Distraction Addiction – Step away from the phone!
Do you often feel more compelled to give your attention to your phone than the person in front of you? Conditioned by being busy, we think we’ll get more done and be more productive if we just answer this, or respond to that when nothing could be further from the...
How alcohol ruins your sleep. Sorry – but it does!
You’ve been rushing around all day, and the moment you get home you just want to relax, put your feet up and pour yourself a wine or a beer. You deserve it right!? But there’s a downside to alcohol not many people know about, and it’s not pretty. Now I am not talking...
Mindfulness. When do we need it? Now!
A couple of weeks ago, I had no inkling the world would completely change, and everything would be turned upside down. Things I took for granted, like popping downstairs for a quick coffee, going to yoga, or the movies, were suddenly swiped off my table. In a flash,...
My cultural cringe! 9 things to avoid when presenting to Kiwis…
Recently I had one of those cultural cringe moments while attending an all-day event. Instead of being warmly greeted by the organiser, I was ordered (rather loudly and without a smile) to “show my virtual ticket”, before being tagged with a yellow...
‘Crazy Busy’ – How to switch off, show up for what really matters and still get sh*t done!
“The busier you are the unhappier you get!” A short excerpt from the book ‘Crazy Busy” planned to be available November 2019. As a busy career woman in the nineties, I thought I could do and have it all. And I did, to a point, holding down a demanding full-time job as...About Kerene Strochnetter
Kerene is the Managing Director of Mindful at Work – a business that delivers workplace programmes across New Zealand – to build resilience, lift engagement and create healthier work cultures. She’s also the author of ‘Crazy Busy – If busy is the new stupid, then mindful is the new smart’.