by Mande John | Oct 8, 2026 | Blog
Someone gives you feedback. A friend takes longer than usual to text back. Your boss says, “Can we talk?” A client sounds a little different than normal. And suddenly your brain is off and running. They’re upset with me. I messed something up. They don’t like me...
by Mande John | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog
The TV is on. Someone is talking to you. Your phone keeps buzzing. The dog is moving around. You’re trying to finish dinner. Then somebody asks you one more question. And suddenly you want everybody to stop talking to you. From the outside, it can look like you...
by Mande John | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog
You need to make a decision. You look at the options. Then you look at them again. You research a little more. Maybe you ask someone else what they think. Now you have even more information—and somehow you are less sure than when you started. Or you get so tired of...
by Mande John | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog
Someone asks if you can help with something, take something on, change your plans, or squeeze one more thing into your week. And before you have really thought about it, you hear yourself say yes. Then later, you look at your calendar and think, Why did I agree to...
by Mande John | Oct 7, 2026 | Blog
You have one appointment at 2:00, and somehow the whole morning feels unusable. You know you technically have time. You could answer emails, work on a project, fold laundry, make a phone call, or do any number of things before you need to leave. If estimating the...
