Emotional intelligence When you’re trying to be successful in your career, it’s not enough to simply show up, work hard and persevere. It’s not even enough to take risks, think outside the box or be creative and innovative. There’s an essential part of work that must be mastered if you want a high level of […]
The workplace can be a real minefield of challenging interpersonal dynamics, so I’ve updated this article for 2020. Here are six helpful tips for being more successful at work: 1: Take responsibility for yourself. No-one respects a colleague or employee who blames others for their problems or mistakes. No-one trusts this type of person either. […]
Out of balance? Recently, I interviewed entrepreneur and author, Nir Eyal for my Ruthless Compassion podcast. He talked about how technology is an absolute necessity but that like anything else we find helpful and enjoyable, we can find ourselves out of balance when using it. We don’t even realize how many hours a day we […]
Valentine’s Day will soon be here and for some singles, it can be an uncomfortable reminder that there’s no-one in their life to buy them flowers, take them out for dinner, massage their shoulders or listen to them complain about their bad day. For many single people, Valentine’s Day is something best ignored, or perhaps […]
As Valentine’s Day approaches, some single people are feeling that familiar sense of dread. They’re thinking, “Another year without a Valentine’s Day date. Another year without a romantic partner.” If you’re one of these people, you might be wondering how you’re going to get through the day, or even the month, given that the ads […]
Valentine’s date or no date? The most difficult night of the year to get a dinner reservation is on Valentine’s Day. It’s the most popular night for dining out. But I wonder how many couples in Canada and the US will be choosing to stay home this year from the fear of catching the […]
Mass hysteria goes viral: The hysteria we’ve been feeling lately over the arrival in North America of the novel coronavirus reminds me of the fears that we had around the SARS crisis in Toronto in 2003 and the Ebola virus in 2014. If you lived through either of these times you can probably recall how […]
They say that November is the cruelest month but I’m putting in my vote for January as a close second. All across Canada and the United States, a harsh and gloomy winter is upon us. Ontarians have been experiencing an unseasonably mild winter suffering pelting rains that have flooded many an unsuspecting basement, while British […]
The New Year is here again and it brings to mind a former patient – let’s call her Jody. Every year, toward the end of December, Jody would read me her list of New Year’s resolutions and then a week or two later she’d show up at my office with a downcast look and her […]
Once again, Christmas has come and gone. How did it go for you this year? Are you filled with happy memories of a joyful holiday season or are you sad that it’s all over? Are you perhaps bitter that Christmas didn’t go the way you were hoping, or are you feeling positively relieved that it’s […]
