ANGELA’S BLOG
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8 Ways To Be Gentle With Yourself
A few weeks ago I led two Burnout Prevention workshops for a group of female physicians and researchers. Having worked in the medical field and a teaching hospital myself (I also graduated from the Medical College of Georgia where I briefly dated a med student who...
Having A Purpose Is Stressful
Having a purpose is stressful? Yeah, I think so, especially when the so-called purpose is unhealthily woven into the fabric of your self-identity. I know that’s almost heresy, but true. I feel you’ve been sold a lie. By books, by your parents, by inspirational...
Self-Compassion Is Not A Pep Talk
One of the most effective ways to soften self-pressure and the relentless urge to always be doing something 'productive' is to learn to be gentle with yourself. Being gentle with yourself is called self-compassion, and has substantial research that demonstrates this...
A Proper Day Off
A proper day off isn’t filled with spa treatments with cotton between your toes a sense of forced relaxation trying to recuperate from what we all too often call regular life A proper day off isn’t filled with projects or lists of chores to do at home trying to...
Does Your Partner Need You Less Stressed?
Does your partner need you less stressed? Because mine did. Prior to my chronic stress collapse, my stress level had been steadily escalating for many years. I had been given more responsibility at work. My mind was pre-occupied with how to get things done, who needed...
She Tried To Be Vulnerable Once
Before I enter a coaching relationship with a client, I ask her to tell me what she has tried to resolve her chronic stress. I will never forget Roxana’s response. She answered, ‘I tried to be vulnerable once…that was stressful!’ I smiled to myself and thought,...
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