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The Energizer Blog


Sorrow Shared Is Sorrow Halved
Death is the one CERTAINTY we all will face. With Mollie’s permission, I share with you her insights into coping with sudden tragedy.

Eileen McDargh
Aug 21, 20242 min read


More Tips for Growing your TQ: Talk Quotient
Laughter Lifts the Load In tough times, humor is an essential survival skill. Talk can also be funny. Not the sarcastic biting humor of...

Eileen McDargh
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Summer Vacations—WHY you MUST Travel
Try to travel, otherwise you may become racist, and you may end up believing that your skin is the only one to be right...

Eileen McDargh
Jul 10, 20241 min read


Whatever happened to Personal Responsibility!?!?!?
Really, what has happened to Personal Responsibility?

Eileen McDargh
May 29, 20242 min read


Exhausted? Let’s Unpack It!
Bottom line: Exhaustion runs the gamut. It’s the lessons we take from it that matter.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 24, 20242 min read


Become Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
It starts by becoming comfortable with being uncomfortable, stepping into the unknown, and taking a risk. It means saying ‘Why not me?”

Eileen McDargh
Apr 17, 20241 min read


If Your Get Up and Go Got Up and Went…
It’s time to plug into something that YOU choose—something that can renew your batteries and refresh your interest in work AND life.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 2, 20242 min read


When confronted by Hate and Violence…
My dear friend and soul sister Marilyn Semonick writes a weekly column called Wednesday Wisdom. Always Short. Pithy. Pertinent. Profound....

Eileen McDargh
May 2, 20231 min read


Life Lessons From My Resilient Little Brother
I was asked to read the obituary of my little brother Chuck Browder and say a few things about him

Eileen McDargh
Apr 4, 20233 min read


From the Land of the Frozen Chosen
This past month, my home state of California resembled parts of the frozen Great Lakes.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 8, 20231 min read


Tips From Wellness Pros To Prevent Burnout
Here are the top approaches that emerged from their responses.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 1, 20231 min read


The Insidious Side of Burnout—and Seven Fixes
Burnout takes time to develop and may look a little different for everyone.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 8, 20232 min read


Discomfort Offers Insights—I Retreated From My Retreat
If you have followed my posts, you know that I was excited to have a 3-day retreat in early January.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Be Yourself
Every year you make a resolution to change yourself. This year, make a resolution to BE yourself.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 18, 20231 min read


Keep Your Fingers Crossed! I Might Have Found My Retreat Center
This year, January 3-6, I’ll try the Mary & Joseph Center in Palos Verdes.

Eileen McDargh
Dec 28, 20221 min read


ACT III Wisdom for Modern Elders
I am on a learning journey to discover how to be a modern elder and understand what I am called to do in this ACT III of my life.

Eileen McDargh
Dec 21, 20222 min read


Who will mourn you?
The call came yesterday: Glenna Salsbury, an enduring influence in the speaking profession, died after many years battling cancer.

Eileen McDargh
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Boo-tiful Can be Beautiful
Have you ever felt that way—so taken by a child that all work and worry vanishes?

Eileen McDargh
Nov 2, 20221 min read


Three Tools That Will Help Your Business Survive a Recession (and burnout)
Building resiliency in business. This is no easy task. In fact, it took me years to reach a place of resiliency in my small business,...

Veronica Kirin
Oct 26, 20224 min read


Retreat In Order to Advance
“The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

Eileen McDargh
Oct 19, 20222 min read
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