by Nicole Havelka | Jan 26, 2022 | Antiracism, Change Leadership, Community, Self Care, Social Justice, Time Management
I’m a workaholic. It started in high school when I began taking on too many activities: theater and choir rehearsals, speech team competitions, college visits, high school newspaper deadlines. I learned to manage my own calendar because my mom could no longer...
by Nicole Havelka | Jan 12, 2022 | Antiracism, Change Leadership, Self Care, Time Management
When I was young, I must have thought time was infinite. I mean – time is infinite in the grand scheme of the universe – but my ability to use the time I have available is very finite. When I was young, I would say yes to every activity and commitment that I wanted to...
by Nicole Havelka | Nov 27, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Creativity, Healing, Self Care, Time Management
I realized a few weeks ago that I was burned out. I was burned out on “putting myself out there.” Running a start-up business feels like a constant audition – with the rejection that goes with that. I’m someone who really tries to normalize and embrace failure, but...
by Nicole Havelka | Nov 10, 2022 | Burnout, Mindfulness, Organizations, Team Building
White boards and sticky notes. I’m a big fan. I’ve always liked calendaring, planning and organizing. I suppose it helps me feel in control, when, in fact, I am not. I’ll revisit that little confession in therapy, I promise. Planning is incredibly valuable. It...
by Nicole Havelka | Nov 2, 2022 | Burnout, Healing, Time Management
I’ve ridden a roller coaster now for the better part of three years. First, the slow climb of starting a business, then the big drop of launching that business in a pandemic, and then the twists and turns of continuing to build a business at a time when people are...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 30, 2022 | Burnout, Change Leadership, Mindfulness, Self Care
The fall leaves are giving us a show in the northern hemisphere right now. Deciduous trees are shedding their leaves in anticipation of the colder and grayer winter. Humans, at least in the U.S., tend to revel in the fall season. I don’t think it’s just that...
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 13, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Mindfulness, Self Care
Bravery to me this week looked like taking a day off to go to the zoo with friends. I’ve shared in the past few weeks that between the disruption of a pandemic and the realities of starting a business, I’ve not taken nearly as much time off as would be healthy for me....
by Nicole Havelka | Oct 5, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Ritual, Self Care
Hiding from fear At New Year’s last year, I set my intention as streamlining. I wrote just a couple of weeks ago about how my understanding about the intention has evolved. As with anything that you stick with for a while, it continues to evolve in wholly unexpected...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 29, 2022 | Burnout, Community, Mindfulness, Self Care, Social Justice
Signs you are burning out and what to do about it Last week, while staffing my business’s booth at a conference (only the second time I’ve done that since the pandemic began), I noticed some pretty strong reactions to my invitation to sign up for my “Burnout Proof...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 23, 2022 | Burnout, Change Leadership, Creativity, Mindfulness, Self Care
For the last two years, I’ve hosted a New Year’s Eve Restorative Yoga Celebration. As part of that reflective celebration, I invited people to choose a word or phrase to guide their intention for the year. This past year, I chose the word “streamline” for...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 14, 2022 | Burnout, Healing, Self Care
I spent about the first 15 years of my adult life wearing my exhaustion like a badge of honor (as shame researcher and storyteller Brené Brown says). Without any regard for time, space or personal limits of energy, I said yes to just about every appealing invitation...
by Nicole Havelka | Sep 7, 2022 | Burnout, Healing, Mindfulness, Ritual, Self Care, Social Justice
Several weeks ago when I checked in with the folx in my online community to ask them how they are – for real – I started to get slightly different responses. I’d heard them name exhaustion, anxiety and stress many times before. But this time, they also started to use...
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