I said “squirrel” in the middle of a workplace training session on burnout prevention (yes, that’s the kind of real-life content you get when you hire me!) as I was sharing how our brains are constantly being pulled in a million directions at once and how hard it is to stay focused on the present moment in our hyper-technology world.

We are about to enter a time of year where a lot of people take time off but are you able to really, truly disconnect from work for a period of days or even, gasp, weeks? When we talk about stress, overwhelm and mental wellbeing, this is one of the things I see you struggling with the most. I hear things like" "I might miss something important" "I might miss an opportunity for business, or a sale" "I feel calmer when I know that things are being handled" We talk a lot about b