by Dr. Chris Allen | May 30, 2019 | Resilience, Work-Life Harmony
Welcome to the unofficial beginning of summer! After Memorial Day, parks and pools open, we plant our herbs and flowers and plan for a little more time off. Those of us who live in cold, snowy places especially look forward to the summer months. We picture ourselves...
by Dr. Chris Allen | Jun 21, 2018 | Executive Coaching, Work-Life Harmony
Do you find today’s world stressful? I haven’t met anyone who has answered that question with a ‘no.’ As an executive coach and workplace psychologist, I meet many people who are looking for strategies to increase their capacity to bounce back from stress and to...
by Dr. Chris Allen | Apr 16, 2018 | Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Work-Life Harmony
We need courage in many different kinds of conversations. Typical examples include handling conflict, confronting a co-worker, expressing an unpopular idea on a team, asking for a favor, saying no to a request for a favor, asking for a raise, or trying to have a...
by Dr. Chris Allen | Jan 9, 2018 | Leadership Development, Personal Development, Work-Life Harmony
This article was originally published in Syracuse Woman Magazine, January 2018 issue. I’m sure some years you’ve made resolutions, while other years, you may have thought “Why bother?” You might have even thought, “I don’t make New Year’s resolutions!” The new year...
by Dr. Chris Allen | Dec 13, 2017 | Work-Life Harmony
Set minimum guidelines or standards for yourself for sleep, exercise, etc. For example, make sure you get 8 hours of sleep 4 nights a week, even if you have to burn the midnight oil a few other nights (figure out how you can stick to these healthy behaviors...
by Dr. Chris Allen | Aug 11, 2017 | Executive Coaching, News, Work-Life Harmony
VERSUS: One of the most commonly tossed around ideas when it comes to achieving greater well-being and happiness is the elusive pursuit of “work-life balance”, a term that yields nearly one million results on Google in less than a second. Yet in my...
