How to Manage Other People’s Frantic Energy

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

This past week found me traveling by airplane, an experience of technological wonder. And, inarguably, a bit of an energetic mess. The airport itself is no better, and the security line on the day of my departing flight was especially frantic. Picture, if you will, the following scene all around me… …wild-eyed people ripping metal off their bodies and t...

Why We All Should Stop Freaking Out

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Deirdre Maloney

I freaked out the other day. In fact, I freaked out a few times…all due to a chain of events within about two hours. If you know me, you know that my freak-outs can be a bit...dramatic. It went something like this: First, I answered one last email before leaving the office and made myself late for a meeting with a client Then, I made a pit-stop on the w...