Posts by Cathy Jacob
A Little Practice to Ease a Big Change, episode 5
Sometimes life brings you just what you need when you need it. Sharing this simple ritual with our clients was a powerful reminder of what we most needed to support our own big change.
Read MoreIs work overtaking your life? Get your evenings back and improve your performance with this one simple routine.
Try the Shut Down Sequence. I used to wear my long hours and busyness as a badge of honor. I told myself it was a sign of my commitment, hard work and indispensability. Under that was a deeper worry I was disorganized and slow. These beliefs create the perfect ground conditions for work creep. Work…
Read More4 Simple strategies to keep work from eating into your personal time.
If your work life feels like it’s swallowing up your personal time, here are 4 simple strategies to help you reduce work creep and the stress, overwhelm and anxiety that go with it.
Read MoreEliminate Work Creep and Reclaim Your Life!
Working long hours may be costing you more than you know. If your work is crowding out your family and leisure time, you may be experiencing work creep and there’s something you can do about it.
Read MoreMake Progress or Savor the Moment? The surprising gift in learning to do both.
A life lived in the delicate and conscious balance of both progress and presence is a life fueled by purpose and filled with meaning. When you can both dream and be awake to the moment to moment experience of your life, surprising gifts await you.
Read MoreMake Progress or Savor the Moment.
A life lived in the delicate and conscious balance of progress and presence is a life fueled by purpose and filled with meaning. When you can both dream and be awake to the moment to moment experience of your life, surprising gifts await you.
Read MoreNo is the new Yes: Seven ways to make space for what matters most.
Are you sick of people telling you that you need to get better at saying no? The skill of saying no in a way that opens up more space and greater ease in your life involves more than simply a good script.
Read MoreEmbrace Your Limits: How drawing boundaries creates more freedom and less stress.
In a survey released in January by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the percentage of adult Canadians reporting anxiety, loneliness and depression was at its highest level since the onset of the pandemic. In the case of working adults, to what degree was the Pandemic the cause or just the straw that broke the camel’s back?
Read MoreEmbrace Your Limits: How drawing boundaries creates more freedom and less stress, episode 3
Is our always on, always connected work culture taking a toll on our mental health? In this episode, Cathy explores… the role of the Pandemic and the conditions that are contributing to rising incidences of anxiety and depression; how technology, instant communication and ever-accelerating work processes combine to create more and more stress; how embracing…
Read MoreWhere to Find Inspiration When You’re not Feeling Inspired.
It’s possible as you steel yourself for another COVID winter, the last thing you feel is inspired. If you’re struggling this winter, here are five places to look for inspiration.
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