Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Unwind-After-Work.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Unwind-After-Work.html Its 5pm and all you are wanting to do is pack up your desk and head home. You’ve had enough and are hanging out for that long glass of “red”. As much as this sounds the best way to end the day, it is not necessarily the only way to end the day. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/How-to-Work-as-Hard-and-Fast-as-you-Choose-without-Burning-Out.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/How-to-Work-as-Hard-and-Fast-as-you-Choose-without-Burning-Out.html In this article I'm going to reveal five steps to help you bring a sense of balance to all areas of your life. They are the bottom line starting point for what to do from my successful 7 Steps to Sanity book and programs. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Eating-For-Success-Breakfast-For-The-Busy-Corporate.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Eating-For-Success-Breakfast-For-The-Busy-Corporate.html The first place that we cut corners when we are busy or stressed is our eating and in particular our breakfast. The food you eat forms the very building blocks of your body, but most of us have lost sight of the fact that food is fuel and that the purpose of eating is to provide our bodies with the tools they need for energy, functioning, building and maintenance. We eat for a variety of different reasons, none of which relate to the idea of providing our bodies with quality fuel. We eat unconsciously, we use food to fill emotional voids or to be sociable and we fill our bodies with things that we all know aren’t good for us – in effect, rather than using food as essential fuel, we use it to inflict damage on ourselves. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-Work-Life-Balance.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-of-Work-Life-Balance.html In the thirteenth century, Dante listed the Seven Deadly Sins on the pathway to Paradise: Gluttony, lust, greed, envy, pride, anger and sloth. Now, almost eight hundred years later, people are still committing these seven sins in Work Life Balance. So let me share with you the Seven Deadly Sins of Work Life Balance ... and how to avoid them. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Waking-up-Well-a-The-Essentials.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Waking-up-Well-a-The-Essentials.html Preparing for sleep the night before is the place to start. Quality sleep vs quantity is vital. A busy mind leading to broken sleep does not allow for a fresh mind on waking. Try some of these simple steps to help you sleep well and then wake well. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/From-Go-Fast-Kids-to-Calm-Kids.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/From-Go-Fast-Kids-to-Calm-Kids.html Making that transition from holiday mode to classroom. How excited do kids get with the start of school approaching? Getting kids to go from the freedom of school holidays to move to that place of being settled and ready for school can be a challenge for some parents. Many children now days are identified as being ADD and ADHD I call these kids “go fasts” and the transition from holidays to school can be a bit more of a challenge for these kids. Being a “go fast” kid is fine, they are full of excitement and life, but it does not always suite the classroom environment. So how do you handle the transition time as they move into the structures of a new school year and a classroom environment? http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Ten-Simple-ways-to-bring-balance-into-your-workday.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Ten-Simple-ways-to-bring-balance-into-your-workday.html In research commissioned by Grand United Corporate Health earlier this year, only six percent of people interviewed felt that they had a handle on work-life balance .Four out of five people said they were experiencing work-related stress at least once a week (I know some of you are thinking, ‘I wish I were stressed only once a week!’), and almost three-quarters of people said that a lack of time was their main challenge to leading a balanced life. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Eating-For-Success-Fast-Lunch-Ideas-for-Busy-People.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Eating-For-Success-Fast-Lunch-Ideas-for-Busy-People.html Remember the days when you actually had time to take a lunch break? When you used to leave the office for an hour, have something to eat, meet up with friends, walk in the park, play sport or wonder around the shops…? These days people eat lunch at their desks more often than not, if they eat at all. For many people, the demands of the day just don’t let up long enough to afford them a break. Lunchtime rolls around, your stomach is rumbling and you know you should eat, but you’ve just got one more thing to finish. An hour goes by, your stomach is still gurgling, but you’ve just got one more deadline, phone call, impromptu meeting, email to reply to….and before you know it, you’re reaching for a coffee or chocolate bar to get you through, and that’ll have to do for lunch. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/No-Bum-Glue.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/No-Bum-Glue.html ‘Bum Glue’ is the term I use to describe refined and processed grains. Do you remember at school, we used to make glue out of white flour and water? Remember how it smelled after a few hours and how it set like cement when you used it? Well, that same cement-like action is happening inside your body every time you eat white breads, pasta and rice. And after it has been in there for a while, it becomes foul, sticking to the walls of your bowel and sucking the life out of you. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Six-a-day-six-days-a-week.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Work-Life/4340/Six-a-day-six-days-a-week.html Need a basic but realistic recipe for a balanced diet? Go for six ‘airplane-sized’ meals a day, six days a week (no, not the size of an actual airplane…but the size of the meals they serve you on board).