Would you like to live your life with less stress and more happiness? Want to ensure that you are hope-driven, supportive leader?
Stress is a powerful force in life. It can bring about illness, destroy relationships and cause chaos. There is not a one-size-fits-all coping strategy for building resiliency. Our goal is to put a plan together that helps us and our teams to deal with the sources of stress, take care of ourselves during those stressful times, and allows us to reach out to those around us for support. The Work Smart Live Smart flash briefing focuses on helping you and your team to Harness Your Energy, Build Your Resiliency and Protect Your Mental Health!
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I have been taking karate for quite a few years now. I’m a second-degree black belt, so not quite a beginner. It takes lots of hard practice to get this far…yet I am pr…
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Have you worn a milk moustache today? January 11th is milk day, the anniversary of milk being first delivered in glass bottles.
I grew up on a dairy farm. Milk was a part…
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Are you and your family spending too much time as couch potatoes?
Although this is Family Fit Lifestyle Month, healthy habits should be a lifelong journey. I recently ask…
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“What do you say?” “Thank you”
As parents, we probably said this a lot, as we taught our children to be thankful for the gifts that they received or when others did nice…
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Negative attitudes and behaviours are usually expressed when our customers are stressed out or they just don’t have the energy to use better communication skills, judgmen…
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Do you hold a grudge?
January is the month of new resolutions. It is also the month to Get Over It. Whatever ‘It’ is.
‘It’ can be very destructive emotionally and phys…
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Having trouble returning to work on Mondays? Feel like you never really left? Struggling with the blahs’?
Studies show that happiness at work may be the most important su…
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Everyone hates change.
So many people I know believe that this statement is true. However, the truth be known, people don’t really hate change, they may just dislike the…
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Humour can help you thrive in change, remain creative under pressure, work more effectively, play more enthusiastically, and stay healthier in the process.
Humour is an a…
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I must have been sleeping. I missed the Festival of Sleep this morning. The celebration is an opportunity to sleep in, snooze, doze, nap, and catch 40 winks. However, I d…
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The pressure is on! Too much to do. No time to think. Be productive. Do more. Uncertain economy. Climate change. Make the right decision. Make it now.
Your thoughts creat…
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“This year, I am going to earn my CSP.” That is what I said several years ago at this time. And thankfully, I can say that after many hours of sweating it through, I rece…
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It is almost the last day of the year. This is the day that many news programs offer up a year in review. What happened that was newsworthy? Good, Bad and even the Ugly.
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Are you overworked, over-scheduled and just plain stressed out?
There is a quote that says, “Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine…
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I am a chocoholic. I love milk chocolate. Creamy. Rich. Sweet. Delicious. It picks me up when I am down.
Is this wrong?
Not terribly. We all have comfort foods and mine …
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If you are a business owner, you may be looking at the end of the year as the time to review your Business Plan. I don’t enjoy doing this and I find it stressful to sit d…
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On the last working day of the year, the office is quiet and you are prepared to take advantage of it to get caught up on your work. The phone rings. You sigh. Another …
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We can be a nation of entitled whiners. “It’s too cold.” “I am the only one around here who does anything.” “Blah, blah, blah” or should I say “whine, whine, whine.”
H…
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It is Christmas Day for those of us who celebrate this time of year.
As we go into the holidays, I wanted to share this little blessing with you.
To you I wish all the bl…
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It is Christmas Eve for those of us who celebrate this time of year.
As we go into the holidays, I wanted to share this little blessing with you.
To you I wish all the bl…