Like chocolate and cheese: How to pair self-care with your personality

“Yes I remembered The List, and I did them!”, my client pings me a year after our work together. I love making these lists because they are memorable and more importantly, they circumvent how we’re wired to sabotage ourselves.

Working on yourself is hard. We now have so many resources at our fingertips to constantly be reviewing who we are and how we work that it can be overwhelming.

Like it or not, pretty much everyone has had a chance to experience working from home thanks to COVID.

For many people, 2020 has felt like all systems go. People have been forced to spend energy credits on things they never thought they would spend energy credits on.

When I need to ground myself or get out of a funk, I cook or sing.

Not too busy at all!” Vanessa replied. (Yes, that very same Vanessa you read on NEP newsletters). I was a tad befuddled. All the weddings I’ve known have been extremely involved. And she was inviting me to stay for. . a week!?

In the cult of The 5am Club, it’s easy to see yourself as less of a productive or successful person if you’re not an early riser. Or, if you don’t wear the same clothes everyday like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. I could go on, but you get the drift.

Our biggest enforced holiday of the year has just passed. For most of us that means we took a good week or two (maybe more) away from work and all the stresses that comes with that.

How do you deal with a boss who might think you’re not committed if you have outside interests that might need flexibility? I was asked this question recently at a networking event I was speaking at and love that people are thinking about and challenging this mindset.