Category: Mental Health

  • 7 habits for stress-free business travel

    By Peter Economy | April 11, 2018 While the jet-setting business life is often romanticized in Hollywood films, the reality of business travel is often quite different. Late flights, canceled flights, overbooked airplanes, lousy food, long lines, lost hotel reservations, nonexistent taxicabs, and all sorts of similar problems are something every business traveler has experienced at least once…

  • Laughter is the Best Medicine

    The Health Benefits of Humor and Laughter Sure, it’s fun to share a good laugh. But did you know it can actually improve your health? It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes…

  • Take it down a notch: How to spot and diffuse workplace stress

    By Jeanne Reynolds | April 18, 2018 If only our co-workers were more like cartoon characters (well, some are, but that’s a story for another day). It would be easy to see who’s stressed to the max and about to blow: the wide glassy stare, hair and clothes in knots, maybe some smoke rising from the brain. Outside…

  • Why Silence at Work Can Sabotage Team Camaraderie

    It’s better to break the silence than to let the silence break you. By Help Scout@helpscout By Gregory Ciotti, marketing at Help Scout Silence can seep throughout an organization, sabotaging motivation, enthusiasm, and camaraderie. Hard language, harsh reality. If you don’t agree, it’s because you haven’t felt it looming. Silence allows small setbacks to snowball into bigger…

  • 3 Ways to Combat Stress and Achieve Balance

    by Kirsten Blakemore Edwards | Jul 20, 2017 You can’t control most of life’s challenges, but you can change how you react to them. These three habits help you manage stress and enjoy a more satisfying life. Read the original article published on Inc. Magazine: “3 Ways to Combat Stress and Achieve Balance“ One thing we know for certain…