As a leader, one of the critical components of battling burnout is your ability to manage and deal with stress appropriately. After all, burnout arises due to the accumulation of various stress factors over a given period. Therefore, your workplace success hinges on your mastery of effective burnout management techniques. Burnout can result from the…
Every holiday season, Thrive Global employees have received the same gifts from our CEO and founder Arianna Huffington: a cozy sweater or pajamas. It’s a tradition. This year, though, Arianna decided to do something different. Starting a new tradition, she gave all of us a TisBest charity gift card that we could donate to any…
As we get ready to close another year, I can’t help but think about how much 2021 taught us… about ourselves and about each other. What did COVID teach me this year (and perhaps you too?) Patience. If Coronavirus didn’t teach us the ultimate test in patience, I don’t know what did. We had to learn to…
A Microstep I’ve recently taken up is noticing when I start to feel tired and not trying to stay up longer to “do more.” I’m sure many people also feel the pressure to keep working into the night, and this is something that’s helped me prioritize my recovery time. Another Microstep I use is instead…
Learning to cope with the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” Thrive Global invites voices from many spheres to share their perspectives on our Community platform. Community stories are not commissioned by our editorial team, and opinions expressed by Community contributors do not reflect the opinions of Thrive Global or its employees. More information on our…
And “Just Like That” could have lived? Thrive Global invites voices from many spheres to share their perspectives on our Community platform. Community stories are not commissioned by our editorial team, and opinions expressed by Community contributors do not reflect the opinions of Thrive Global or its employees. More information on our Community guidelines is…
We all behave differently in romantic relationships, with everything from attachment styles to personality types playing a major role. And when it comes to relationship patterns that spell trouble, one dynamic you’ll want to keep an eye on is the pursuer-withdrawer dynamic. The pursuer-withdrawer dynamic. According to therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, if you’re in a…
I can still taste the chocolate… I’m on the coast of Mexico with my husband celebrating our anniversary. The weather is ideal. The beaches are pristine and beautiful. And then there’s the food. Fresh, juicy papaya. Rich, creamy guacamole. Ginger-lime juice. Thick, rustic masa tacos bursting with spice-rubbed local fish. Sweet chili pepper tamales. And…
Taking care of your body should feel intuitive. Taking care of your body should be unique to your needs, wants, and preferences. Taking care of your body should feel good. And taking care of the skin on your body should be a priority. Recently, we shared with you that we were starting a new and…
The moment you say something like, “I don’t have any hobbies,” you can see it in their faces: pity… skepticism… disbelief. Suddenly, you’re just not that interesting. But, really, how important is it even to have hobbies? Other people’s hobbies sound dull, exhausting, or both. Who needs that? And yet, if you’re thinking, “Nothing interests…
