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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At this point in the summer vacation cycle, some of you are very tired of being home or entertaining or dropping off your children and you can hardly wait until the schoo…
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What does the makeup of your team look like?
Are they mostly from the Baby Boomer or Generation X era?
Do you have any Gen Y’s or even Millennials working for you?
For th…
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Today we honor the insect responsible for more than 1/3 of the food we eat.
The Honey Bee.
Now you may ask what does the honey bee have to do with mental health, stress m…
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We finally have a day off. One that we have been looking forward to. Only to be struck down with some kind of bug which makes us feel rotten. These symptoms can be a si…
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While secretly hiding to catch a nap on the job is irresponsible and dangerous, banning napping altogether may not be the best idea either.
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What is your burden to blessing ratio?
How often do you catch yourself complaining about something and how often are you outwardly expressing gratitude?
For most of us, w…
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I’ll take care of myself when….
Do you neglect your own needs while you take care of others or are busy making a living?
Many of us put our own needs at the bottom of our…
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Some say that romance is dead. I don’t think that it’s dead. I just think that our expectations have been lowered. Quick and convenient has polluted our relationships to …
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I like these lyrics for Lazy Day by Spanky and the Gang:
Blue sky, Sunshine, what a day to take a walk in the park.
Ice cream, Day dream, till the sky becomes a blanket o…
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When it comes to holding hands it’s not all about romance.
When you hold the hands of another you are sending the message that the other person is valued, important and …
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Happiness does not just happen. It has to be worked at. It is far easier to focus on the difficult, the stressful, the negative and the disappointing.
It takes effort t…
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I would never have imagined that one day that I, Beverly, would be a public speaker.
I hated giving presentations. When I was younger I struggled with stress and public s…
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We know as parents that it is up to us to teach our children how to take care of their oral health and we wouldn’t think twice to tell our child that they need to go and …
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How you organize yourself can either help or hinder in the way that you deal with stress. Clean out your inbox, or clean out your closet and you’ll notice the stress reli…
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My son’s archery coach was very sick and my son wrote him a letter letting him know how much my son liked him as a coach and mentor, about how his helpfulness and encoura…
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Witmer and Sweeney found in their study that people with few ties to others had 2 to 5 times the death rate as those who had more ties.
Support and connectedness can be a…
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Life can get very complicated and stressful what with all of the ‘hats’ we wear.
We sometimes let others control our activities and determine our priorities.
So how do w…
Our closest friends support us. They cheer for us. They cry with us. They laugh with us (and at us). They are there for us.
I have a couple of ‘bestest’ friends. I don’t see them very often as we hav…
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I am missing my family reunion. Living so far away means that it is tough to make it to this family function. I have some wonderful memories of family reunions. The games…
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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Sydney Smith
I love my friends. They boost my energy. They ma…