Items tagged with "covid19":

How to Cure a Case of Novemberitis (and Coviditis)

Every November I post my blog about Novemberitis. This year I have updated it to include the new affliction of Coviditis…. Ah November! Such an in between time of the year. Winter (or summer) has left and summer (or winter) hasn’t arrived. The current year is almost over and the new year hasn’t...

How to Know the Difference Between Burnout and Covid Fatigue

What’s the difference between Covid (or Quarantine) Fatigue and Burnout? Their genesis. We get burnout when we push ourselves (over and over) to do things that are wrong for us; we take on too much, rest too little and pretend to be okay when we are anything but. Burnout is a consequence of not...

Right Now We Are All Feeling Grief

Why am I so grumpy and irritable? Why can’t I sleep through the night? Why do I feel so thin-skinned and overwhelmed? Why is it impossible to concentrate on anything for more than a few minutes? Why – when I have so much to be grateful for and appreciative of during this horrible time – am I so...

Surviving Uncertainty

Seventeen years ago Susan Jeffers wrote a book called Embracing Uncertainty. In the book she suggested that in times of distress it is helpful to wonder about things generally instead of hoping for something specific. When we hope for a definite result, we become attached to that particular outcome...