Kathi and Katherine talk about narcissism on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.
How do you work for a narcissistic boss?
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Kathi and Katherine talk about narcissism on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.
How do you work for a narcissistic boss?
Listen to this week’s podcast here.
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As we approach a holiday weekend and the rollout of summer, now is a good time to take concrete steps to give your brain a break. “A break from what?” You may ask. A break from being “on” and in hyper-alert mode for four months straight.
I’m willing to bet that most of our brains could use a break. For weeks now, they’ve been scanning the news, scrolling through apps, ingesting forecasts, responding to texts, sifting through email, sitting on video conference calls, monitoring chat threads, reviewing to-do lists, and ruminating over what we haven’t been able to accomplish at work.
Giving your brain a break is like taking a mental vacation. You want to let your brain rest and restore itself, rather than constantly pressuring it to react and respond to all of the information and tasks it’s been holding. Giving your brain a break is crucial because every mind needs time for reflection and regeneration. Your mind needs rest now so that it can help you do your best work and make your best decisions in the near future.
Here are a few simple (but not easy) things you can do to give your brain a break:
During the last four months, our brains have been working overtime. We’ve used them to handle the pandemic, to respond to social, political and economic upheaval. We’ve used them to plan our days, take care of our loved ones, show up for work, and do the best that we can under strange and adverse conditions. I invite you to apply these ideas (or your own) to give your brain the rest it needs. It will thank you.
Katherine Crowley – Career Therapist and co-owner of K Squared Enterprises.
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Re-entry anxiety, it’s a real phenomenon. While one part of you may be eager to get back into the world to experience a semi-normal life, another part of you may be petrified. Going back to the office, venturing outdoors, visiting with friends – all of these activities that used to be automatic can now spark waves of fear and anxiety.
Why? Because your mind has gotten used to a certain way of living during the pandemic that feels safe and under your control. Sheltering in place may be confining, but it is predictable. You know exactly what is coming into and what is going out of your environment. You know how to safely manage your life.
Re-entry adds a range of new ingredients – especially other people – that can literally feel hazardous to your health.
So how do we handle our fear of re-entering?
One more thing, if part of what you fear involves returning to a competitive workplace or working endless hours, you may want to consider some longer-range changes. Do you need to re-design your job? Do you need to look for a different work situation altogether? You may not be ready to make any immediate changes, but you can begin to contemplate the kind of work life and home life that will ultimately work for you.
Katherine Crowley – Career Therapist and co-owner of K Squared Enterprises.
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As many of us move through week nine of sheltering in place, it becomes more and more difficult to simply “keep calm and carry on.”
Some of us may have started the quarantine with high hopes of a brief but successful period of isolation. Some of us may have used this time to launch creative projects, institute family activities, or get busy with different forms of home improvement. And some of us may have been contending with the actual virus – either because we contracted the illness ourselves or because a family member contracted it.
Whatever your experience has been during this time, I can guarantee that it hasn’t been easy. It’s likely that you’ve had days of great productivity, and days of no productivity. You’ve felt good at times, and lousy at other times. You’ve probably encountered moments of hope and clarity followed by moments of hopelessness and confusion.
Why does this matter? It matters because as we continue to cope with COVID-19, it’s important to also practice patience with our own process. Being patient with your process means you make room for your feelings, forgive your mistakes, and allow yourself to start again.
Being patient with yourself may seem anti-intuitive during a pandemic. You may think that you should to be alert and on-the-ball at all times. But practicing patience with yourself will actually help you feel better, perform better and be more patient with others during this incredibly stressful time.
Katherine Crowley – Career Therapist and co-owner of K Squared Enterprises.
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Kathi and Katherine talk about anger at work on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.
Are you angry at yourself at work?
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Katherine talks with special guest Holland Haiis about digital overload on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.
Are you suffering from digital overload? If you are, how do you “treat it” and learn to connect again?
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Kathi and Katherine talk about Sunday night anxiety and Monday morning blues on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.
What is it and how do you manage it?
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Kathi and Katherine talk about authenticity on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.
Can you be your authentic self at work?
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