize is just how much being...

Be Kind, Unwind It's Friday! (somewhere) and time to unwind. The concept of unwinding is something everyone is already familiar with. It’s the feeling you have when you step through the door of your house after a tough day, or a tough week ... or even just the first...

I think I sleep well but I wake up tired and feel tired all the time. A client recently said, “I think I sleep well but I wake up tired and feel tired all the time. When will it go away? I’m just sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.” I do remember, many years...

We can be physiologically experiencing stress yet mentally numb to it because we’ve become so accustomed to it. Some have become so adapted to the daily pressures, irritations and annoyances of life that it starts to seem normal. Yet the small stresses accumulate...

5 Ways To Boost Your Focus And Concentration Do you find yourself struggling to focus on tasks for prolonged periods of time, regularly notice yourself daydreaming or struggling to recollect your thoughts once your concentration wanes? If this is the case, you can...

Whose life is this anyway? We spend way too much time worrying about other people. We want to fit in. We want what the other person has. There's a lot of reasons to toe the line, but is it good for us?  Too much time spent worrying about what other people are thinking...