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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Smiling is a blissful way to live longer
Harvey ball a commercial artist from Massachusetts created the smiley face in 1963.
That image went on to become the most recogni…
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It's the end of the day and you're exhausted frustrated and wondering if this is what your life has come to.
You hear yourself describing your day as if it were someone e…
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A friend confided that her co-worker was a bully, intimidating, and demeaning.
He used innuendos to put other people down. She spent most of her energy trying to stay out…
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I am a perfectionist.
Are you?
Do you know someone who is?
Perfectionists are extremely hard workers and they generally accomplish more than the average person. However…
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As parents, we often worry about assisting our children to become competent, capable and healthy adults.
We're concerned about their self-esteem and their overall emotion…
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Coffee has never been more popular, with an estimated 3 billion cups consumed every day.
Caffeine can promote alertness, and it may decrease the occurrence of depression.
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Good neighbours help each other.
You can't pick your neighbors but if you are lucky, you have good neighbours.
I live in the country and I don’t really have close neighbo…
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Who doesn't love receiving a special note of affection from someone they cherish? Well, my boys don't or at least that's what they told me.
Apparently, my love notes adde…
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Have you ever looked through old pictures and ever wondered whatever happened to some of the people that you were friends with or met along the way?
Have you tried to fin…
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“You can’t do anything right”. “This is your fault – It’s always your fault”.
Those who are emotionally abusive, are just as dangerous as those who are physically abusive…
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If running the kids around was actually exercise I would have been in such amazingly good shape! Unfortunately, as women, caregiving can get in the way of taking care of …
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Have You Ever Had The Sensation That Your Legs Are Unable To Relax When Trying To Go To Bed At Night?
Has it kept you awake or even made you pace the floors trying to get…
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When you think of stress and food, you are often told to stay away from treats, like ice cream cones.
Ice cream: My favourite food. Creamy. Cold. Sweet. Hard or Soft…does…
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Have you lost touch with an old colleague? Have you ever thought about reaching out to a childhood friend?
In the ‘old’ days, that would have been almost impossible and p…
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Has Your Child Gone Off To Post-Secondary?
Parents are bound to worry when their kids go off to post-secondary school. Will they eat, go to sleep and wake up without thei…
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Have you ever found yourself exhausted or caught a cold after flying for a business trip or a vacation?
Whether it's for business or for pleasure, stress from travelling …
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I disagree with the usual sentiment. Respect is earned, not given. I believe that Respect is given, first. But you can lose my respect and you may have to earn it back.
O…
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Life is too short. Some Day will never come. Tomorrow is not guaranteed.
Time’s Up Day is here. Today is the day to make the most of your life.
It is also the time to get…
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Our stress can be negatively impacted by the way in which we organize our daily activities and routines, and by the organization or lack there of in our physical environm…
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Your image is the way you appear to others Some say that it shouldn’t matter how others perceive you. But life Is all about relationships. And for most of us, everything …