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The Energizer Blog


Resilience Required: Why every business owner needs to be resilient
I met Elizabeth Tollis while being part of a virtual program. I asked her to write this article for all who rank themselves as entrepreneurs

Elizabeth Tollis
Feb 16, 20223 min read


Cultivate Resiliency BEFORE You Need It
some time in the course of this year, you will be called upon to be resilient.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 3, 20222 min read


Five Simple Daily Resilience Habits
“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.” ― James Clear, Atomic Habits Life can be stressful even under normal conditions...

Eileen McDargh
Jan 19, 20221 min read


The Top Five Resiliency Blog Posts To Start Your Year Off Right!
I went through my blogs from the past few years to see what people enjoyed reading the most. I uncovered some gems and want to share them.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 12, 20221 min read


UnHappy New Year - Your Choice
Pretty hard to holler out “Happy New Year” when my January in-person event just cancelled because of Covid concerns. Record snows are...

Eileen McDargh
Jan 3, 20222 min read


The Great Resignation or the Great Revelation?
Let’s learn how to help employees manage workplace and home stressors by cultivating their resilience muscle. It can be done!

Eileen McDargh
Oct 27, 20211 min read


The Power of Boundary Setting
When Robert Frost penned, “good fences make good neighbors”, he was thinking of sheep wandering to a neighbor’s garden.

Eileen McDargh
Sep 15, 20212 min read


5 COVID-19 POSITIVE Lessons
As we start back this school season, I believe United World College Costa Rica has lessons for each of us about resilience.

Jose Pablo Rojas-Brewer & Paola Protti
Sep 8, 20213 min read


Every Day A Gift
Read Senator Tammy Duckworth’s memoir of the same title and you will be awestruck by the courage, tenacity, and resilience...

Eileen McDargh
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Jeanne Robertson - The Loss of a Legend
What would people say about you when you die? It’s a question we rarely ask ourselves...

Eileen McDargh
Aug 27, 20212 min read


From Stressed To Blessed
They call the millennial generation the burned-out generation for a reason. Why?

Tara Reinbolt
Jul 21, 20212 min read


Denial is NOT Just a River in Egypt
The first practice to cultivate resilience is to accept what is given. Denying reality will never produce the variety of potential responses

Eileen McDargh
Jul 14, 20213 min read


Words Create Our Reality
Heather Hansen offers a fascinating guest post in which she explores the power of words to influence how we feel and act in life.

Heather Hansen
Jun 30, 20213 min read


How to Turn Failure into Success
I’m betting that few people knew Spencer Ferguson Silver III who died May 8, 2021, at his home in Minneapolis.

Eileen McDargh
Jun 2, 20211 min read


How to Transition to the Not-So-New-Abnormal
it seems that we’ll be entering a hybrid work world where some fashion of remote work remains. Resilience will be a skill to cultivate.

Eileen McDargh
May 26, 20211 min read


Sustainability Serves a Student
April 22 – Earth Day-- has come and gone. But for those of us committed to saving a planet, the work is never over. And for my...

Eileen McDargh
May 12, 20212 min read


Can Our Voices Create Harmony – A Symphony of Empathy?
Our recent national struggles have motivated me to revisit our nation’s history and dig deeper into how we got here. It’s also ruffled my...

Marilynn Semonick
Apr 28, 20212 min read


A Name Tag for Kindness
The world is slowly opening. Hopefully, our first trip will be to drive in mid-June to Corbett, Oregon. We haven't seen our daughter, her...

Eileen McDargh
Apr 21, 20212 min read


Turning The Not-So-Normal Day Into Awesome
Post-Covid: It’s time for new, simple, daily practices that change your day, and your life.

Bill Jensen
Apr 19, 20212 min read


Mighty Mites Make Music
“It’s not the size of the bird in the song. It’s the size of the song in the bird.”

Eileen McDargh
Apr 18, 20211 min read
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