Tag: work stress
How to Manage Career Transition Stress
There’s no two ways about it. No matter what the reason for the change, the career transition process can be stressful. When my former company shut down, I had been there for 5 years. I woke up one day with nowhere to go. This period of “limbo” was great forRead More
Stress from Business Travel: How to Avoid it
If your job has you on the road, you have to be on the ball about taking care of yourself, otherwise a few months into a heavy business travel circuit will leave you baggy eyed, flabby, and exhausted, with a messy apartment on top of it. You can beat theRead More
Workaholic Anonymous – 5 Steps to Stop
Spotting an alcoholic or drug addict is so easy, but have you realized that you could be sitting right next to a workaholic and not notice him or her at all? Sometimes, we don’t have to look far to discover that we ourselves are addicted to work—somehow the addiction snuckRead More
How to Focus with Pomodoro Technique
I showed up at a meeting one year ago and realized that I had four Internet-connected devices. Yes, two laptops, an iPad and an iPhone were at the ready, all beeping and buzzing in synchronization with meeting reminders and new email notifications. The craziest part was that thisRead More
Desk Fitness: A Series of 11 Simple Stretches
I spend an ungodly amount of time at my desk, staring at my large screen iMac. My body gets stiff, and sometimes numb. To help my muscles out, I frequently stretch at my desk. It not only makes my body feel better, but it gives my mind a break. IfRead More
Pursuing Happiness
At one point way back when, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with my life. But later on I found myself pursuing happiness rather than living happiness. That led to me searching Google for the answer to: “What should I do with my life?”
Go Home Lassie: Are Pets at Work a Bad Idea?
What if Lassie came to work with you? She’d fetch coffee, protect you from baddies, and of course, let you know when little Timmy is trapped down in corporate accounts payable. But jokes aside, are pets helpful in office environments? It’s very clear that pets reduce stress and improve health.Read More
Would You Ever Go Postal at Your Workplace?
One of the most publicized incidents currently in the U.S. news is the case of the flight attendant, Steven Slater, who had a tirade at the end of his shift on board a JetBlue flight. This tirade came after an unruly passenger, at the end of the flight, decided toRead More