by chanaluchiana | Jul 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s workforce is complete with working moms. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “almost 47 percent of U.S. workers are women.” Although women play an integral role in the workplace, working outside of the home can lead to feelings of guilt and strain because of divided attention between work and family. The key is to get organized and create the right balance between profession and parenthood.
Here are 3 ways to help make sure that both your career and family flourish:
Live guilt free
Try not to beat yourself up. Focus on how your role in the company is benefiting your family at large. Perhaps you can afford extra-curricular activities, classes or educational opportunities for your children or you’re able to put away savings for college. Successful career moms are good at coming to terms with their choices to work and focusing on the priorities at hand.
Optimize your mornings
Complete certain tasks the night before. Lay out clothes, pack lunches, sign school forms or homework, re-organize backpacks (place by the door) and have the kids shower nightly. I created a morning routine checklist and placed it in my kid’s bathroom. The framed list helps to guide their morning routines. I also pre-pack my work bag, review my to-do list for the next day including getting an idea of what’s for dinner.
Get rid of distractions
Set time limits for checking social media, making phone calls, returning emails and watching your favorite weekly shows. Find ways to maximize time for yourself every night and build in time to download the day with your partner.
With light,
Dr. Chana Luchiana
by chanaluchiana | Jun 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to become content at a job that pays decently well and comes with a good group of co-workers. Or maybe you’ve convinced yourself that this is a temporary gig until you can figure out how to get closer to your “dream job.” Whatever the reason, there comes a time when we need to get honest with ourselves and see what’s on the other side of our comfort.
Here are 3 telltale signs that it’s time to LEVEL UP:
- Your comfort zone has a comfort zone. There’s nothing wrong with being high-functioning in your role, or having a healthy level of comfort. But comfort zones can lead to complacency. Complacency will eventually lead to fear. And fear can hold us back.
- You’re training the trainer. If your learning curve has come to an end or you’re really not feeling challenged, this may signal a need to level up. You may not be learning something new every day on the job, but you should be improving upon your core skills and developing new ones.
- Your dreams are getting harder to achieve. If you are living the companies’ mission and not your own, this may be a signal to level up. Your dreams are still valid and achievable, but you must put them first again. You will never be happy putting someone else’s mission before your own.
With light,
Dr. Chana Luchiana
by chanaluchiana | May 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
The new “F-word” isn’t an expletive or something freaky. Nope, it’s the F that many of us spend our entire lives trying to avoid: Failure.
I have failed more times than I’d like to admit. And I’m not talking about small failures; I’m talking about the kind of failures that rock your world, completely altering the landscape of your relationships, finances, and mental well-being.
We’re a culture that appears to revere success, while failure has become taboo. Failure, as much as it hurts, is an important part of life. In fact, I’d say, failure is life’s greatest teacher. It is constantly molding us, redirecting us, and stripping us of ego, while also teaching us compassion and empathy.
Here are two things I know for sure about failure:
1. Failure is essential to success. Anyone who has ever succeeded at any human endeavor will tell you that he learned more from his failures than he ever learned from his successes. Acknowledge the mistakes you’ve made along the way and wear your failure scars with pride.
2. Failure helps us to grow. Fear of failure will stunt your growth, narrow your ambitions, and kill your dreams. Acts of bravery don’t always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations and yes, your soul by listening to its clear voice of direction.
Let’s re-frame failure and perhaps see it as a friend. A friend who if embraced can usher us into new experiences and exposures. Life is designed for us to grow and improve. So, use the new F-word boldly. In fact, fail often and fail forward.
With light,
Dr. Chana Luchiana
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