If you’re feeling constantly overwhelmed, numb, irritable, or like you’re just barely holding it together at work, you’re not broken. You may be outside your window of tolerance . Dr. Dan Siegel coined the phrase “ window of tolerance ” to describe the zone in which your nervous system can function well. When you’re within this window, you can handle stress, think clearly, and respond rather than react. You might feel challenged in a stressful situation, but not completely u

Have you ever been told you need to focus on work-life balance? That you need to keep your personal life at home and your work life at work? Here’s the punchline: work-life balance is a bunch of BS. Unless you’re in the show Severance (please go check it out if you haven’t already!), we can’t actually  separate home from work. If you’re worried about your dog being home alone for too long, or your babysitter flakes, or your basement flooded, it’s going to impact how you show