Often, what feels productive is not the most meaningful. KEY POINTS As 2022 comes to an end, challenge your assumptions and reclaim your time. Calculate “how many times left” you have for meaningful activities. Interview an elder about their life. Last weekend, we...

You don’t have to lose yourself or your healthy habits during the holiday season. KEY POINTS The holidays can be a time of joy, but they can also be stressful and overwhelming. If you can identify your unhealthy avoidance strategies, you can make better choices....

We must look at the workplace-individual mismatches that are turning us so sour. KEY POINTS The workplace environment plays a central role in employee burnout, yet too often the focus is on the individual. A mismatch between the workplace and the individual, such as a...

Life guarantees that you’re always changing inside and out. KEY POINTS We can evolve within our lifetime to become more flexible and aligned with our deepest motivations and values. When you hold onto control at all costs, your attempts to control change end up...

Has anyone ever told you to stop caring so much about what other people think? KEY POINTS If people-pleasing has become automatic, you are going to need to slow yourself down so that you can respond more effectively. When pleasing another person, ask yourself, "Did I...

Sometimes we think that to live a productive life we must take action. KEY POINTS One approach to burnout would be to lean into discomfort and try to make lemonade out of lemons. Sometimes the most workable solution is to stop working so hard at making something work....