By Joan Acocella — 2015
What’s behind stagefright?
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CLEAR ALL
Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
The causes for the Founder's Blues are easy to identify. Founders experience immense pressure when starting and attempting to build their own businesses.
Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
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Many of us have thought of or dreamed about leaving that job to pursue our dreams, maybe start a business, or pursue our passion. While there are practical issues to consider, we also need to overcome the inertia that comes with the fear we experience when taking a major new direction in our lives.
The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.
SARK’s whimsical, hand-printed, hand-painted books . . . are guides for adults (kids, too) who long to play and be creative, but have forgotten how.
In an interview, SARK said she knows that art is healing “because of how it heals me and how I see it healing other people every day. Through art, we come alive through the deep connections to our souls and spirits.”
As part of the 2018 Transformational Author Experience, host Christine Kloser provided a free Playbook with contributions by multiple authors including Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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