Have you heard of the personal development idea of planting seeds? Whatever you need most in life, you must give yourself. If you need time, give time! If you need money, give money! If you crave deeper connections, start the conversation! This week, I encourage you to be mindful with each seed that you plant 🌱. What is that you need more of in life? How can you take one small action today to give that to someone or something else? Here is a step-by-step explanation of how t

On September 25th I joined the "Healthiest Employer Awards" of the Bay Area event in San Francisco. The event was organized by Sequoia Consulting Group, a Bay Area based consultancy, responsible for putting together strategic benefit packages for different companies. In this article, I share my biggest take-aways and inspirations for wellbeing trends for 2019 and beyond. Besides the award ceremony itself, Sequoia presented the well-being trends in 2019 (and beyond), invited K

One year ago, on an early Thursday morning in August 2018, I was diagnosed with burnout. I was shocked. I knew something was surely not right with me (hence I was sitting in the doctor's office), but burnout? Anxiety? Depression? That seemed too unreal, too far away. In this article, I want to share more insights into what burnout is, how it is connected to anxiety and depression, shine the light on my own experience and how I am doing one year later. Let's start with the eas

Fact: We receive on average 100 emails per day and need more than 23 minutes to focus again when we get distracted from an incoming email. When you think of email management, you often feel overwhelmed, frustrated and procrastinate that one response just a bit longer... Email Management can be so overwhelming and stressful. In this post, I will share a few tips and tricks of how I manage my inbox and how you can take a few simple steps to master yours! The top three issues wh

Do you regularly have to travel for business? Does business travel throw you off your hard-developed routines and habits? Do you constantly feel overwhelmed, stressed-out and exhausted during the trip as well as afterwards: juggling client meetings, emails, delayed flights and updating your team about all the learnings? Not only are we busy business people, but traveling can make it all just a tad more challenging. When I was planning my first trip to go on business travel in

Your kids can trigger you as no one else can, they are a little mirror of your energy, feelings and behaviors, so when you feel stressed, your child will feel it, too. This week, I am focusing on tips and tools that you can use to #bettermanagestress with a full time job and a family; create a healthier #worklifebalance and more #sustainability. Being a full-time working parent is not an easy task All people that are working full-time moms or dads have a huge amount of respec

Fact: Sleep is the most simple, yet most profound way to reduce stress. If we don’t sleep, everything suffers: our mood and happiness, our productivity, our concentration, our confidence, our creativity, our decision-making, our sex-drive. Based on the American Sleep Association, 50-70 Million US adults have a sleep disorder. The importance of sleep In today's world, we are bragging about not needing a lot of sleep. BUT there is nothing more important than getting enough and

My name is Julia Arndt and I am a stress and mindfulness coach, speaker and trainer living in Lake Tahoe, California. I hail from Germany and have studied, worked and lived in many different countries over the past 11 years, from England to France and Australia, to Ireland and finally ended up in the US four years ago. I worked for Google for over 7 years, starting in account management roles and then moved into project and program management roles. In those past 7 years, bes