Setting, prioritizing and achieving goals
Finding vision and motivation
The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life and take appropriate steps to get there. When you know what you want to achieve, you can distinguish between activities that will help you move forward and activities that will merely […]
Time management
There’s no mystery to managing time. Everyone has 24 hours each day to eat, sleep, relax and work. It’s what you do with those 24 hours that really counts.
Learning to manage your time well equips you to get the most out of every day. Most people spend their days in a frenzy of activity. […]
Regaining a sense of control
It’s important to recognize that work-life balance is not about scheduling and allocating time - it’s about regaining a sense of accomplishment and control. It’s about making choices that are right for the time and circumstances of your life. It’s about living life in a way that makes you feel happy, […]
Work-life balance - myth or reality?
Feeling guilty because you aren’t leading a ‘balanced’ life? Don’t get discouraged - you’re not alone. How many people do you know who are truly happy with the shape and pace of their lives? Probably not many!
Truth is - there’s no magic formula that will allocate just the right amount […]
Having trouble keeping all the balls in the air? Juggling the many demands of home and work can be a challenge! These strategies will help you achieve a more balanced perspective on life:
A checklist for work-life harmony:
Concentrate on results – Don’t waste valuable time and energy on unproductive activities. Prioritize the tasks that give you […]
What is work-life balance?
For many of us, work-life balance is an elusive ideal. By the time we work, sleep, care for loved ones, manage household chores – there’s precious little time left for relaxation and self-fulfillment. Most of us spend our days juggling the conflicting tensions of home and work.
Have you got it?
Work-life balance is […]
Mom always said that personality and smarts go farther than good looks. And now even psychologists are on her side.
For years, psychologists turned to cognitive ability — brainpower — as a predictor of job performance. Smarter people were considered more likely to succeed on the job. But intelligence is only part of the story.
Other important […]
Whenever there is a disaster of any magnitude, psychologists often are mobilized to help.
To an outside observer, it would be difficult to tell the psychologist apart from the other volunteers who are also offering water or blankets.
But while psychologists are performing these services, they also are offering crucial emotional support after a disaster.
Because psychologists […]
Violence. It’s the act of purposefully hurting someone. And it’s a major issue facing today’s young adults. One in 12 high schoolers is threatened or injured with a weapon each year. If you’re between the ages of 12 and 24, you face the highest risk of being the victim of violence.
At the same time, statistics […]
The intense anxiety and fear that often follow a disaster can be especially troubling for surviving children, especially if children were victims of the disaster or were separated from their families. Some may regress and demonstrate younger behaviors such as thumb sucking or bed wetting. Children may be more prone to nightmares and fear of […]