Author: M. Wood

  • 11 Signs You Might Be an Empath

    by DARA KATZ  | JAN. 22, 2018  LARABELOVA/GETTY IMAGES If you hear “empath” and think, Oh, you can read minds? you actually wouldn’t be too far off. While the trait isn’t exactly cinematic ESP, empaths are deeply attuned to what people around them are feeling—emotionally and physically—and experience those sensations as if they were their own, often without needing to utter a word.…

  • Office Friendships Can Hurt Your Career–A Lesson Learned The Hard Way

    BY ALLIE HOFER Regardless of our specific fields, we all have experience with personal relationships in the workplace. Anywhere from the daily exchange of a cheesy colloquialism to a close friendship cultivated over years of working together, it’s inevitable that the line between personal and professional will be blurred and the two sectors will intertwine.…

  • What Would You Sacrifice to Work from Home?

    Jessica HowingtonFlexJobs Content Manager Working from home is often the most esteemed and coveted of all flexible employment arrangements. With this in mind, if you had the potential to work remotely and make a choice on benefits, what would you sacrifice to work from home? Would you be willing to make a sacrifice? Should you…

  • 6 Telecommuting Hard Realities No One Tells You About

    BY ANNAMARIE HOULIS Photo credit: Pixabay TAGS: Work-life balance, Flexibility, Google, Slack Technologies, Forbes, FlexJobs, Workplace Before I took the leap to freelancing full time, I’d assumed that telecommuting would mean never wearing pants and getting to answer emails from the comfort of my bed. Certainly, there are those elements. But there’s a lot more to it than I’d never anticipated, and there are some legitimate challenges.…

  • 5 Ways to Be a Better Worrier

    By  RACHEL BOWIE  | JAN. 16, 2018 We know that worrying can help you live longer, but when anxiety hits (OMG, why do you have three missed calls from your sister?), it can be hard to silence. (She just wanted to tell you she got promoted, sheesh.) These simple strategies can help you put things in perspective—and worry more…