When you can’t turn your brain off at night
Apparently, I’ve had an overactive brain since birth. My mother tells me that even as a baby, I barely slept. But I wasn’t crying. I was just lying there, wide awake, staring into space with what she described as wide-eyed curiosity. Several decades later, not much has changed. Insomnia is a reality I often have […]
When work spills into homelife
I watched a C-suite executive break down in our session last week. Not from the workload or pressure. She was tough and could handle anything thrown at her. She broke down because she missed her daughter’s recital. Again. She found it hard to come up with a good excuse as to her absence. All she […]
The Kind of Stress That’s Hurting You The Most
An executive I work with told me she couldn’t remember the last time she woke up feeling rested. Not tired from a late night. Not exhausted from a tough week. Just perpetually running on empty, like her battery never fully charged. Here’s what I told her: the problem isn’t the stress. It’s the kind of […]