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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It has been six months since the hats, horns, bells and whistles that rang in the New Year. With all that has been going on, the commitments and promises of making change…
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What you think upon grows. Philosophers through the ages have said that 'thoughts are things' and 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' We are the master weavers of…
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So today is Heat Awareness Day and it feels like the coldest spring that we have had in a while. Soon however, the sun will be shining down and we will spend days either …
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Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all, said Bill Clinton
Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency
Here are today’s Tips For …
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Do you eat breakfast?
Research found that people who skipped breakfast had a higher risk of obesity, depression and perceived stress. They also found that performance, pr…
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With so many companies investing in workplace wellness, it comes as a surprise that research shows that few companies assess the health needs of their employee population…
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The weather is warming up. We are getting outside more. And it is time to play.
It’s National Backyard Games Day. What is your favourite game to play outside with your fa…
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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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You remember those times…You had one hour to get to the airport, and you find yourself still stressing out about what clothes to pack and where you’ve hidden the sunscree…
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Gone are the days that some well-meaning teacher would take their knuckle and drive it into the middle of your back and tell you to sit up straight.
The Chiropractic Asso…
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We are what we eat. And what we eat can impact our mood and our ability to cope.
Deficiencies in vitamins C, and A, can have a negative impact on the body’s production of…
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National Employee Health & Fitness Day was created to promote the benefits of physical activity for individuals through their work site health promotion activities.
There…
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They are true heroes in our public healthcare system. They save lives daily in communities across Canada, US and around the world.
At some point, many of us may need to r…
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What are the first words that come to mind when you think about Schizophrenia?
Some of those may include: crazy, psycho, or dangerous.
Often, someone with schizophrenia i…
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I found it very hard and often stressful staying connected to family and friends. Our lives were too busy and setting up time to connect seemed like a major exercise in …
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May is Hypertension Month and health professionals from across Canada are encouraging Canadians to know their numbers to help prevent and control hypertension and avoid i…
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Are you a 9 to 5er or are you a night shifter?
Or do you work from home?
Whatever your schedule, the key is making it and your life work together in harmony.
It is not ab…
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Our minds can not operate on ‘full throttle’ all day long. Focused meditation helps to clear the mind of racing, cluttered thoughts by focusing energies on a particular i…
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“Night shift can kill the body.”
Today is the day that we celebrate National Night-Shift Worker Day and the introduction of the 24-hour society.
One repercussion of the n…
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It is out there. We all know that it’s out there. Yet, many of us still ignore it, pretend that we don’t hear it or worse yet, we laugh and join in on it. Sometimes out o…