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The Energizer Blog


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


Profound Words Beat Profanity
I’m throwing down the foul flag. The use of profanity and sexuality explicit words must go.

Eileen McDargh
Sep 18, 20172 min read


Disaster Recovery for Resiliency
As I write this, Hurricane Irma is chewing up the ocean on a relentless track toward Florida, having devastated most of Barbuda

Eileen McDargh
Sep 11, 20171 min read


Diversity Sparks Life into All
For weeks, I’ve watched this man walk three VERY different dogs. I figured he is a paid dog walker.

Eileen McDargh
Aug 21, 20171 min read


Ritz Carlton Has Gone To The Dogs!
If you have a 4-legged pooch and live anywhere near Laguna Niguel, CA, you might mark your calendar.

Eileen McDargh
Aug 14, 20171 min read


Radical Resiliency Meets Radical Hope
Radical Resiliency is the term I coined to redefine “resiliency” as something that–for humans–is far different from the notion...

Eileen McDargh
Jul 31, 20172 min read


Why You Need a Community
Despite freezing meetings rooms, Florida storms, humidity, and sleeping rooms that refused to cool off, I am so grateful I went.Why?

Eileen McDargh
Jul 24, 20172 min read
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