Jill's Nuggets

I've just published my first article in BRAINZ Magazine, A Simple Guide to Workplace Wellness.

A bit ago I had an interesting conversation about giving names to the many characters that make up one's mental chatter.

I have a particularly unpleasant one I refer to as "The Mean B*tch". She is downright nasty and unpleasant and she shows up when I am already feeling defeated. All of her unhelpful perspective is directed inward. She's a combination of unpleasant emotions.

Maybe you have an envy character that shows up when you spend too much time comparing yourself to others and then make unrealistic expectations of yourself by projecting yourself into their circumstances.

There could be the failure character that takes every challenge as a failure and creates a dramatic story about how you can never succeed.

Or what about the procrastination character that creates stress surrounding your lack of initiative. There are likely seeds of accuracy, but the tone is not helpful and leads to mor…

Happy day to you:)

So often we make to-do lists and focus on what we perceive we need to get done with little regard for how to go about doing it. So, I thought it might be fun to share with you some ideas for how to bring more attention to the way in which you proceed.

Focus on process rather than outcome

Have fun transitioning between tasks

Look for complementary rather than competitive tasks

Focus on the present moment experience

Good day to you my friend. I hope all is well in your world.

I thought it might be nice to take a deeper look at a few versions of self and how we can get the two to work together to create wiser decisions.

Let's look at an example of waking, generally feeling unwell, burned-out, depressed, anxious, or overwhelmed. You likely have commitments for the day in any form that is your present reality. What might these different selves be saying?

Logical Self

"If I don't push through this, tomorrow is only going to be worse."

"Someone needs to get things done."