Category: stress and overwhelm

Stress

Strong Fear of Failure Creates Exhaustion and Burnout

We struggle to admit to ourselves that we may be heading for burnout. Are we afraid of failure, of letting people down, or do we genuinely think we are ok, and we can cope? No-one plans to reach burnout. “I’m looking forward to my burnout” said no one ever! No matter how stressed you feel,…

Stress

Spotting The Insidious Symptoms of Stress

Stress can hit you in the face like a prizefighter’s punch. It can also creep up on you and steal your life like a pickpocket in a well-known Charles Dickens novel. It can do both though. Firstly, creeping up slowly, eroding your life, before hitting you hard and knocking you out. It’s better to spot…

Stress

Choose how to Fully Relax

One antidote to busyness, stress or overwhelm is being able to relax. However, it’s easy to forget to relax when you feel like you don’t have enough time in the day. When you are switched on all the time it’s difficult to turn all the thoughts off and to stop the twitchiness of needing to…

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Too Busy, Overwhelmed and Stressed Out?

Several years ago, we started to hear about the cult of busyness. I don’t hear the term so much these days. I feel that it didn’t quite hit the mark for those who were busy in their lives. No one wants to think of themselves as in a cult. It doesn’t seem that things have…

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How to Reduce the Busyness in Your Life

Is busyness a problem in your life? If you’re not sure, you can read a discussion about being busy all the time in my blog. If it’s not a problem for you, then maybe you know people who do suffer. For you, or others, knowing how to change things could be extremely useful. Why do…

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