Imaginary friends can save your sanity

Some say it's often the simple things that work best. But I say it's often the crazy things that work best.
These are possibly the words of a crazy person, so can you believe them?
I want to tell you about my imaginary friends. That's right. Not just one but many. And, yes, you can be the judge [...]

Posted Under: burnout and stress management
This post was written by Megan on April 29, 2010 Comments (2)

The problem with the slow movement

One of my favourite books is Carl Honore's In Praise of Slow – How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging the Cult of Speed.
Just to kick-off, you've got to love the term 'Cult of Speed'. How evil does speed sound now?
Before too long (no pun intended), I'm imagining Speed on some isolated farm, asking for obscene [...]

Posted Under: burnout and society
This post was written by Megan on April 22, 2010 Comments (2)

Are you a snoozy canary?

 
 
'Burnout' officially began in the 1970’s when everything was a blur anyway…

Obviously people were burned out out before then. But the 1970s saw the condition become 'branded'. 
Now the term 'burnout' is thrown into conversation pretty easily these days.  You either have it, or are conscious of being in danger of it, or you know people [...]

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This post was written by Megan on April 17, 2010 Comments (6)

Meditation made manageable – mmm…

What happens when you hear the word 'meditation'?  

Some of you may think of words like: 'calm', 'spiritual', 'awareness', 'nice smelly candle and fluffy pillows'.
But many of us, if we're really honest, immediately think:

'What? You mean that thing monks take decades to master?'
'I don't know how to meditate'
'I'm crap at meditating'
'Who has time to meditate?' [...]

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This post was written by Megan on April 1, 2010 Comments (0)