How to Avoid Burnout Deloitte’s 2015 workplace pulse survey was conducted to understand how employees view work-life balance and well-being at their organization. The survey sampled 1,016 full-time employed adults across generations, in the United States. There were several interesting findings: One-third of employees do not feel comfortable taking vacation time. 77% experienced employee burnout…
Author: Dr. Tanner
How to Deal With Negative People
How to Deal with Negative People Negativity is all around us; negative experiences, negative relationships, negative jobs, and negative perspectives. The carrier of negativity is people. We all know more than one negative person that is a part of our life. Perhaps it is a negative person at work, a family member, or even a…
When You Don’t Meet Your Goals
When You Don’t Meet Goals For people who struggle in the area of planning or strategic planning not meeting goals is often emotionally devastating. At the outset of this article let me encourage everyone to treat goal setting and planning as a practice. Remember, our goal at Planning the Practice is to help you achieve…
What Is Imposter Syndrome?
Who hasn’t at some time, or another felt like a fraud? From time to time, I still struggle with the notion that others will see me as incapable or unsuccessful.
Moving Forward Without Complete Clarity
Moving Forward Without Complete Clarity When starting, running, or owning a business, one of the scariest things to do is make decisions without complete clarity. Perhaps developing the ability to move forward is one of the skills that make the difference between good and great companies. As I was thinking about writing this article it…
3 Things Potential Clients Need to Know About Me
3 Things Potential Clients Need to Know About Me You may know I am a supervisor for Marriage and Family Therapists in training. I supervise students, post-grad interns, and licensed MFTs looking to earn their AAMFT Approved Supervisor Credentials. Once, when supervising a group of student interns, we talked about authenticity in the therapy room. …
3 Ways I Knew I’d be an Entrepreneur
To be completely honest and probably like every other kid, growing up I had aspirations of being a doctor, police officer, fire fighter, astronaut
My Enneagram and How it Shows
When I first heard about the Enneagram my daughter kept calling me a number when she heard me say certain things.
Where My Business Idea Came From
The other day I said to someone, ‘I intentionally look for ways to improve’. This is what I was doing when I came up with the idea for Planning the Practice
Creating More Freedom in Your Day
Creating More Freedom in Your Day Being an entrepreneur is probably one of the most difficult things I have had to do. It consumes the bulk of my thinking and activity; even writing this blog post is part of being an entrepreneur. Everyone faces different circumstances related to starting a new business. Many mental health…