Eileen McDargh

Mar 15, 20203 min read

Resilience Steps to Calm Pandemic Panic

Learn the resilience steps you can try to stop panicking and start healing.

Eileen McDargh

Mar 7, 20202 min read

Simple Can Often Be Hard

There’s a wonderful Stephen Sondheim song, Anyone Can Whistle.

Stop Being a Martyr. Women—ASK for help!

Eileen McDargh

Feb 26, 20201 min read

Stop Being a Martyr. Women—ASK for help!

Everyone expects something from you. Your boss wants that project on his desk on Friday. Your husband wants you to pick up the dry cleaning.

Five Tips for Holding Your Business and Yourself Together

Eileen McDargh

Feb 14, 20202 min read

Five Tips for Holding Your Business and Yourself Together

Anyone in the audience when I have given my presentation, “Radical Resilience”, knows that I believe action is the antidote for anxiety.

Eileen McDargh

Oct 7, 20193 min read

Three Ways to Connect and Why

It’s an epidemic: loneliness! And it’s felt around the globe! It’s not determined by the actual number of friends or social connections....

Eileen McDargh

Sep 30, 20191 min read

Many Options. One Right Answer.

I’m trying to practice requisite variety - looking for multiple responses to a given situation.

Eileen McDargh

Sep 23, 20193 min read

Your Body Outsmarts Your Brain

David and his wife were scheduled to have dinner with us on Sunday, a date established months before.

Tips for Relighting After Burnout: Energizing Self and Others

Eileen McDargh

Aug 26, 20191 min read

Tips for Relighting After Burnout: Energizing Self and Others

The current environment brings additional stress to our homes and offices. Physician burnout, for example, is rampant.

Are You Giving Up Your Vacation This Summer?

Eileen McDargh

Jul 15, 20191 min read

Are You Giving Up Your Vacation This Summer?

The Conference Board recently surveyed Americans asking how many of them would take a vacation in the next six months.

Is there really such a thing as “Happiness”?

Eileen McDargh

Jul 1, 20191 min read

Is there really such a thing as “Happiness”?

There are lots of books out there on “happiness”. Certainly, if one is resilient, it implies that “happiness” is a given.

Guest Post by Heather Hansen "Catch Your Breath"

Eileen McDargh

Jun 10, 20192 min read

Guest Post by Heather Hansen "Catch Your Breath"

Challenge yourself today to catch your breath. When athletes have been running hard and long, they need time to catch their breath before...

Resiliency Requires Taking Risks and Making Messes

Eileen McDargh

May 27, 20191 min read

Resiliency Requires Taking Risks and Making Messes

Adaptability is the first critical skill in responding to every situation (positive or negative) in our life.

Eileen McDargh

May 20, 20192 min read

Laughter Turns Upset into Onset

Laughter Turns Upset into Onset… for a relationship that is.

Naps Aren’t Just for Babies: Here’s The Research

Eileen McDargh

May 13, 20191 min read

Naps Aren’t Just for Babies: Here’s The Research

So sit back. Take a deep breathe. And read. Your resilient spirit will thank you.

Eileen McDargh

Apr 29, 20192 min read

A Resiliency Killer: Loneliness

According to a CIGNA Survey conducted in 2018, 46% of Americans feel lonely sometimes or always.

A Resiliency Secret: The Power of Doing Something New

Eileen McDargh

Feb 25, 20192 min read

A Resiliency Secret: The Power of Doing Something New

Comfort zones are like warm milk, a cozy blanket, and a lullaby. When life appears hard, scary, or challenging...

Eileen McDargh

Feb 18, 20191 min read

Tips For Building A Resilient Body

I have written about building resilient work relationships and resilient marriage/love relationships...

Raise Your Resiliency through Compassion

Eileen McDargh

Jan 21, 20191 min read

Raise Your Resiliency through Compassion

Feeling compassion may go a long way to improving well-being, reducing stress...

Eileen McDargh

Jan 7, 20192 min read

Three Hot Tips for a Resilient New Year

Let’s get one thing straight from the start. Resolutions do not work.

Machaku Yaku - From The Amazon Headwaters To My Heart

Eileen McDargh

Dec 3, 20183 min read

Machaku Yaku - From The Amazon Headwaters To My Heart

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

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