Posted on May 2nd, 2013, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
If it is possible to conserve or control your energy, then would it also be possible to learn how to monitor and extend it little by little? Can we mindfully appropriate a certain amount of energy to this activity, person, or endeavor and a certain amount of energy to that task, project, or relationship? If [...]
Tags: attitude, awareness, charting, energy, focus, plan, Productivity, schedule, self improvement
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Posted on December 19th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
My guess is that nearly everyone reading this has an egg carton in the refrigerator (unless you are a full-on vegan). Even if you currently don't have any eggs in the fridge, you have: held an egg cracked an egg looked at an egg, and maybe even pondered eggs – and their shells. Today, I [...]
Tags: clutter, distractions, energy, focus, just whelmed, positive, Productivity, stress, success
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Posted on October 17th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Do you have some 'stuff' in your life that is bugging you? Then it's probably time to start getting rid of it. And you can do that one step at a time. The following list is in no particular order, so there are easy ones and difficult ones throughout. Take steps to eliminate any [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Do you need to have someone come in to haul everything out of your house to reduce some of the stress? Is it necessarily to dedicate hours and hours for weeks and weeks to de-clutter? Nope. You can take care of some small items – and see what a difference it makes. For example, imagine [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Should you pay attention to your spiritual energy? Does that matter when you are trying to keep a positive mental outlook? Here are seven sentence prompts. To take an assessment of what you want to keep and what you want to lose in your life, complete each of the sentence starters. Use as few or [...]
Tags: energy, producitvity, spiritualism
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Posted on June 15th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
The phone is a wonderful invention, and it’s supposed to be a tool. Too much time spent on the phone can easily divert you from tasks at hand. This is true at work and at home. To help you manage your time productively, implement one or more of the following: 1. Keep a phone log [...]
Tags: calls, distractions, energy, focus, Productivity, Professors, saving time, teachers, Teaching, telephones, time, tips
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Posted on May 4th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Doc Childre of HeartMath® said: Managing our emotions increases intuition and clarity. It helps us self-regulate our brain chemicals and internal hormones. It gives us natural highs, the real fountain of youth we’ve been searching for. It enables us to drink from elixirs lock[ed within our cells, just waiting for us to discover them. How [...]
Tags: calm, energy, energy boost, energy drain, relax, relaxation, stress, stress level
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Posted on April 16th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Can you change some of the events that are currently stressing you out? Are there others over which you really have no control or even any influence? Hmmm…it might be time to consider what belongs in the various categories for you. To help you visualize the idea we’re talking about in this article, just draw a [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Do you radiate positive energy? Does it have an impact on others? Are you unsure about what qualities you may want to be radiating out to others? Winston Churchill said: “I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” There are people you know (and I know) who radiate everything [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Do you think any dust has accumulated under piles of clutter? Is it possible that there is dirt somewhere in the midst of piles of stuff that need to given away. Would you find any cobwebs around those places that haven’t been sorted lately? Let’s just agree that the answer is ‘Yes.’ A simple way [...]
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