Dr. Melissa’s Blog
Welcome to My Blog!
Since 2009, I have been writing articles about office organization, time management, work/life balance, email management, and productivity. I am passionate about helping people better manage the hours they choose to spend working and enjoy their non-work time as well.
I also believe in authenticity in my writing. One of my readers describes my blog as a place where I offer my head, my hands, and my heart to others. You will find posts about my struggles with perfectionism interspersed with humorous stories about my family and how we cope with life. This is a place where I choose to be brave and vulnerable with you.
My blog posts are broken down into three major areas:
- Productivity & Time Management
- Goals & Planning
- Life Balance & Self Care
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A Peek Behind the Scenes of Productivity Coaching
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A Peek Behind the Scenes of Productivity Coaching
I love it when people say nice things about me. Does that make me needy? I don’t care. I shamelessly request testimonials...
Beware the Productivity Pitfalls: Decoding the Dark Side of Proverbial Advice
Proverbs, adages, expressions, and sayings have provided moral guidance, inspiration, and cultural consistency for humans...
Tolerance Tango: Finding a Balance Between Adapting Minds and Innovative Spirits
Sometimes the road ahead is paved, well-lit, cleared of debris, and visible for miles. You are the driver on a...
Productivity & Time Management
A Peek Behind the Scenes of Productivity Coaching
I love it when people say nice things about me. Does that make me needy? I don’t care. I shamelessly request testimonials...
Beware the Productivity Pitfalls: Decoding the Dark Side of Proverbial Advice
Proverbs, adages, expressions, and sayings have provided moral guidance, inspiration, and cultural consistency for humans...
Tolerance Tango: Finding a Balance Between Adapting Minds and Innovative Spirits
Sometimes the road ahead is paved, well-lit, cleared of debris, and visible for miles. You are the driver on a...
Goals & Planning
Do you have a mountaintop in the distance toward which you direct your steps? Or, are you wandering through the valley avoiding obstacles and navigating around rivers? These posts are here to help you set goals and increase your motivation to achieve them.
Do you have a mountaintop in the distance toward which you direct your steps? Or, are you wandering through the valley avoiding obstacles and navigating around rivers? These posts are here to help you set goals and increase your motivation to achieve them.
I LOVE After-Action Reports. Here’s why…
You have finished a huge project. You rolled the product out. You launched the initiative. The “go live” date has gone...
It is Time to Set *Real* Goals Again
Recently, I was quoted in an article on marthastewart.com entitled, 10 Habits of Highly Productive People – and How to...
Do you have a job, a career, or a calling?
My young adult daughter is on a quest. Her quest is not an Indiana Jones-esque excursion through prehistoric booby traps...
Life Balance & Self Care
You are a human being, not a human doing. You do not hang up your humanity when you enter your workspace. These posts will help you recognize that your work and personal life can be integrated and fulfilling.
You are a human being, not a human doing. You do not hang up your humanity when you enter your workspace. These posts will help you recognize that your work and personal life can be integrated and fulfilling.
Creating Creates Creativity
Coming from a lineage containing what I consider “real” artists, I could not, for years, give myself any mercy or...
How to Show Gratitude to…your Brain!
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is a go-to methodology for licensed therapists to treat people with anxiety and...
The Unproductive Practice of Presenteeism
If you have never heard the term presenteeism before, I’ll bet you are a bit confused. After all, aren’t we supposed to be...
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