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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There is nothing more relaxing than having a skilled massage therapist, work out the tension from an overly taunt neck and shoulder muscles.
But how is a massage an impor…
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According to the health index almost 45% of people don't put their health at the top of their priority list and for some it's not on the list at all.
Many of us will expe…
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Our goal is to stop rewarding irritating behaviours and attitudes.
To do this, we must understand what employees expect to gain from being so difficult.
Celebrate Mediat…
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But you look so good!
96% of illnesses are invisible. These people do not use a cane or any assistive device and may look perfectly healthy.
60% are between the ages of 1…
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Well everyone lobs a snarky remark here and there.
A sarcastic person expresses humor in verbal irony by making statements that defy their literal meaning.
For some it's …
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Do you have balance in your life?
Have you ever had balanced?
What does balance mean to you?
Without taking the times to evaluate how things really are, it’s nearly impos…
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‘The change’, ‘the time of life’ – call it what you will, it is an unavoidable fact that all women go through menopause as they age into their 50’s, and 60’s.
However, fo…
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Children have been back to school now for a month and we're starting to see the rise of colds and other ailments, both in our children and in our workplaces.
Though these…
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Are bosses who are fair, supportive, and kind gone by the way of the dodo bird?
If we were to listen to the media, or the complaints from friends and family, you would th…
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All goody two-shoes, beware. You are not welcome on this day.
Today is a day for all grouches to celebrate their way of life.
According to the Muppet Wiki, a grouch’s mis…
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Do you think the people have always been this stressed?
I'm often asked if we have more or less stress than we did a hundred or two hundred years ago. Our lives are stres…
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Squeaky doors. Slow internet connections. No subject heading in an email message. Cracking knuckles. Toilet lid being left up. Being put on hold. Music while on hold. Rep…
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It saddens me when we still hear stories of how employees feel hopeless and helpless to change negative situations, and the stress of it all ends up having a good employe…
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Is financial stress one of your concerns?
According to one report, the number of calls related to financial counseling are rising at twice the rate of other EAP services.
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Today is National Depression Screening Day.
There are many who are suffering in silence who are feeling that there is nowhere to turn. The guilt and the shame of not bein…
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We are working in a corporate world where our teams are faced with a variety of stressors and a world where many of our teams are finding that their coping strategies are…
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I have a social phobia.
It produces extreme reactions in me. I get tongue-tied. My voice shakes and my heart races whenever I have to perform in front of others.
I hate …
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True friends are precious, but often we take them for granted.
The saying goes that you can't have too many friends. I disagree. Trying to balance too many friendships, p…
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For many years I was the educational consultant to the Canadian Mental Health Association in Toronto Ontario in that capacity I developed several mental illness awareness…
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It is so much easier to teach our children the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic then it is to develop and maintain a positive mental health and to build positive…