Long hours, juggling multiple deadlines from several departments all while feeling isolated because—let’s face it—no one truly understands your job? Recipe. For. Burnout. “Try self-care,” they said. “It will be easy,” they said. Ha! You are already feeling like you don’t have control over your work (deadlines, workload, responsibilities) and chances are you don’t see…
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People are sometimes surprised to find out I don’t attend the church I serve during the week. Occasionally people question my ability to fully support the mission of my work church. But for me, working at one church and worshiping (and volunteering, studying and bringing something for the potluck) at another is the healthy choice…
As communication professionals often tasked with coming up with killer creative ideas, you should know by now that lightning rarely strikes. If you sit around waiting for inspiration to show up, you’re going to be sitting alone for a while. Instead, the creative life is built on habit. The late writer Octavia Butler put it…
15-year-old Danny Herrera and his girlfriend were crossing the street one evening in October when a driver failed to yield and plowed into them. The two went up over the car, resulting in a dislocated knee for Herrera and a concussion for his girlfriend. This kind of accident is all too common, and our response…
Too often we think of limits as things that hold us back. They stop us from doing more. But limitations are powerful: Limits keep us safe: Speed limits literally save lives. Limits narrow our focus: Being limited to a certain area allows you to focus and go deeper. Limits keep us from doing too much:…