Recognising the Cultural Scripts that Shape Us
The toxic stories that affect us subliminally - and what we can do about them. Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today Most of us are...
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Anna K. Schaffner
I share here my writings on the art of self-improvement, on burnout, exhaustion, stress, self-care, negative self-talk, Stoicism, ACT, negative core-beliefs, inner critics, and inner saboteurs.
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- Apr 4
- 4 min
How Honing your Resign-ability Can Empower you at Work
Invest time in developing long-term options and plotting exit strategies. Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today Do you feel you...
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- Mar 8
- 5 min
Is This It? 4 Key Reasons for Mid-Life Languishing
... and how we can overcome it. Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today It is a truth universally acknowledged that happiness is a...
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- Feb 25
- 2 min
The Coach & the Cowboy
Perspectives on Politics, Philosophy and Personal Development With Anna Katharina Schaffner and Patrick Daley The Coach & the Cowboy We...
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- Feb 23
- 5 min
The Truth about Self-Hatred. And How We Can Overcome it.
Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner The truth about self-hatred, and its more subtle cousins low self-worth, low self-esteem, and...
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- Dec 13, 2022
- 5 min
Why Quiet Quitting is a Dangerous Concept
Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner "Quiet quitting" has generated a flurry of headlines in 2022. Results of a 2022 Gallup survey...
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- Nov 24, 2022
- 6 min
Tired of Being Tired? 5 Ways of Overcoming Burnout that Work
Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner Are you tired of living to work rather than working to live? Perhaps you are already in the...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 5 min
Is How You are Working Working for You?
Why productivity-boosting regimes may be bad for us Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner Many of my coaching clientscome to me...
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- Oct 25, 2022
- 6 min
Whatever happened to 'Workaholism'?
Why the term has disappeared and why that should concern us Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner Recently I came across a...
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- Sep 10, 2022
- 1 min
Manage your Energy, not your Time
Interview with Carl Pullein - The Life Hack Show Sep 7, 2022 The Lifehack Show interview series' back with our new host Carl Pullein. In...
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- Jul 18, 2022
- 1 min
The Philosophy of Self-Improvement | The Art of Manliness Podcast
Interview with Brett McKay - The Art of Manliness Podcast There are thousands of books, podcasts, and social media posts about how to be...
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- Jun 6, 2022
- 4 min
On FEELING Good vs Feeling GOOD
On the difference between "clean" and "dirty" pain Psychology Today | Anna Katharina Schaffner Most of us have a strong tendency to push...
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- May 28, 2022
- 1 min
BBC Radio 4 Exhaustion: A History
BBC Radio 4 Documentary Anna Katharina Schaffner Are we really more exhausted today than we have ever been before? Writer and broadcaster...
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- May 18, 2022
- 7 min
Why Manifesting is Bad for Us
... and what it can tell us about our present cultural moment Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today “Manifesting” is one of the...
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- Apr 12, 2022
- 6 min
Do you feel heavy, exhausted, depleted and weighed down?
Why our Mind-Metaphors Matter Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today I have always been fascinated by the metaphors we use to...
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- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min
5 Reasons Why Perfectionism Can Make Us Ill
How Our Inner Perfectionist Can Drive Us Into Exhaustion Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today I see the best minds of my...
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- Mar 22, 2022
- 5 min
What's So Great About Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
7 reasons why I love ACT Anna Katharina Schaffner | Psychology Today Most of you will already have heard of Acceptance and Commitment...
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- Mar 20, 2022
- 4 min
The Burnout Paradox: Burnout and the Circle of Control
Notes on Exhaustion Blog #1 By Anna Katharina Schaffner | PSYCHOLOGY TODAY There is a huge paradox at the heart of burnout debates:...
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- Mar 15, 2022
- 7 min
The 12 Best Self-Improvement Books
It is the tried and tested, timeless models from which we have most to learn. By Anna Katharina Schaffner | The Guardian KEY POINTS We...
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- Mar 15, 2022
- 11 min
The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths
When it comes to self-improvement, we have much to learn from our ancestors and other cultures. What is more, self-improvement practices...
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- Mar 15, 2022
- 6 min
Mind you Mind-Metaphors
You’re Not a Computer, You’re a Tiny Stone in a Beautiful Mosaic Metaphors matter. Far from being mere ornamental flourishes that render...
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