Ever find yourself drowning in a sea of endless responsibilities?Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and in need of some practical solutions?Perhaps you need to address the microstress in your life.Microstresses are the small moments of stress that have insidiously infiltrated both our work and personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. These seemingly harmless everyday occurrences can zap our energy levels and impact our performance.Our guest today is Karen Dillon, an expert in dealing with microstress.A former Editor of Harvard Business Review magazine, Karen is the co-author of the bestselling book The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems - and What to Do about It.In this podcast, Karen shares practical tips on how to limit the microstress in our lives, including shedding light on:What counts as microstress and how it might be impacting you day-to-dayWhy most moments of microstress come from interactions with someone elseWhy negative interactions have up to 5 times the impact of positive interactions How to deal with a boss or colleague who is regularly creating moments of microstressHow to build resilience against microstress in our lives We hope you enjoy the conversation and are able to put the tips into practice. Show Notes:Find Karen's book The Microstress Effect on Amazon.Rob Cross (Karen's Co-Author) has a range of resources on robcross.orgLearn more about the Microstress Effect App on Google Play or in the Apple App Store.