You most likely have heard the term, work-life balance, but have you heard of work-life harmony? I saw this term in a book I’m reading. I hadn’t heard this term before and it piqued my interest.

In this episode, I share a little more about the difference between work-life balance and work-life harmony and why I think we all should strive for more harmony in our lives.

Work-Life Balance insinuates a struggle to keep various aspects of our life in equilibrium. It is often focused on time, managing it, scheduling equal time for various aspects of our life.

Work-Life Harmony is more about designing an intentional life that aligns with your values and what is most important to you. It has a sense of flow, meaning and purpose to it. Work-Life Harmony is focused on the energy of why you do what you do.

Also included in this episode are benefits that work-life harmony can have for you and ways you can start to improve your work-life harmony.

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In this episode, Bronwyn Schweigerdt, anger expert, helps to unpack anger, what it really is, and how to release yourself from its hold in your mind and body.

Bronwyn discusses how anger is real but it is a secondary emotion, so it is really important to look within to find the true emotion felt that is coming out as anger. Anger is not bad. No emotion is bad. Emotions are messages trying to get your attention to look within to what we really need.

She believes there is no such thing as an angry person. It is stigmatizing and labeling a person that does not allow them to be anything else.

Anger management doesn't work. It is just treating a symptom and not looking underneath or within to why a person is angry in the first place. Understand and heal the root cause and there will be no anger.

Bronwyn gives examples of integrative exercises that can help you unpack the anger you hold inside and give it back to the rightful owner.

Learn more about triggers, anger, and integrative exercises on her podcast, Angry at the Right Things.

Have you ever been stuck in a negative mood? I have more than I'd like to admit.

In today’s episode, I will share with you 10 things that I ask myself that provide clues into the way I am thinking, feeling, behaving and showing up for myself and to the world around me.

It starts with awareness, asking ourselves a few questions and deciding to do something different.

10 things to ask yourself about when you are in a bad mood:

1. Schedule

2. Sleep

3. Exercise

4. Food Intake

5. Thoughts

6. Body Feeling

7. Expectations

8. Communication

9. Focus

10. Tasks

We all have bad days once in awhile. When they start becoming a string of days, it’s time to take a step back, ask ourselves some questions, and gain a little insight. Then from our answers, we can choose differently. We can choose to take a break, get a little more rest, move our body, fuel ourselves with nutritious food, show appreciation for the moment, be grateful, have a conversation with a loved one, express our thoughts and needs, tackle a project you have been wanting to do, or take a pause to breathe in life for a moment.