I agree with you 100% Joyce. The attrition rates at my last corporate employer were frighteningly high. 40% in the first year of employment and 40% in the second year and then a taper off. In pure numbers that meant if there were 100 new recruits in year 0, by year 3 only 20 remained despite this company being the best paymaster in the industry. The exit interviews indicated the top reason for quitting was work life balance, In other words, accumulating stress. This company didn’t do much about it or perhaps didn’t know how to contain it so kept recruiting. Believe it or not but our Alumni is a highly impressive one and we all have the common factor of having taken the decision to move onto calmer callings and jobs. 🙂

Absolutely Reba. A Stress Journal can help anyone who is willing to do the exercise to reduce their Stress Triggers.

I hear you, Sue. Resilience is always within us if we allow it to work with us to achieve our goals. Coming from a reactive place isn’t bad, you know. Sometimes it’s actually what the situation requires to get a message through to others and out of our system. I have to do it sometimes too. At the end of the day, it’s what works for us without damaging our health and relationships that matters.

Praise be our intuition, Suzie. I use the Clear Crystal Quartz and Rose Quartz to help me gain clarity while writing in my Stress Log.

Works every time.

Including the difficult moments.

I like my life much better this way. And my clients and mentees seem to as well. Your mileage may vary. Of course.

xoxox

Stress Diaries and Logs are useful for recording events and feelings and help us to see the situation clearly so we can take action, Sue. Glad you liked it.