Summer is winding down as school, work and life tries to find normalcy in a changed world. As someone who has worked from home since the 90’s evolving from a sliver of space in my bedroom in the apartment I shared with my boyfriend (now 27-year husband) to having the bigger of our two home…
Lessons Learned
The Shifting Landscape
After 9/11, I remember many people feeling that there was no point to their day-to-day activities. Concerns that seemed so crucial a mere week or month before the towers fell now felt meaningless. The loss of lives and the loss of our assumed safety was shattering. Within four days of 9/11, my phone and inbox…
15 Tips for Coping with Stress When the World’s Out of Control
By Teresa Bitner, Now What? Facilitator Originally published in Bold Fulfilled Life Coach blog Flooding, wildfires, and now COVID-19 – Is the world spinning out of control? If you have some anxiety and worry about the current events that’s 100% normal. You may ask, “What is the world coming to?” or “How will this impact…
CRITICAL PEOPLE – How to Survive Working and Playing with Broken Glass
Broken glass. Sharp. Razor-edged. Hurtful if you get too close to it. Even deadly if used a certain way. Shiny and sometimes attractive until you get too close to it. Highly critical people live a tough existence. They are usually pretty smart and have a gift for seeing problems from all angles which can be…
Ghosted: Job Search Edition
Looking for a job opportunity in the digital age is like dating in the digital age. You scroll, you swipe right, you wink, you might even “hook up” (interviews) and then … ghosted. No response. No indication of what went wrong. Just silence. Not that blissful experience of standing on a mountain taking in the…
This Will Be the Year I Enjoy the Holidays
Every year, I set out in mid-November to “enjoy the holiday season.” To me, that means not rushing, stressing, and feeling pulled to complete so many obligations. Instead, I imagine watching as many corny Christmas movies as I want, wrapping gifts with time to spare, being done with shopping before the stores swell with holiday…