How To Lock In Your Routine With Timeboxing So It Actually Lasts

Lucy Paulise career coaching How To Lock In Your Routine With Timeboxing So It Actually Lasts

As a new year begins, you are probably feeling pressure to improve everything at once: work performance, health habits, and results. If you read my latest article, you probably also have built a balanced routine! Now, the intention is good. The execution? Often, it falls apart, unless you are timeboxing. Here is where to start.

6 Steps To Build A Balanced Routine For 2026

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As a new year begins, you may feel pressure to “optimize everything.” Eat better, sleep more, work harder, stay fit, do what you love. The question is how to fit it all into already full days? The issue isn’t discipline or ambition. It’s the lack of a balanced routine. After coaching hundreds of high performers, […]

How To Set Goals With Compassion in 2026 (Without Burning Yourself Out)

How To Set Goals With Compassion in 2026 (Without Burning Yourself Out) lucy paulise

As the new year approaches, you might be tempted to set bigger goals. Raise your standards. Push harder. Compassion asks a simple but powerful question: how do you want to pursue those goals, without burning yourself out? For high achievers, this familiar narrative often comes with a hidden cost: pressure. Not only external pressure, but […]

Burnout and the 4Ds: 4 Steps To Refocus When Everything Feels Important

Lucy Paulise career coaching 4Ds and burnout

If you’re feeling heavier than usual, finding decisions require more effort, and sensing that time is slipping away faster than normal, this likely isn’t a motivation or discipline problem. It may be an early signal of burnout. Burnout Is Often A Focus Problem, Not A Workload Problem Burnout is commonly associated with doing too much. […]

4 Ways Fitbit’s New AI Health Coach Is Making Wellbeing Easier

4 Ways Fitbit’s New AI Health Coach Is Making Wellbeing Easier

I reviewed Fitbit’s new AI Health Coach, a tool I’ve been using myself to create personalized workouts, manage stress, improve recovery and stay motivated without burning out. It has helped me stay consistent in a way that feels realistic and compassionate, not rigid.

How ChatGPT Helps Me Stop Overthinking And Work Like I Have An Executive Assistant

How ChatGPT Helps Me Stop Overthinking And Work Like I Have An Executive Assistant lucy paulise

Using AI hasn’t made me think less, it has helped me stop overthinking. As a coach, business owner, and writer, tools like ChatGPT, Sunsama, NotebookLM, and the Gemini Health Coach have transformed how I plan my days, make decisions, create content, and even prepare for tennis tournaments. AI has become not just a productivity tool, but a wellbeing tool, and it’s helping me focus on what matters most.

Glassdoor’s 2026 Predictions Reveal a Hidden Crisis: Emotional Regulation at Work

Glassdoor’s 2026 Predictions Reveal a Hidden Crisis: Emotional Regulation at Work

Glassdoor’s latest Worklife Trends Report reveals something leaders can’t afford to ignore: the real crisis at work isn’t burnout — it’s emotional overload.
From micro-layoffs to AI pressure to declining opportunities for remote workers, every major trend is disrupting employees’ ability to regulate their emotions. And without emotional regulation, focus, communication, confidence, and even career decisions start to unravel.
As we head into 2026, emotional regulation isn’t a “soft skill.” It’s your most strategic advantage.