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Category: How to Recover From Burnout

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Deb Rankin

Four Ways You Boost Your Health When You Start to Paint

You may think taking time to paint is a luxury, when in fact there are four ways you boost your health when you start to paint. Arts Effect Research studies about art and health reach the overarching conclusion that creative arts contribute to the healing process. https://dx.doi.org/10.2105%2FAJPH.2008.156497 Art provides a refuge from intense emotions, and

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Deb Rankin

Journaling for Weight Loss

I know people who are brave enough to take on a strict diet, restrict their calories, or eliminate big food groups when they want to lose weight. Yet they resist journaling for weight loss. That seems too easy. And how can it help? You might be as surprised as this puppy. Journaling Definition Most research

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Deb Rankin

Burnout: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

In fall of 2013 I led a sales team of seven people, traveled half the time for work, grew eighteen million dollars of business to exceed our sales goal by ten percent, finished the first draft of my novel, scheduled round-the-clock caregivers for my dying father, helped him plan his funeral, and bicycled 55 miles

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Deb Rankin

Five Minutes to Firmer Arms and Calmer Mood

How to Relieve Stress and Anxiety During the work day there are many ways to react when things get crazy and stress builds up. You can call someone and complain, reach for a substance (food, alcohol, medication) to comfort yourself, or do nothing and let your body bear the brunt of unresolved stress. Any of

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Deb Rankin

If You Give An Entrepreneur A Cookie

In the children’s book “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie,” the cookie kicks off a long chain of other things the mouse needs, just because he had a cookie. One reviewer calls it a “circular tale.” Wikipedia says it illustrates a “slippery slope.” I write to entrepreneurs, because it’s a word that applies to

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Deb Rankin

When Exercise Feels Good You’ll Be Happier

Take Your Vacation Days Even if you can’t go somewhere exciting, one good way to relieve stress is to have the habit of taking all your vacation days. I sensed I might not be an exciting person when I took a vacation day this week and celebrated by walking with friends at 6 a.m. in

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Deb Rankin

Warren Haynes Is Always There; Why Am I Too Busy To Listen?

Last night I grilled a juicy steak, roasted brussel sprouts, beets, and bacon together until browned and crispy, and listened to Warren Haynes’ “Ashes and Dust” while I enjoyed my delicious meal. I heard Warren in concert at The Ryman Auditorium in 2015. The man is legendary. He played for David Allan Coe, The Dead,

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