Family, partnership, integrity, gratitude, honestly, flexibility, open hearts and open minds are all things that are deeply ingrained in our ability to thrive. Losing focus on these things when we become consumed with work and DO-ing rather than BE-ing is easy. When challenges come, it is often easier to immerse ourselves in our work seeking […]
Top 10 Digital Life Balance Survival Tools (and Great Gifts) for 2018
These are a few of my favorite things. I always like to round off the year by sharing some of my favorite things that promote digital wellbeing (and make great gifts) as we shift into the new year. Let’s do it in a thoughtful way to bring joy, peace and love to those who really […]
Alone Until The Fog Lifts
It was halfway across the channel, surrounded by fog so thick you could taste it, that I realized I had forgotten my iPhone. Not just my phone, but also my lifeline, my tickets for the rest of my journey, the contacts for my meetings, my schedule, my notes, my connection to the world. The ferry […]
Goodnight Darling “Phone”
In the early years of the iPhone, which feels a lifetime ago (despite its 10 year anniversary), My husband and I both started and finished the day with a quick update with phone in hand while still in bed. A light sleeper, I eventually insisted on moving them out of the bedroom. Too many nights of […]
Perfectly My Mistake
The perfectionists dilemma, delegate before it is too late It is easy to say in retrospect that doing things differently would have been smarter. It is usually quite clear when you look at things from the lens of productivity and efficiency. Unfortunately, as a perfectionist, the instinct is to control, not delegate. I am aware […]
5 Steps to Spring Cleaning in the Digital Era
Every Spring we clear the unused, worn beyond repair and unwanted to make room for changes in our lives and our bodies. This can take the form of cleaning out clothing closets, training to get fit for bathing suit season, removing all the comfort foods that got us through the Winter, even cleaning up receipts […]
Sharing Research on Wearables & Presence
Forbes Öste: Wearables and Presence of Mind in the Contemporary Workplace Research Findings from Heidi Forbes Öste, PhD Since completing my PhD in January of 2016, I have been sharing my findings through various speaking engagements and events. I had not intended to post the slide deck as I work on the book, BE-ing@Work, that includes […]
BE-ing@Work is a Work-in-Progress
So many exciting things have come out of my last year of research and writing. The stories and cases collected for my book on BE-ing@work identified some incredible opportunities for research and practice. Fresh insights into the gifts as well as the challenges of chronic illnesses were brought to light. Innovative approaches are being used […]