• Disconnecting from the Office – Culture Change or Common Sense?

    Disconnecting from the Office – Culture Change or Common Sense?

    There was an article in yesterday’s Washington Post that outlined how it is now legal in France for you to ignore that pesky email from your boss at 10 pm.  That’s right, its now a law. Getting an email from your boss outside of your typical work hours, can now be ignored without the fear…

  • Self-Care: An Important Aspect of Life, or Nonsense?

    Self-Care: An Important Aspect of Life, or Nonsense?

    I don’t really know why, but the term “self-care” keeps popping up in my life.  I see it on Twitter, in online articles and even in an audio book I’m listening to.  So what is self-care? And why the sudden movement around it? A few definitions I found online all suggest that it is when…

  • So You’ve Had a Bad Day? Three Survival Strategies to Get You Through It

    So You’ve Had a Bad Day? Three Survival Strategies to Get You Through It

    You know how it goes.  Your morning starts like this:  you wake up, literally on the wrong side of the bed.  When you get to the shower you find there is no hot water.  Then you head into the kitchen and discover that your husband took the last cup of coffee.  You leave for work,…