Stop! I Wanna Get Off!

Everyday life is stressful, but how well do you handle it when life gets really crazy?  Maybe work is suddenly more busy.  Maybe your family life just got more complicated.  Or, maybe, like me, you invited the madness in? What do you do when life feels like a crazy carnival ride and you just want…

Juggling Lessons at South Carolina Farm Bureau Women’s Conference

Farm women from across South Carolina learned about stress management in Eliz’s program Juggling Lessons for Life at the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation’s Women’ s Leadership Conference held at Clemson University. The conference was themed around apples – check out this article about apples reducing your risk of stroke! After lunch, some of the…

Is Your Job Making You Sick?

“I have to work very fast.” “I work very hard.” “I manage competing demands of others.” “I worry about losing my job.” “I feel underused or powerless.”   Sound familiar? If so, your job may be making you sick or putting you at risk for a heart attack or stroke. Do you have high job…

Play A Little

What happened to recess? Adults don’t often get recess, but on Thursday morning I did… Text Message: Opera Kickball 9 & 9:30.  Don’t tell the girls! There it was. An invitation to play. I had a list a mile long of things I should do – but I really wanted to play! So I did.…

Accelerated Genetics Leadership Conference Well At Work

For the second year in a row, Eliz presented the Juggling Lessons for Life to a group of dairy producers at the Young Producers Leadership Conference hosted by Accelerated Genetics on March 27th. Read Eliz’s blog post about visiting a dairy farm! Join the conversation on AgChat and FollowFarmer See Will Gilmer’s Water & Poo…

Busy Woman’s Guide at Green Bay IAAP

Tonight, that’s right the night after the Packers won the Super Bowl, Eliz celebrated with the fantastic women of the Green Bay Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals!  Woo Hoo! Eliz shared stress management strategies in her Juggling Lessons For Life program.  We’re you there? Leave a comment below about what you learned…

City of West Allis Well At Work Program

Employees of the City of West Allis, Wisconsin, took part in a stress management wellness program, Juggling Lessons for Life, December 6th and 7th, 2010. Though juggling metaphors, the group explored how the many balls we juggle impact our health and discovered strategies to make priorities, limit unnecessary stressors, manage expectations, and cope with the…

Is Your Job Killing You?

Does this sound like you? “I have to work very fast.” “I work very hard.” “I manage competing demands of others.” “I worry about losing my job.” “I feel underused or powerless.” If so, your job may be putting you at risk for a heart attack or stroke. According to a study recently released by…

Gateway Technical College Well at Work Program

Staff from all three Gateway Technical College campuses joined together for a day of workshops in Kenosha. Eliz provided two breakout sessions: Active At Work: Participants practiced how to get more exercise at their desks, in their cars, in their kitchens – everywhere! Gimme A Break: Stress Management in Difficult Situations: Participants examined how men…