4 Specific Ways Leaders Can Strike a Healthy Work-Life Balance and Avoid Burnout Reductions in the workforce can make leaders feel like they have to fill in productivity gaps, spending too much time working and far too little time on their needs. Here’s how leaders can make sure they’re taking care of themselves. By Paul Walker In January alone, more than 81,000…
Why Nature Sounds Are Great for Relaxation A walk in the woods—or even a sound machine that plays recordings from nature—can affect heart rate and alter connections in the brain, researchers said. By Amanda MacMillan Medically reviewed by Kimberly Brown, MD Do you know that feeling of clear-headed calm that washes over you when you listen to the water babbling down a stream or leaves…
The Right Way to Do 4-7-8 Breathing for Maximum Health Benefits This technique is simple to learn and easy to do — here’s how it works. By Lisa Mulcahy With everything you have to pack into a day, it’s no wonder if you’re feeling constantly stressed to the max. A high level of stress can bring down your mood as well…
Study Shows Social Media Can Add Stress to Parenting—Find a Community That Supports You Social comparison leads to an increase in stress and negative emotions. Instead, find spaces where you feel uplifted and can show up as your full self. By Danielle Marie Holland For the first 3 years of my son’s life, I lived in a rural area where community…
How to Feel Less Depleted by the End of the Workweek So you’re not living for the weekend (and too exhausted to enjoy it). By Nikki Campo In my previous job as a strategy consultant, I felt lucky when I managed to sleep more than four or five hours a night. During the workday, I subsisted on our office stash of…
How to Deal with Stress Amid Changing Workloads By Karren Brady Q) I enjoy my job, but I find it quite stressful, especially when we are busy – the workload tends to run in peaks and troughs, so sometimes we don’t have much to do and sometimes we have too much! In my annual review, the feedback my manager gave…
How To Overcome Self-Limiting Behaviors As Leaders By Janice Perkins, GC4W Thought Leadership Contributor In an exercise I do with my clients, we discover our “tend tos”. What are the things we tend to do when we are in distress or overwhelmed? What are the things we tend to do that lock us up and keep us from our best…
By Julie Corliss We all face stressful situations throughout our lives, ranging from minor annoyances like traffic jams to more serious worries, such as a loved one’s grave illness. No matter what the cause, stress floods your body with hormones. Your heart pounds, your breathing speeds up, and your muscles tense. This so-called “stress response” is a normal reaction to…
Emma Chamberlain is the quintessential cool girl and, honestly, somewhat of a paradox. With more than 9.5 million YouTube subscribers; 10.5 million Instagram followers; her own podcast, merchandise, and coffee company, Chamberlain has every reason to exude an ego. But nope, the wildly successful 19-year-old has managed to stay humble and approachable. It makes sense. Unlike many curated influencers, Chamberlain is unfiltered and…
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