Managing Stress
How to Use the Best Type of Music to De-Stress
Summary: Leaders need quick stress reduction techniques to be effective in helping their teams. Here are some great ideas. Sylvia Lafair here, and I’m here to discuss another way to work with stress during these constantly changing times. I have taught this to so many leaders over the years. It works amazingly well before meetings.…
Read MoreHandle Stress Under Pressure
Summary: Here are some ways to move distress to eustress, the helpful stress to keep you healthy. Fortunately, I have a few tips about handling stress. I’ve become a stress-reduction researcher, and there is much to learn. Further, I decided to focus on stress and stress reduction in these trying times. It seems that every…
Read MoreHow to Move Out of Fear
Summary: The faster the pace of life, the more fear. Here’s what can help. I am getting the same questions over and over with the same request. “Hey, Dr. Sylvia, what advice do you have to move out of the rampant fear these days.” Comments are so similar, from ones about wasting time to ones about poor…
Read MoreBest Ways to Handle Stress in Times of Change
Summary: The choice of how you respond is yours, no matter what comes into your life. Here is how to change your coping mechanisms. Dear Dr. Sylvia, I need some help with coping mechanisms during this time of constant change. I’ve recently been surveying how people cope and use various coping mechanisms. It’s been fascinating…
Read More7 Ways to “Practice Safe Stress” during times of confusion and chaos
Summary: Whether you attack or retreat, you remain in the “chasm of chaos” till you find your way to the safe stress zone. Here is the route to get to both safety and success. Dear Dr. Sylvia, I need help. Right now! Can you give me a quick, simple way of handling all the stress…
Read MoreWhat to do when life seems out of balance
Everyone is telling me this year has more stress and strain than in the past? You agree? “Why,” people are asking, “is life so much more out of balance now?” I must admit, I’m not sure. However, I have a hunch that all the social media stuff is really making us kinda crazy. I was…
Read MorePractice Safe Stress
Calling all ambitious, motivated female leaders to let go of overwhelm and learn SAFE STRESS. + Learn the technique of Safe Stress (that unique area between the extremes of exhaustion and not giving a damn). + Find the best way for you to stop burnout before it stops you. + Practice the specific communication that…
Read MoreHow to Get Out of the “Gotta- Do Syndrome” That Leads to Overwhelm
How do you stay calm, cool, and collected?
When the heat index goes way into the red zone how do you stay calm, cool, and collected? Here is a composite of the types of emails I have been getting the past month, mostly from the east coast of the U.S. and from much of Europe. It goes something like this: “It’s too hot…
Read MoreHow to Transform the Victim into the Explorer
Have you noticed that the more persecutor/bullies lash out the more the victims of their nastiness go to hide under the bedcovers? I don’t often feel like a victim, however, I had an employee who was the bossiest witch always telling everyone in the office what to do, on her terms. One day I hung…
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