Self Care

“Embrace the Awkward”​ When Bringing Up Mental Health

By |2021-03-12T19:56:44-05:00March 12th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

Even if you’ve been lucky enough to survive the last year, you’re probably not operating at your peak performance, emotional highpoint, or (as they say) living your best life. And whether you’ve been holed up at home alone or trying to manage a busy family while working full time, you’ve likely noticed that other people

Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk

By |2021-02-19T12:23:56-05:00February 19th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

Several years ago, I was watching a Today Show segment about helping your children and teens create healthy habits. The subject of the piece was a notable nutritionist, whose kids were reluctant to eat their greens and work up a sweat. The most memorable quote came from one of her pre-teens who said, “Walking makes me sad.”

What to Say When Someone Cries at Work

By |2021-02-19T12:23:02-05:00February 11th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

I was recently coaching a leader who asked me, “Is it OK for me to tell someone on my team that they can’t cry at work?” Normally, as a coach, I would respond to her question with a question of my own: “What makes you ask that?” “What about crying feels like it shouldn’t happen

Talking About Mental Health with Your Employees — Without Overstepping

By |2021-02-19T12:22:07-05:00February 11th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

It’s been called a “second pandemic” — the mental health implications of the global health crisis, political unrest, economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, social isolation, remote work, home schooling, and so much more. And while it can feel like the first pandemic has been with us long enough for employees to have accessed the necessary resources

Are You Struggling a Little—or a Lot?

By |2021-02-19T12:09:16-05:00December 14th, 2020|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it

No Time for Self-Care? Try These 31 Snack-Size Habits

By |2021-02-19T12:08:21-05:00December 14th, 2020|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Psychology Today, Self Care|

“The new normal.” “Tremendous uncertainty.” “Unprecedented times.” These are three phrases most of us rarely heard (or said) before March 2020, but now we are flooded with them. And every time we hear them on the news or at work, we are reminded that our lives as we knew them have changed. Many days bring

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