Happy October, Synerlink friends,
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In other news: If you live in the Omaha area, I will be speaking on “Your Love-Hate Relationship with Food: How to Dump Your Bad Nutrition Habits and Fall in Love with Your Food Again” at the annual Omaha Women’s Health & Wellness Conference on October 5. Hope to see you there! 🙂 http://www.olsoncenter.com/
My favorite article this month is by Debora Spar, and it is such an important article. Unfortunately high-achieving women are often plagued with the flip-side of their ambition – perfectionism. “…A woman cannot work a 60-hour-per-week job and be the same kind of parent she would have been without the 60-hour-per-week job. No man can do this; no human can do this.” Why are we holding ourselves to the worst double-standard – to create the perfect 1950’s home on top of the liberated, high-powered career. It’s time to stop beating ourselves up for an impossible goal. One of the points I liked best about the article was the need to ask for help – to let the men in our lives know what we need – and to support each other.
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Wishing you a wonderful month!
Chanel Helgason, MD
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
Great quote from a student’s mom:
“If you want to change the thoughts in your head, you should move the muscles in your body.
-Joan Benyo
THIS MONTH’S LINKS
Lead article:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/
Love this article. As a recovering control-freak, it’s so hard for me to release this desire…and so self-defeating. How much more peaceful would our lives be if we released our attachment to outcomes?
http://www.finerminds.com/
This is a dramatic example of the interconnection of mind and body – and our interconnection with those we love:
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_
Are your expectations based on fear or trust in the abundance of the world?
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/
Serve others – by doing what you love!
http://news.yahoo.com/10-
“If medical errors were a disease, they would be the sixth leading cause of death in America—just behind accidents and ahead of Alzheimer’s. ” What to do about it?
http://online.wsj.com/article/
I am a huge fan of visioning – both for ourselves and our careers. A couple of nice resources for your project:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/
http://www.workingmomsonly.
Dr. Neufeld’s work on attachment is fascinating to me, and opposite many of our cultural beliefs.
http://www.imfcanada.org/
The practice of mindfulness in the modern world…
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/
A BIT OF HUMOR
Life balance – it’s not a new problem!
http://www.gocomics.com/
