Modern society romanticizes staying busy, touting it as the norm. I believe that doing nothing is a form of productivity. Why? Because downtime is productive. Allow me to explain. Have you noticed that your best ideas come while you’re lying down before bed or folding laundry? When your brain is in rest mode, your imagination ...

Not all hours in the day are equal—your focus and momentum rise and fall. However, if you find the sweet spot where your brain is at its best, you’ll do more in less time. It’s important to understand your energy cycles for optimum productivity. If you learn this, you can leverage one of the prominent ...

If time is a matter of perception, then you can change its pace. One might think that the days passed slower in our youth, but for adults, that is a distant point of view. When comparing your outlook and experience in the past, rather than how time passes today, we must realize time isn’t absolute. ...

I hate not being able to focus. My thoughts are a million miles a minute. Part of me thinks a nap would help, but I’ve already spent two hours trying without success. Coffee and covering up with blankets are how I will survive the day. The best solution for me is to find one small ...

Have you ever felt yourself emotionally go backwards? Lately, it seems like everything I have been trying to achieve has been put on pause. This being said I am actively working not to slip into my old version of survival mode. The new strategy is to not let myself say, “I’ll do it later.”  Later ...

When you leave, do you find yourself searching for where you put your keys? Did you go to the store and forget the one thing you were shopping for? We have all been there. A simple solution to help get your mental clarity back is to get your body moving when you wake up in ...

It is common for people to make New Year’s resolutions, and look at the beginning of a new year almost as a new lease on life. It’s perfectly normal to want to put the previous year behind you and start fresh with a clean slate. However, rather than writing out a concrete list of resolutions ...

At times we may feel as though we are hamsters on a wheel, feeling like we are overwhelmed with work, school or family obligations, etc. It is easy for our minds to become overloaded and neglect self-care. Self-care is vital for optimal mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Much like exercise, self-care is something that needs ...