Struggling? Juggling? Drowning? Argh!

These experiences of overwhelm can be a common part of a normal day or week in our life. Yes, the world can be an overwhelming place. 

• We might have an emotional experience of being overwhelmed. 
• We can experience the ‘too much on’ of workload - too much to do and not enough time in which to do it. 
• Or we might feel like we’re submerged under an endless pile of information, reports, books and reading.

At other times we can just be plain 'drowning in' it from a wicked combination of all three: emotions, workload and information. 

In today’s world, it’s these three that can be the cause of repeated and unending overwhelm. And it’s not good for us. Burnout and health issues are waiting. We need to find ways to acknowledge our emotions, manage our workload … and filter all of that information. 

Our overwhelm CAN be outsmarted. Get the powerful techniques I've explained in my book ‘Argh! Too much information, not enough brain : A Practical Guide to Outsmarting Overwhelm’ you’ll find: 

• new ways to make sense of overwhelm,
• new ways to work, and 
• new ways to cope with information. 

You’ll be all over overwhelm… it won’t be all over you!

How to let your boss know that you are overwhelmed and overloaded

It can be difficult to communicate that you need support - in any context but especially work. 

Short of having the word ‘HELP’ tattooed on our forehead, what can we do to communicate clearly that we need the support of our boss?

… read my article published in Body and Soul in news.com.au 

Listen to this

The audio book recording of my latest book ‘Argh!’ is available on Audible and other audio book channels. 

I shared some pics from the recording experience recently, using SquareSound / Soundfirm for the recording and production. Thanks to Maryanne Rowe for coordinating and Ryan for recording and production. 

As a self-publisher, this kind of extension of my book is funded by me, not a big bucks publisher or distributor. 

So it makes the process all the more easy and rewarding when you have control over important decisions and are consulted with throughout. It’s a true collaboration. 

I’ve been a radio broadcaster and voice over artist in the past and returning to ‘the booth’ was a joy. I hope you can hear that in my reading. (And I know that some audio books can be a drag to listen to - hopefully not this one 😁…!)

If you’ve got a book that you’d like to record into a format that increasingly more people are accessing for ‘reading’, I recommend these professionals. 

Do you do too much work

What is too much? And how do we know what enough is? 

When we push on working longer hours, it can have less than good effects on us. 

The consequences of stress, overload and that feeling of ‘it’s all too much’ can become the beast that is burnout. 

And it’s not a good place to be. 

Check off the five things to do to outsmart the overwhelm of too much work. 

It’s in an article by …. me 😀 in CEOWORLD magazine. 

Do this simple thing to make your brain work better

For all the hours we’re intensely focusing, working, pushing for deadlines and trying to be productive, there are times when we need something … softer. 

How about this : do you like the idea of ‘soft fascination’?

It sounds a little dreamy, a little curious, and as it turns out, highly recharging and refreshing. 

Overworking our attention wears it out. There isn’t a never ending supply. We have to recharge. Frequently. 

Some of the research suggests that we have about 4 hours of sustained effort in us before we need a recharge. 

So when you do recharge, try some ‘soft fascination’. It’s where we let our eyes relax, drift and go here and there. 

It’s different to sustained focus. And different to white wall boredom. 

Nature is the best place for us to enjoy in this activity of soft fascination. 

You don’t even have to go into nature for it to work. Looking out the window at nature will do. 

I love getting into nature whenever I can for this exact purpose. Walks. Beaches. Sunsets. Trees. Flowers. Weather. 

It’s all a vital part of helping make our brains work better.

Read more about it in this article in Inc. Magazine by Jessica Stillman.