Why You Feel Guilty When You Put Yourself First
You finally get a quiet half hour. Instead of using it, you go over everything you should be doing until the time is gone. Or you take the time, but it feels borrowed the whole way through, and you qu...
17 Syys 5min
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Name It, Park It, Give It a Reason
Here's a two-minute move you can use right before your next break, so the break actually gives you something back.The guilt you feel when you stop isn't really about your list — it's about where your ...
16 Syys 1min
Why Rest Feels Wrong When There's Still More To Do
The kids are finally down. The meeting ended early. By every reasonable measure, this is a good time to stop — and instead of relief, you get the unfolded laundry, the unanswered email, and a quiet ca...
16 Syys 4min
7 Good Minutes: Extra — Give the Late-Night Spiral a Morning Appointment
When the floor gives out at eleven at night, the instinct is to argue with the thought or solve the whole thing from the pillow. Neither works, because the version of you doing the deciding is the tir...
15 Syys 1min
Why You Feel Fine All Day, Then Fall Apart at Night
You made it through the meeting, the forgotten permission slip, the tense email, and dinner. Then the dishes are done, the kids are down, the house goes quiet — and something gives way. Suddenly you'r...
15 Syys 5min
Once, Then Hold: What to Say When the Pushback Comes
When someone pushes back on a decision you've already made, there's a one-question test that tells you whether to explain further or hold your ground — and a single line that works when they don't acc...
14 Syys 1min
Why You Keep Explaining Yourself to People Who Never Listen
You explain a normal decision, someone pushes back, and instead of holding your ground, you add another reason. Then another. Then the backstory. Ten minutes later they haven't moved and you've said m...
14 Syys 5min
The Replay Check: Two Lines That Stop a Looping Conversation
A conversation from earlier today keeps replaying, and nothing about it is actually unresolved. No apology owed, no follow-up needed. You're just stuck on how you came across.This short episode walks ...
13 Syys 1min
