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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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…
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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 …
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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…
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There is no rain in sight, which makes for a gorgeous summer day and some time enjoying nature just outside my door.
But what if it had been raining? Would this add stres…
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I like my parents today. But I don’t think that I did when I was growing up.
They were always telling me what to do. Always treated my brother better than me. They never …
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Today is take your houseplants for a walk day.
Well, I’m not sure that I am going to take my plants for a walk, but I will try to be nicer to them.
Many of my plants have…
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What is Workplace Culture?
Workplace organizational culture is defined as the attitudes, values, and beliefs that shape the workplace environment. The culture or these “u…
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Have you experienced this?
The driver in front of you is going slower and slower on the highway as they talk on their phone
You are in the bookstore when the person walki…
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Did you know that going through the drive thru naked is illegal?
In 2012, a naturist was found guilty of “partial nudity that offended public order” for incidents that oc…
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I am blessed to have had a grandma who was a huge influence on my life. She made me feel accepted, wanted, and truly loved. I loved how she could dress it up for a nigh…
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Our world is changing and sometimes that change is difficult to keep up with. Sometimes we see the need for the change, but we don’t know how to move forward. Sometimes w…
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It is a gorgeous July morning. I have finished watering my newly planted grass seed and now it is time to focus on my business. I am finally feeling like my life is in ba…
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Should’ve… Could’ve… Would’ve
…I should have taken that other job. Should have talked to my friends before I spent all that time and energy. I could have bought the blu…
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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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Humour can help you thrive in change, remain creative under pressure, work more effectively, play more enthusiastically, and stay healthier in the process.
Humour and Str…
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The loss of a child is the most stressful and inconsolable of losses to deal with. It violates the natural order of things and it’s not fair for an innocent to see their …
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What do you think… Kids will be what they see?
This seems to me to be one of those nature and nurture questions.
What I do believe is that all caring adults have the pote…
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There is nothing more relaxing than having a skilled massage therapist work out the tension from overly taunt neck and shoulder muscles.
Massage can be an important compo…