Life skills
How blocking your emotions harms your health
If you have a life experience that triggers grief, but you bottle it up, know that it can’t be deleted. It will wait until you’re ready, then [...]
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Do I have burnout?
As I reported last year, in May 2019 the World Health Organisation classified burnout as ‘a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic [...]
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Covid19 – tips to reduce stress
I’ve made a video series with tips on how to survive Covid19-related stress. See https://dexrandall.kartra.com/page/freecovid19 Please pay [...]
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Do you feel safe?
If you lack a general sense of safety in your life, work, relationships and social life – have you ever wondered why? If, like me, you are [...]
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6 contributors to burnout
According to the “Areas of Worklife” model, workload is only one of the six contributors to burnout. Control, reward, fairness, community and [...]
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How to handle a personal crisis when you still have to work
I had to work through the death of my father around this time of year in 2014, and it took a toll on me. Like it or not, I wasn’t able to perform [...]
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10 tips on mind maintenance for men
OK gents, let’s talk about caring for that other organ – the marvellous complex irreplaceable instrument you have in your head – your [...]
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How to get your mojo back
Lost your mojo? You’ve been feeling lousy at work – grumpy, irritable and distracted. People are pissing you off. The boss is overlooking [...]
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Does overwork cause heart attacks?
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. Bertrand Russell The other day [...]
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