This week:
- A Link to “Small Thinks Often”: A Self Care Webinar I Lead Recently
- Happy People Procrastinate the ‘right’ way, says Harvard researcher—Here’s How
- The #1 Daily Habit to Do for Longevity, According to Experts
- The 7 Types of Rest You Need—and How to Get Enough of Each
“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Link to Small Thinks Often: A Self Care Webinar I Lead Recently:
Many of us are blessed to do work guided by purpose and fueled by passion. While this can be incredibly rewarding, long hours, demanding workloads, and challenging budgetary realities can leave us at risk of burnout in service of the mission.
You can’t give away what you don’t have — whether that’s time, energy, or attention, so if your aim is sustainability and resilience with the primary goal of helping others, avoiding burnout is critical!
How do you cultivate and model the personal and professional resilience practices needed to serve our community?
Here is a link to a recent webinar I lead, where we explore:
- The symptoms signaling why we can inadvertently drift toward burnout
- How to identify stress patterns and practice coping techniques
- Easy and actionable ways to reduce reactivity to stress while building resilience personally and professionally
- Addressing stress in promoting an inclusive workplace and attending to talent equity
Even the heart pumps blood to itself first. As leaders and practitioners, we often invest substantial energy in serving others, and as a result don’t always attend to our own needs.
Here are some simple and proven energetic techniques- supported by both western science and eastern wisdom traditions- that reduce chronic stress and upskill resilience and fortitude, particularly in times of challenge.
Use Passcode: jS@nsMa6
Happy people procrastinate the ‘right’ way, says Harvard researcher—here’s how:
Procrastination can be used to your benefit with the correct approach. Here’s how happiness expert Arthur Brooks suggests using it the right way.
Arthur C Brooks: How to make procrastination work for—not against—you
Life Span or Health Span?
The #1 Daily Habit to Do for Longevity, According to Experts:
Longevity is living a long life beyond the average lifespan. Many people believe genetics are the primary factor determining how long you live, but your genes account for only about 25% of your longevity. This means your daily choices and lifestyle habits influence the remaining 75%.
The #1 Daily Habit To Do for Longevity, According to Experts
The 7 Types of Rest You Need—and How to Get Enough of Each:
Rest is more than just getting eight hours of sleep—it’s about knowing when your mind, emotions, creative energy, or social battery are tapped out and giving them a break.
The 7 Types of Rest You Need—and How to Get Enough of Each
Thanks, this week go to Dr. Danny Friedland for introducing me to the heliotropic effect, and to all of you out there practicing self-care as well as caring for one another.
Pay it forward so we don’t go backward!
Love,
Neville
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“Though the present drifts in uncertainty, let there be no doubt that the future unfolds in light.”
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