ADDitude Magazine at 25: Giant Strides — and More to Go

“It’s not a matter of letting go—you would if you could. Instead of ‘Let it go,’ we should probably say ‘Let it be.'” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn

Welcome to The Everygirl Podcast. Whether you’re looking for insider secrets from successful women that have your dream job, are interested in expert advice to transform your health and feel your best, or just want to be entertained and laugh along with us on your commute, we’ve got you covered.So it’s been a stressful week (or weeks) and your regular eating habits are thrown off-kilter.

If you want to please everyone and bend over backward to meet their demands, you will feel empty inside. Offering so much energy to others while leaving none for yourself only sets you up for disappointment. And people won’t respect you if they know you’ll do anything they ask without hesitation.

Success means a burgeoning business, a nice house, and at least one luxury car. Or does it?For many entrepreneurs, defining success can be a tricky exercise.

There is something romantic about the emergency psych ward waiting room. That characterization feels impolite, as well as a bit hackneyed in its cartoonish bipolarity. One thing I feel about being bipolar, though, is that some of the stereotypes about us aren’t exactly wholly inaccurate, and that’s OK. I have never been one to shy away from sounding like a pre-New Girl Zooey Deschanel character. The moods on the manic spectrum are often described as manufacturing a more colorful, poetic world for the manic person, but I feel it is important to point out that this landscape is no more a mirage than is the gray, prosaic landscape that depression renders with its own, glacial artistry. The world truly is colorful and poetic, at least to the same extent that it is not.

It’s a given fact that we all want to build habits, goals that we want to achieve, and things that we want to change in our lives. However, on the other side of the coin, it can be hard to sustain motivation and consistency. It can block your way, sometimes completely, and then you walk away, probably thinking bad of yourself. But, is that a solution? Is that really something you think you should just accept (and probably experience the same when you move onto the next thing)?It is not.

Corporate events have long been regarded as an important tool for broadening professional networks and expanding business. Yet it’s tough to stand out from the crowd when it comes to networking at these events. You’re not the only one at the event, which means you’re competing for attention with other attendees who are also trying to make a splash.The good news is that even at crowded conventions, workshops, fundraisers, and seminars, you can put your best foot forward.

The diagnostic test for POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) is the tilt table test (TTT). I know, that’s a lot of acronyms — welcome to the medical field. Essentially, the goal of this test is to measure how your body reacts to going from a lying down position to an upright position. Some conditions can emulate the symptoms of POTS, without the direct correlation to position. To get a clearer picture of what’s going on, the test has you lay on a table that then tips up (as if you were standing up) while monitoring all kinds of variables. In order to be qualified as POTS, a person’s heart rate has to go up by at least 30 beats per minute, and the accompanying symptoms of typical episodes must be present once in the upright position. Why the Tilt Table Test? In the

As we head into 2023, the marketing landscape is constantly evolving. To stay ahead of the game, it’s essential to understand the key trends and strategies that will shape the industry in the coming year. Here are four key areas to focus on for a successful marketing strategy in 2023:Personalization has been a buzzword for a few years now, but it’s more important than ever in today’s digital age.

Humans are hardwired to avoid and escape pain.As such, we seek the fastest, most efficient route to avoid and escape. We seek short-term fixes in lieu of long-term solutions and inner peace.When our lives are unfulfilling, when we know we’re not filling our full potential, when we ask, “Is this all there is?” or “Aren’t I meant for more?”, we’re experiencing pain. Our soul’s deepest desire is to create meaning; it’s intrinsic to us. One of the ways we create meaning is to pursue our life’s calling, fueled by our mission. I delineate the two as:A Life’s Calling is the task (writing, speaking, teaching, composing, sculpting, etc.).The mission is the why (serving something more significant than ourselves).Combined, they are the energy that shoots us out of bed each morning and that we’re willing to put it all on the line for. The pain we experience, the angst, the frustration, the disillusionment, the sense of betrayal (I did all the things I was supposed to do, WTF?), and the emptiness are products of not having a calling and mission or having a calling and mission – but being paralyzed by fear and unable to take action. Because our life’s calling, the reason we’re here is terrifying. It flies in the face of how our brains are wired.

One of the biggest problems in society is that we are taught to follow trends and move through life without questioning authority. School, as well as post-secondary education, teaches us to follow rules, please our teachers, and follow trends so we fit in. While seemingly harmless, you’re learning to prioritize other people over your own personal and professional success. One of the biggest lessons in life for a successful person is learning to say no.

Being a good leader of others matters now more than ever.  Great leaders have regular one-on-ones with their staff, they give and seek feedback, they set goals, and communicate progress regularly.  Yet, nearly all of us have worked for a bad leader: someone who doesn’t have time for us, always has a “better” way of doing an assigned task, creates last minute emergency work for the team, and have limited availability to speak with us about project work, or more importantly our career.Adam Grant, a renown organizational psychologist at Wharton Business school reminds us, “bad bosses keep people stuck in the same job; good bosses create opportunities to grow and advance.”  Statistics from 2022 research at DDI, a leadership consulting firm, found that 57% of employees who leave their jobs, leave because they can’t stand their boss.  Forbes recently identified four key behaviors bad bosses demonstrate that encourage employees to leave their job:  they diminish employees by micromanaging them, they don’t solicit employee input, they encourage agreement while discouraging dissent, and they can’t be bothered to remove obstacles.  Further, HR.com reports that forty-seven percent of new supervisors receive no supervisor training before being promoted.

You are in your office. It’s the end of the month.

It seems like a gracious and genuine gesture for leaders in executive, senior, or supervisory roles everywhere. Extending a policy to their team that invites them to knock on their door to express concerns at any time they feel compelled to still feels like a forward-thinking servant leadership practice, and that’s probably why it’s still so popular.It’s a check-in-the-box tactic that makes the leader seem engaged, concerned, and willing to listen. Perhaps that’s true and the leader genuinely is all of those things.

It’s easy to feel heavy these days, especially when logging on to LinkedIn. Like dominos, tech companies are announcing layoffs after layoffs. It’s a never-ending stream of depressing social posts, from “every story has an ending” to “my role has been impacted,” followed by well-meaning bystanders offering support and networking introductions.When companies slash workers, they often place the blame on employees’ lower-than-expected productivity.

If you’re seeking inspiration and motivation to discover your purpose in life, look no further than these purpose quotes. Finding your purpose can be a challenging and daunting task, but it’s a crucial step towards living a fulfilling life. These quotes provide wisdom and insight into the importance of purpose and how to pursue it.Whether you’re feeling lost or searching for direction, these purpose quotes can provide clarity and guidance.

It was about a quarter past two in the afternoon when my phone rang and displayed an unfamiliar number from Chesapeake, Virginia.“Hey, Devil Dog, it’s Don Shipley.”A voice I had grown familiar with over several years watching retired Navy SEAL Senior Chief Petty Officer Don Shipley on one of the most popular streaming platforms in the country confront men all over the continent who fraudulently claimed to have served as U.S. Navy SEALs.Today, this phone call wouldn’t be confrontational.

negative mindset, and people usually try their hardest to see the good in things. But, for many reasons, that’s not always possible.And this is especially true when it comes to defensive pessimism. Things can get even harder to handle if you struggle with dispositional pessimism.