by Christine Li | Jun 21, 2017 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Thoughts
What in the world do we have to do to stop procrastinating? Procrastination is super sneaky and annoying. None of us wants to procrastinate routinely, but many of us get trapped into the never-ending cycle of delay – stress – embarrassment – sleep...
by Christine Li | Apr 27, 2017 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
When I do coaching or psychotherapy with clients who struggle with procrastination, I almost always end up discussing the topic of anxiety. Anxiety causes us to doubt our natural abilities, making us more vulnerable to procrastination and a whole host of other fears....
by Christine Li | Apr 14, 2017 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance
Fear has a way of taking our spirits down. When we fear our own actions, we cannot generate enough energy to think, to guess, or to push our thoughts forward. When we fear others’ judgments, we cannot turn papers in, we cannot decide what might be best to say, we...
by Christine Li | Feb 15, 2017 | Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques, Thoughts
Procrastinators are oftentimes victims of their own negative mindset. Rather than coaching themselves towards success, Procrastinators lean towards doom and gloom, predicting humiliation and failure for themselves. It is no wonder then, that Procrastination tends...
by Christine Li | Feb 7, 2017 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
Both procrastinators and non-procrastinators yearn to be more productive. There are lots of strategies, tools, and techniques to assist us in our work and daily lives these days, but even with that assistance, many people find consistent productivity hard to achieve....
by Christine Li | Jan 17, 2017 | All Posts, Feelings, Resistance, Techniques
I have learned over years of coaching and counseling many clients, that it is of utmost importance to understand the nature of a person’s mindset before trying to help them with anything else. Without knowing what kind of mindset the client has and understanding how...