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The Energizer Blog


Simple Can Often Be Hard
There’s a wonderful Stephen Sondheim song, Anyone Can Whistle.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 7, 20202 min read


Stop Being a Martyr. Women—ASK for help!
Everyone expects something from you. Your boss wants that project on his desk on Friday. Your husband wants you to pick up the dry cleaning.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 26, 20201 min read


Five Tips for Holding Your Business and Yourself Together
Anyone in the audience when I have given my presentation, “Radical Resilience”, knows that I believe action is the antidote for anxiety.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 14, 20202 min read


What Does It Take To Succeed When Working from Home?
Colleagues looked at me with envy, expressing a desire to leave corporate life and “work from home”.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 13, 20203 min read


How to Stay Happily Married
It’s been almost 39 years since Bill and I said, “I do”. Both of us came from failed marriages so no one was taking odds that this...

Eileen McDargh
Feb 11, 20193 min read


Raise Your Resiliency through Compassion
Feeling compassion may go a long way to improving well-being, reducing stress...

Eileen McDargh
Jan 21, 20191 min read


Three Hot Tips for a Resilient New Year
Let’s get one thing straight from the start. Resolutions do not work.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 7, 20192 min read


Walk Too Fast. You’ll Miss What’s at Your Feet
What do you see right where you stand? What does this moment hold for you? It is the only one we own.

Eileen McDargh
Dec 17, 20182 min read


Ecotourism and Our Planet: The Secret to a Resilient Tomorrow
Ten years ago, my husband and I joined Dr. Jeff Salz, a cultural anthropologist, to explore the northwest quadrant of the Indian Himalayas.

Eileen McDargh
Nov 26, 20182 min read


Resiliency Reminders Reaped from Nature
I recently found this article which I wrote eight years ago. It struck me that the insights are timeless. Enjoy!

Eileen McDargh
Sep 10, 20182 min read


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


Guest Post: 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


How to Craft a Key Retention Strategy: Mentoring
Recruitment of talent is one issue. But the retention of talent looms as an ever-larger concern....

Eileen McDargh
Jan 22, 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


Surviving Long Hours and the Night Shift
Courtesy of our friends at Bradley University via Online Degrees we have an article and infographic about nurses working the late shift.

Eileen McDargh
Dec 18, 20171 min read


When You’ve Lost The Deal
You’ve spent days and weeks preparing for this opportunity. You’ve enlisted colleagues to give you advice.

Eileen McDargh
Oct 2, 20172 min read


Seven Secrets Move Workouts into the Workplace
“Where do you get all your energy?” That’s a question many of us are asked...

Eileen McDargh
Sep 4, 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


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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