Stress

Feeling stressed out? This category of blog posts will provide helpful tips on dealing and eliminating stress from your daily life.

Does Your Brain Have an Oil Leak from Mind Clutter?

Recently I heard Lorin Beller Blake, of Big Fish Nation http://www.bigfishnation.com say that unfinished bold actions are like the oil leak in the Gulf:  energy sucking and energy wasting.  On the other hand, completing a big, bold action is a huge energy boost.  What makes us mentally imitate that notorious oil leak?
 

A bold action is something we need to do or should do, but because of procrastination or fear we hesitate to take the next step.  To learn more about bold action

Wearing My Clients' Shoes...

I saw myself in my clients’ shoes Sunday evening. I was working in my yard. You may have noticed I have been doing that a lot, trying to tame the jungle. Anyway, I had a project planned to clear an area for a lettuce bed (although it may almost be too late to plant lettuce), but instead I was weeding. I started listening to myself and the conversation was going like this – “This isn’t what you planned to do. Go back to the lettuce project. But these weeds are so easy to pull up…This isn’t what you planned…..

GUEST BLOG: Party at Mary’s House

Last week my husband and I enjoyed a delightful get-together at Mary’s home with several of her children and their families.

“How nice”, you’re thinking.   “And???”
 

Mary and I have been having a lively “discussion” for the past few years about how much fun (my viewpoint) or how much stress (her viewpoint) having an open house for her clients would be. 


Mary lives in a century-old farm house.  Her gingerbread office is just a walk- thru- the- garden away.  Horses play in the pasture behind, cats sun themselves on the porch

Does Your Time Management Go Out the Window When You are Stressed?

The other day, I had a really good day working with a client rescuing a room in her home. It did involve over 3 hours of drive time, so all in all, it was a long day. To top it off I had a one hour Mastermind Call and a one hour teleseminar, plus email to do. I could have skipped the Mastermind Call or the class, but was determined to plow though.

Reduce Stress and Improve Health with a Sharpie

I’m sabotaging stress with my Sharpie!  To reduce stress and take care of my health, I’ve made a commitment to do an exercise routine and walk regularly each week.  Frankly, it’s been a hit-or-miss effort.  I even bought stars to paste on a calendar to keep me on track, to no avail.


What is finally working for me is to make a mark on my makeup mirror with a blue Sharpie each time I walk.  I love seeing those lines add up, and, because they wash off, I start with a clean “slate” each week. 


Ju

Snow Day - No car day!

 

What did you do on your snow day? If you don’t live in East Tennessee you may be saying, “What snow day?”  Yesterday we woke up to 5+ inches of snow. Which was okay, it was predicted and it was Sat. – good timing. Really, it is nice being home, feeling good and not have a choice to leave. One of my clients with young children says she tries to plan “No car days.” We definitely had a “No car day.” That would probably do a lot to reduce our stress as adults if we did that regularly.

Time Blocking and Stress Management

Sometimes I create my own stress by being guilty of “one-more-thing-itis”, and so, I’m often panting as I race out the door. The solution is to divide my time into blocks to organize my day.  Here’s an example of how it can work: 
• Last week a typical day began with a shoot at a client’s home for my segment on the Knoxville NBC Morning Show(http://bit.ly/7W682C),
•  followed by a quick drive to my home to throw casseroles into the o

Conquering Blogging Nerves and Sabotaging Stress With a Sharpie

This has me chewing my nails. My commitment to regularly write this blog, I mean. Writing just doesn’t come naturally to me, but I love the idea of being able to share with you, my readers. My goal is to have it up each week, but if I occasionally don’t make it, you can guess what the previous week was like.

Contact info:

Call Mary Pankiewicz today! - 423-581-9460, 865-607-9460, or 888-835-6335

Email Mary - mary@clutterfree.biz to schedule a get-acquainted phone call.

Mary Pankiewicz works with clients in person and on the phone all through the US. She lives in upper east Tennessee, which allows her to conveniently work with clients in Knoxville, Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, TN, and Asheville, NC.