by emmavallin | Nov 23, 2023 | burnout, CBT, leadership, self leadership, stress, wellbeing
If my business had a muse, it would be Louisa in Encanto 🏋♀️ I watched the movie again with my kids the other day. The lyrics really speak to my mission of helping high achievers perform sustainably. ❓❓ What would you say to Louisa, to the ‘Louisas’ in...
by emmavallin | Nov 23, 2023 | career, leadership, personal development, productivity, self leadership, stress
Knowledge workers spend on average 85% of their time in meetings, which studies show negatively affects well-being. Not surprisingly many organizations are opting for meeting-free days. But how does this effect cooperation and productivity? A study* of companies who...
by emmavallin | Sep 13, 2023 | career, leadership, productivity, self leadership, stress, wellbeing
Pulling an all-nighter, doing 80-hour weeks, burning the midnight oil. There are countless cultural references and expressions of overwork, most of them talk about the number of hours we work. The 8-hour workday can be traced back to the Industrial Revolution and was...
by emmavallin | May 24, 2022 | distraction, notifications, productivity, self leadership, stress, wellbeing
Many of my clients experience an acute lack of focus time, what they often call ‘real work’. They are overwhelmed by the constant flow of emails, meeting invites and ‘urgent’ requests from stakeholders. It’s not surprising. A study from Loughborough University...
by emmavallin | Aug 25, 2021 | coaching, self leadership, stress
So, you’ve come a long way in your personal development. Your self-leadership skills are well developed, you’ve made friends with your values and know your overdeveloped strengths. You know what drains you and what makes your dopamine flow. Suddenly the growth stops....
by emmavallin | Apr 26, 2021 | CBT, coaching, self leadership, stress
We’ve come the end in our series Achievement patterns and strategies with the Comparer. The Comparer lives by the words: ‘The grass is always greener… ’. Comparison is nothing new. In 1954 Festinger came up with the social comparison theory. At the core of...
