Work Life Balance
Work Life balance is a critical driver of performance. We believe their are important factors in helping you keep a balanced life through use of proper nutrition, meditation, exercise, journalling, and setting regular goals! This section of your PCL is dedicated to helping you be as healthy and productive as possible. Your body is your instrument and it must be taken care of as it is the only one you get! Each of you is as unique as the other and it is important that you find what works for you! The consistency of this activities will generate positive results!
Journaling
Journaling allows people to clarify their thoughts and feelings, thereby gaining valuable self-knowledge. It’s also a good problem-solving tool; oftentimes, one can hash out a problem and come up with solutions more easily on paper. Journaling need not be a cumbersome, timely and rigid affair, but instead it can be a very fun activity as there are no hard or fast rules about journaling. Any personal development activity which has great elements of fun in them usually tends to be the “stickability” activities lasting longer periods of time. Incidentally, such activities can also become great habits, but they require commitment and desire to get such activities off the ground!
Here are some of the benefits and categories - for a full description in point form you can go to http://www.appleseeds.org/100_Journaling.htm
STRESS REDUCTION:
ENHANCES INTUITION AND CREATIVITY:
Here are some of the benefits and categories - for a full description in point form you can go to http://www.appleseeds.org/100_Journaling.htm
STRESS REDUCTION:
- Reduces the scatter in your life
- Increases focus
- Brings stability
- Offers a deeper level of learning, order, action and release
ENHANCES INTUITION AND CREATIVITY:
- Improves self trust
- Awakens the inner voice
- Directs intention and discernment
- Provides insights
Snacking Smart
Studies show that snacks are an important way to maintain your blood sugar levels. And these blood sugar levels are what affects how we are feeling throughout the day, from breakfast, through lunch and coffee breaks until we finally sit down and eat and the end of the day.
Most of us have the bad habit of waiting until our body is telling us we are starving until we begin to think about food. This creates all sorts of negative consequences, from making the wrong choices to over-eating and skewing portion sizing. If we simply change our eating habits throughout the day, we would benefit greatly.
Most of us have the bad habit of waiting until our body is telling us we are starving until we begin to think about food. This creates all sorts of negative consequences, from making the wrong choices to over-eating and skewing portion sizing. If we simply change our eating habits throughout the day, we would benefit greatly.
Reducing Stress Through Exercise
We’ve all felt it. After a difficult and demanding day at the office, your body just doesn’t feel right. Your tense, irritably, head-achy, and just feel downright lousy.
The stressors of our everyday lives, especially when spending hours on end in a busy practice with your team, clients, and a workload that seems never-ending, will eventually have its toll. However, by adding some physical activity into your daily routine, you can beat the effects of stress, and still feel on top of your game. We cannot avoid the stressors in our lives such as irrational clients, unsettled markets, arduous deadlines, etc.
In fact, any change in general in our lives can act as a stressor to our bodies physically and mentally. And stress can have very negative effects on our bodies by creating physiological problems. It can even lead to serious ailments such as heart disease and anxiety just to name a few. Studies show that long term effects of stress on the body can include being more prone to certain diseases and infections, as well as the common cold and flu.
The stressors of our everyday lives, especially when spending hours on end in a busy practice with your team, clients, and a workload that seems never-ending, will eventually have its toll. However, by adding some physical activity into your daily routine, you can beat the effects of stress, and still feel on top of your game. We cannot avoid the stressors in our lives such as irrational clients, unsettled markets, arduous deadlines, etc.
In fact, any change in general in our lives can act as a stressor to our bodies physically and mentally. And stress can have very negative effects on our bodies by creating physiological problems. It can even lead to serious ailments such as heart disease and anxiety just to name a few. Studies show that long term effects of stress on the body can include being more prone to certain diseases and infections, as well as the common cold and flu.
Introduction to Meditation
Meditation is intentionally stopping the activity of the mind. Stilling the mind enables mental clarity and poise. It allows you to remove the clatter of rapid thoughts that are continuous throughout the day.
Although largely thought of as a spiritual practice, mediation also has many health benefits, such as:
Although largely thought of as a spiritual practice, mediation also has many health benefits, such as:
- Decreasing respiratory rate
- Increasing blood flow and slowing the heart rate
- Deeper relaxation
- Reducing high blood pressure
- Decreasing muscle tension
- Increasing serotonin, which affect mood levels
- Reducing emotional distress
