An adrenaline rush can help you perform superhuman feats in emergencies, but when that adrenaline rush keeps you in high stress and tension over a long period of time it reduces your work productivity and ability to perform at your best. By taking some time outs, you can maintain a high level of intensity without the added stress…
Posts Categorized: The Counselor Is In
My First Response
You have a deadline – a major report is due in half an hour and your computer crashes. The school calls, your child is sick, you are in the middle of a rush job and your office is an hour away from school. You have a meeting scheduled in half an hour and you can’t find…
Too Much Stuff
A friend once said to me; don’t get attached to your house or the things in it. Then you won’t miss it when you lose it. Yet my home gives me pleasure. I designed and built it to meet my needs for smaller space with lots of light, openness and freedom of movement. I will…
Reducing Your Learning Curve
Nothing creates more stress for me than having to learn something in the world of technology. As my daughter has lovingly said, Mom, I think you were born missing the technical gene. I couldn’t agree more. Yet in order for me to continue writing, blogging and sharing my love of God, people and ways to…
Reducing Overload and Time Pressure
I am not a techie. Although I operate a website, post blogs twice a week, podcast and do other functions on my computer, the language of computers and technology is still foreign to me. When I have very concise step by step instructions I can usually maintain my ability to function. When something goes wrong or…
Maximize the Return on Your Time
Every day we have 24 hours. Some of that time is needed for sleep and rest. Some of that time is needed to make a living and do all the things necessary to maintain life: shopping, preparing meals, laundry, cleaning, etc. The allocation of our time will be tempered by the demands of life. However,…
Establish Routines – Follow a Schedule
Nothing sounds more boring than having to live within a rigid schedule that I “have to” adhere to no matter what. Rigid schedules are not only boring, but can create constant pressure that increases stress levels. We feel we are at the mercy of everyone and everything and we can’t wait for the weekend, for…
Structure – Schedules – Routines
Nothing creates unwanted stress more than feeling we have no control over our environment. If we are reactive instead of proactive, good days only occur when everything is going well and bad days when everything isn’t. We are at the mercy of whatever is happening around us. As kids we rebelled against having to pick…
Not Enough Time
What stresses you out the most? Perhaps the most common source of stress today is time – not enough time – trying to find time – putting a time frame to all the demands that the world seems to put on us; time for our kids, our spouses, ourselves, our careers, friends, rest and relaxation….
Where do I Begin?
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and a sound mind.” II Timothy 1:7 So if I am dis-stressed, what do I do about it? God gives us both promises and encouragement. He reminds us that with His help we can accomplish most anything. Understanding how our…