phoenix JOURNAL

Procrastination isn’t always about discipline. Sometimes, it’s your body trying to protect you. For years, I thought procrastination meant I was lazy. Unfocused. Weak. Now I know better. Procrastination can be a signal, not a flaw.A pause from your nervous system that says: “I’m not ready for this right now.” Let’s explore why. Your body […]

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”—Steve Jobs In our ever-evolving professional landscape, changing jobs frequently comes with judgment – the whispers of being “unreliable” or “uncommitted” follow job hoppers. However, it is important to recognize that there are […]

Giving is so powerful! When you give, you receive back 100 times, I used to hear that without realizing its meaning until now. When I started religiously and regularly giving away tangible or intangible things or my service, I suddenly understood the meaning of that! To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude […]

“Feeling Grounded at work” Whoever is happy, will make others happy too. – Anne Frank I picked this up based on my conversation with my best friend who is from Japan. She revealed to me that in the USA, it is common to not feel grounded at your work. The toxic culture of hire and […]

“A healer’s power stems not from any special ability, but from maintaining the courage and awareness to embody and express the universal healing power that every human being naturally possesses.” ― Eric Micha’el Leventhal With my de Quervain, peroneal tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer elbow, the stress in my neck and shoulders…, I was convinced that I […]

“If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. “If you try to calm it, it only makes things worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there’s room to hear more subtle things — that’s when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see […]

Self-care is not selfish or self-indulgent. We cannot nurture others from a dry well. We need to take care of our own needs first, so that we can give from our surplus, our abundance. When we nurture others from a place of fullness, we feel renewed instead of taken advantage of. — Jennifer Louden What […]