Kristin Brownstone's Blog

Does Your Work "Spark Joy"?

If you ask yourself, over the course of your career, how often you have felt a sense of joy or fun at work, how would you answer? The term “work” has been typically equated with toil, labor, or something to be endured. And for many people, that is exactly what their experience is.

Kristin BrownstoneMarch 29, 2021

The Death of the Toxic Workplace

People who feel seen, acknowledged, respected, and accepted for who they are in their entirety, will be more productive, engaged, fulfilled, and successful at work.

Kristin BrownstoneFebruary 22, 2021#workplace, #enlightened, #mentalhealth, #wellbeing, #trust, #toxic, #engagement, #leadership, #manager, #joy, #freedom, #worklifebalanceComment

Go Gently. . .

MusingsKristin BrownstoneJanuary 18, 2021new year, planning, goals, gentle, gently, harshness, harshComment

The Clown Nose Remedy

The holidays this year could be the trigger that finally causes Mom to spontaneously combust, Dad to move out to the garage, or little Joey to throw the cat into the fireplace. If ever there were a year with fewer Norman Rockwell-style holiday tableaus in play, this is the year.

MusingsKristin BrownstoneDecember 9, 2020Duty, Freedom, Should, Must, Culture, Nature, Society, AuthorityComment

Take a Worry Vacation

What are you worried about today? What if you just. . . didn’t?

MusingsKristin BrownstoneAugust 14, 2020Story, Belief, Time, Age, Barnacle, Vision, Clarity, #worry, #vacation, #anxiety, #freedom, #trust, #wellbeing, #mentalhealthComment

Are You Shoulding Yourself?

If you’re curious as to whether your motives and actions are driven by you and your inner wisdom, or by others or some external sense of authority, real or perceived, just stop to count how many times in a day or week you catch yourself saying or thinking “I should” [fill in the blank].