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Escaping the Always-On Trap

Reclaim your focus and well-being by mastering digital boundaries and intentional recovery in a relentless professional culture.

Created byMaria Conde
BeginnerUpdated Oct 30, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleIdentify the psychological and physiological effects of constant connectivity on stress, focus, and long-term wellbeing — and why accounting and finance professionals face unique risk factors.
  • check_circleRecognize your personal early warning signs of tech-driven stress and burnout before they escalate into performance and health consequences.
  • check_circleApply practical strategies to manage digital boundaries — including notification protocols, response windows, and after-hours communication — without compromising client relationships or professional
  • check_circleIncorporate evidence-based micro-recovery practices into a demanding workday to restore attention, reduce mental fatigue, and sustain high performance over time.
  • check_circleImplement a structured personal wellness protocol to maintain long-term sustainability.

About This Course

This course examines the physiological and cognitive impacts of the constant connectivity culture on modern professionals. It provides a framework for identifying the differences between productive pressure and chronic stress while offering practical strategies to implement digital boundaries. Participants will learn to replace reactive habits with intentional communication and structured recovery periods to prevent burnout. The content focuses on evidence-based approaches to managing technology usage without compromising professional responsibilities or client service standards.

Topics Covered:

  • Physiological stress response mechanisms
  • Chronic cortisol elevation symptoms
  • Digital boundary setting strategies
  • Professional communication response windows
  • Attention restoration theory applications
  • Digital recovery menu development
  • Personal wellness protocol design

Course Content

5 activities • 5 videos • duration: 1h 4m

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The Always-On Trap1 videos • 12 min
  • videocamThe Always-On Trap
    Duration 12:16
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The Physiology of Stress1 videos • 12 min
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Setting Digital Boundaries1 videos • 15 min
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Rest and Restoration1 videos • 12 min
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Building Your Protocol1 videos • 11 min

Your Instructor

Maria Conde

Success & Mindset Coach for Leaders and Entrepreneurs

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Maria Conde is a CPA with 30+ years of leadership, business, and finance experience. She retired from the corporate world to run two of her own businesses. Alongside of accounting she is a Certified Professional Coach with specialties in health, confidence, money and mindset. She also creates leadership courses for professional development both online and in person facilitation.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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