Health
Forget power naps or coffee. Do this for better focus.
All entrepreneurs know the feeling that there just aren't enough hours in the day. Or the hopelessness which sets in when you're working to a deadline and finishing seems impossible.
What I'm about to suggest sounds counter-intuitive. But the times that this tip seems impossible to follow is when you need it the most.
When you're feeling overwhelmed, take a 5 minute mindfulness break.
The Astia Series on Entrepreneurs is a new series on high-growth entrepreneurial teams brought to you by The NextWomen. The entrepreneurs are all part of Astia, the global venture-accelerator and network for women-led companies and have all terrific stories on how they are conquering their space. The Astia Series on Entrepreneurs is supported by Astia's sponsors.
If you read any sort of self-help or women's magazines, you're all too familiar with this concept of 'life balance'. It's held up as the ultimate goal for today's busy woman: balancing work, relationships, exercise, hobbies and health to feel fulfilled and have time for everything.
The thing is, for entrepreneurs, this traditional definition of balance doesn't work.
From an outsider's perspective, the lifestyle of an entrepreneur is anything but balanced. Work seems to have taken over her life.
Home isnt necessarily the family house with a blinking
Christmas tree, nor the place you collect your mail. It's the space where us
entrepreneurs go back to our roots to rest our ever-inventing-minds and simply
breathe.
The concept of rest, is usually the thing us The Next Women do in the time before the plane takes off and our itching fingers turn the laptop on at cruising altitude. Its the time we have as the quick-dry nail polish hardens and taxi pulls up for an event. The time between shower turning on and the water getting steamy hot. These are the nano-rest moments us entrepreneurs us give ourselves to rest.
But ladies, it's not rest. Neither is that half day you pretend to take off with your girlfriends (and keep working in the back of your head).
'The Eve Appeal' is a new and exciting iPhone application to support the fundraising efforts of the UK's only national gynaecological cancer research charity. The app is a completely new venture for The Eve Appeal and allows users to support the 'kiss of life' campaign taking place during Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month (GCAM), which runs through September.
The free app allows users to send a virtual kiss along with a message to their friends and family. Each kiss makes a £1 donation – every penny of which is donated to The Eve Appeal. 18,000 women are diagnosed with a gynaecological cancer in the UK every year and of these women, 7,500 will die.
The design of the app is bold and stylish and the sender has two options – to either take a photo of their smooch or choose one from a fantastic selection of cartoon kisses.
An interview with Dr. Stefana
Broadbent, University College London
A couple of weeks ago, at the medienforum.nrw in Cologne, I was fortunate enough to meet cognitive scientist and "digital ethnographer“ Stefana Broadbent. She examines how we use technology and how technology changes the way we communicate – at work, with family and friends. I had time to ask her a few questions:
Your business does need a lot of love and care in order to thrive.
But, with the summer holidays upon us, will you be able to take a break from your business?
Or have you been so obsessed with work whilst away that you've incurred the wrath of family and friends? I wonder how many BlackBerries and iPhoneswill be thrown into the sea by exasperated partners this holiday season?
In her latest book, The Money Class, personal finance guru Suze
Orman discusses the importance of understanding individual lifestyle habits to
make smarter financial decisions. She sits with close friend and new
Inspiration Editor of EverydayHealth.com
Jillian Michaels, to talk about her road to success and shares her thoughts on
the relationship between health and wealth. Read excerpts of the exclusive
interview:
On overcoming financial obstacles early
in her career:
JM: Your dream of opening your own restaurant was shattered and additionally
you were now $50,000 dollars in debt. This scenario would have devastated most
people, and yet you accepted the intervention of fate, found meaning in it,
learned from it and subsequently the woman you are today was born. How would
you advise someone who is suffering a major failure or setback to not give up
and fall apart? How does one "turn lemons into lemonade"?
Howard Burns, the Head of Wills and Probate at Manchester law firm Lewis Hymanson Small, says the marriage of Wills & Catherine should offer a gentle reminder about the importance of women writing a will.
According to research by insurer Standard Life, just over half of British women have not prepared a will. It's one of those tasks that we all know we should get around to but there always seem to be something more pressing or important to attend to, particularly for someone already juggling a career, a home and parental duties.
Sign up for free video product recommendations and a tree will be planted for you
Ecobold today is launching an online marketplace that makes it as easy as possible to buy and sell green products. To lower the barrier of “going green,” Ecobold hand selects products that keep you, your family, and the earth healthy, and then features one recommended product per day with an informative video review and a steep 24-hour discount. In addition, Ecobold makes it easier to sell green products by offering merchants the best terms of any similar marketplace. To celebrate the launch along with Earth Day on April 22nd, Ecobold will plant a tree for every person that signs up for their free video recommendation newsletter.
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