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Vacations Boost Resiliency. Let’s Take Them!
Stressed out? Overwhelmed? Too little sleep? Concerned about the “optics” of taking time off?”
Eileen McDargh
Jul 16, 20182 min read
Forget Spring HOUSE cleaning. Clean Your Life!
SO stop! It’s time to plug into something that YOU chose—something that can renew your batteries and refresh your interest in work AND life
Eileen McDargh
Jun 11, 20182 min read
Loneliness Looms: An Epidemic of Our Making
The U.N.’s annual World Happiness Report ranks the happiest people in the world: Finns, Norwegians, and then Danes.
Eileen McDargh
May 14, 20181 min read
When Energy Goes, Resiliency Declines
Just finished Daniel Pink’s newest book, WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing.
Eileen McDargh
May 7, 20181 min read
Diminishing but not Forgotten
Well, almost forgotten. I’m referring to the 1074 WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilots) who served this country during WWII.
Eileen McDargh
Mar 26, 20182 min read
The Optics of Optimism - Part 2
Heavy clouds moved across the sky, blocking out Catalina Island that looms some 26 miles west of my California shore.
Eileen McDargh
Mar 19, 20182 min read
The Optics of Optimism - Part 1
It wasn’t until I got my first pair of glasses in sixth grade that I realized signs had readable letters, leaves weren’t blurry green...
Eileen McDargh
Mar 12, 20182 min read
Whose Job is Corporate Culture Anyway?
Those of you who follow my work know that I believe a resilient, sustainable organization needs to create a culture for achievement, growth.
Eileen McDargh
Feb 26, 20183 min read
For Happiness: Put Down The Smartphone
All eyes were glued to their smartphone.All looked so serious. It felt creepy. Dystopian.
Eileen McDargh
Feb 19, 20182 min read
Ultimate Resiliency: How to Age Successfully
Rolling over into another year, I found myself making the usual intentions and goals for my professional and personal life.
Eileen McDargh
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Dump The Dictionary and Learn The True Meaning Of Resiliency
Resilience is a way of walking though life. As I explored the wisdom we all get in hindsight...
Eileen McDargh
Jan 15, 20181 min read
THE ENERGIZING MOMENT: Part 10: Humor and Disasters - How to develop a Humor Muscle.
What fires together, wires together. That’s the neurological explanation for creating new brain patterns.
Eileen McDargh
Jan 1, 20181 min read
Tornado Tragedy Yields Surprising Tenderness
Throughout the long, howling night of Saturday Dec. 26, Jim and Stephen crouched in their storm shelter as 11 tornadoes roared through
Eileen McDargh
Dec 28, 20172 min read
THE ENERGIZING MOMENT: Part 9: Humor and Disasters - Help or Hindrance?
Join me as I ask my colleague in The Resiliency Group, Karyn Buxman, if it is fact or fiction that humor can help us...
Eileen McDargh
Dec 17, 20171 min read
Gratitude Is Not A Platitude
Gracias… Danke… Merci… Tack… Grazi... Obrigado… Arigatou and any other language you can imagine.
Eileen McDargh
Nov 23, 20172 min read
How to Handle the Cost of Compassion Fatigue
Hurricanes took huge tolls on families in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico.
Eileen McDargh
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Living In The Now
Today I have a featured blog post on Inspire Me Today and I'm going to share a bit of it below but you can read the rest on Inspire Me Today
Eileen McDargh
Nov 10, 20171 min read
I Am Thankful For Ironing
I am sick. OK, having read the headline you are probably shaking your head and muttering, “You sure are. No one loves ironing.”
Eileen McDargh
Nov 8, 20172 min read
When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity
Todd Adams, CEO of Star Thrower productions just wrote this piece and I asked his permission to share it. Important reading!
Eileen McDargh
Oct 9, 20172 min read
What happens when you move from Bud to Boss?
Resilient managers know that growing through challenges as well as opportunities is a great career move.
Eileen McDargh
Sep 25, 20171 min read
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