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Are You a Highly Sensitive Person? 8 Strategies to Help

May 14, 2013 | Relationships Stress

I attended a family function recently, and as I entered the gathering, I was inundated with sensory information.  Here’s what I processed in the first minute: There were dozens of people who I barely knew, eating their lunch and talking; dogs were running around, including my own who is a bit fond of other people’s [...]

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Perfectionism and Productivity

May 10, 2013 | Happiness Stress

Visions of Success or Fear of Failure? What drives productivity for you? Is it visions of success or fear of failure? If it’s the latter, you’re probably a perfectionist. A perfectionist is someone who not only wants to do well but is driven to avoid failing at all costs. Perfection is excellence on steroids. Striving [...]

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20 Quotes To Build Encouragement & Inspire Resilience

May 8, 2013 | Resilience

Whether you are going through an adversity, working toward achieving a goal, or just trying to get through the day, these quotes will give you a little boost of encouragement and resilience. ** “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not [...]

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9 Steps to Changing Careers & Getting the Life You Want

May 6, 2013 | Career Resilience

There are two questions I get asked most frequently when I meet new people and tell them my story.  The first is, “Why did you decide to leave law?” and the second is, “How did you make the change?”  I recently got an email from a woman explaining that she was stuck in her career [...]

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Setting Boundaries for Work-Life Balance

May 3, 2013 | Career

We all know the colleague who accepts every project and burns the midnight oil, only to collapse into a stressed out, unhappy mess at the end of every week. Oh wait. That’s you? Well, it used to be me as well. Here’s how I’ve learned to manage the often elusive work life balance. Early in [...]

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What’s up

Paula will be interviewed on May 22nd by Dr. Matt Townsend on BYU Radio Sirius XM 143.  Paula will be discussing the topic, “The Stress Epidemic & How We Can Stop It.”  Tune in at 4:30pm CST!



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March 29, 2013 | Stress

4 Stress Types and Their Impact on Busy Women

High-achieving women have a lot on their plates. Your drive and ability to get things done helps you run businesses, tackle complex challenges and keep your families running, but it also makes you susceptible to chronic negative stress. Why? As you strive for excellence (often, perfection), you also tend to over-commit, fail to focus on [...]

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