If you find yourself getting sick often, it can start to affect your life in a variety of ways negatively. From time lost at work, dragging energy levels, and maybe even depression. After a while, it’s essential that you start looking into reasons why it keeps occurring. On average a person catches a common cold twice a year. So if your number of illnesses a year a s … [Read more...]
4 Signs that Workplace Stress May Be Getting to You (and How to Manage It)
Technology enables us to take on more work over longer periods of time. Even in traditional work environments, increased demand for speed, productivity, and mobility can seem unmanageable. Mobile technologies blur the lines between our personal and professional lives, and lead us to use our downtime to check work emails or even finish tasks outside the office. Work stress … [Read more...]
Is Job Stress Killing You?
You may be surprised to know that one of the most dangerous environments for your health could be the place where you’re working in right now. But this is actually true, the workplace can contribute to stress and job-related stress is one of the most common forms of stress one experiences in one’s lifetime. Job-related stress has a detrimental effect on health, contributing t … [Read more...]
Running On Empty
These days, that is how I feel. Eric Clapton’s song “Running on Faith” keeps playing in my head, but it seems more like “running on empty” for me. For sure, I am not the only person in this situation. In this fast paced world we live in, burn out is a common thing, and stress even more so. So how do you manage when you’re in this situation? Here are some tips that will help … [Read more...]