How often do you give yourself permission to be happy?
Have you ever heard someone referred to as having “high permission levels“? While this may seem vague, it is a powerful concept that can significantly impact our happiness, well-being, and success. This blog post will explore permission levels, how they affect our lives, and how we can increase our permission levels to achieve greater happiness, […]
Fight or Flight How to Harness the Power of Your Body’s Stress Response
Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress and its impact on your daily life? You’re not alone. I have been there, and my fix was to try and stem the pain through dental procedures. Only after three worn-out devices to prevent teeth grinding did I acknowledge that I had more control and power to change this. […]
How Not To Take Work Stress Home with You
Do you ever come home irritable because you had a rough day at the office? Do you take your frustrations from work out on your partner or family? After a long day at work, many of us find ourselves taking out our stress on friends, children, or significant others. And if we’re not careful, we […]
Want To Reduce The Stress In Your Life (Podcast Archives)?
Deb Timmerman and I help individuals and organizations manage change and stress. Together, we bring you real conversations, stories about healing, and strategies to help you find the inspiration to move from stressed to your best. *You can access the full podcast, new and old episodes, on Buzzsprout. It also has links to all other […]
To Deliver Quality Care Relationships Are Paramount
*onsite, and podcast app links The conversation on Network = Networth with Dalene Allen dove into my past, experience, tool set, and beliefs. Ultimately, lifelong learning, and relationships have been a theme throughout my life. My father was a farmer with a strong entrepreneurial spirit wrapped in the importance of connecting with people in order […]
From Stress Response Solutions To Business Tools: A Podcast With Barb Fletcher
I had a wonderful time speaking with Tim Melanson on this podcast: “Work @ Home Rockstar” (links below). We talked about how I help people move from stress and overwhelm to comfort and ease, but also my business and what tools I have found as a solo-entrepreneur to help me find comfort and ease both […]
Are you misunderstood? Would you like strategies to be heard?
We’ve all likely found ourselves in a conversation that didn’t go how we thought it would. Was it about the words, or was it more about how we felt? We all had that rough day, and we’re not in the space to have a good conversation because we’re frazzled, or overwhelmed. But there is more […]
Compassion Fatigue: A Secondhand Stress That You Do Not Need.
Too numb to care? You reach a peak of physical and emotional exhaustion to the point that you lose the ability to empathize with other people. You get tired of suffering from secondary stress and being stressed about other people’s stress. You just lost it all. Not being able to bring your best self to […]
Is your reaction yours or someone else?
A few days back, my husband and I discussed a small lilac bush we had planted. It was less than a foot tall and was growing in a new seed grass area. Over the last couple of months, I dutifully watered it. It seemed to be growing well. I could feel the emotions welling up […]