Items tagged with "self-rescue":

How to Stay Sane in a World Gone Mad: 6 Ideas to Help You Stay Hopeful

I have started avoiding the news – in any and all forms. Things are so bad out there that it all feels too overwhelming. And, still, the horrors manage to filter through my defenses. Everywhere there is justified outrage about our incompetent-at-best and pathological-at-worst leaders, horror at...

Rebuild Your Resilience to Recover from Burnout

Have you ever found yourself saying, “if one more person asks me to do something I might crack”? Felt as though you are stretched so far that you fear you might snap? Had a to-do list that took on a life of its own, with each item you tick off being replaced by three or four more? All of...

Sunday Night Blues

You’ve had a wonderful holiday. Resting, relaxing and being in the moment. No worrying about the report that is due, the presentation you need to make at the next meeting, the conversation with your hated boss/client/colleague that you have to have. No work worries at all. But, now, the party is...

Nurture Yourself in Nature

What is free, easily accessible and good for your health? Depending on who you are and where you live, you may be thinking: oxygen, wifi, water, sex, happiness, laughter… All of which may be true, but the answer I am looking for is: Nature. Albert Einstein (who was, as we know, a genius)...

Self-Sabotage or Self-Rescue?

I often witness clients beating themselves up (sometimes literally as well as figuratively) for getting in their own way.  They get really cross with themselves for wasting an opportunity, messing up an interview or not studying hard enough for an exam. “I don’t know what I keep sabotaging myself”...

There is no Self-Sabotage, just Self-Rescue!

I have long held the view that there is very little self-sabotage, only self-rescue in disguise. Last week confirmed it for me resoundingly. I was supposed to go to the Martha Beck Coaches Summit in Phoenix, Arizona last week.  I was going to be running two breakout sessions, giving an 8 minute ...