Category: Health and Well-being
How to Set a Social Media Boundary for 2023
I set a boundary with social media, and it has served me well. I’m resolved to keep this boundary throughout the year. If you’d like to craft a social media boundary for 2023, here are a few prompts to get you started.
Thriving After Burnout: A Hero’s Journey for the 21st Century Professional
About a year ago, Julie K. Miller was on the brink of burnout. She was working in a high-pressure, high-impact environment where the company culture was “All hands on-deck. All the time,” and it was taking its toll. Burnout. Many of us experience it, yet we rarely talk about it. Anne Helen Petersen almost broke…
Room to Breathe – an Oft-Overlooked Element of Well-being
Physical spaces have an impact on both your physical and mental health. It’s well-documented that green spaces and natural light impact human well-being, but color, privacy, and even the materials used can have an impact.
Are you wearing busy like a badge of honor?
Busy. Everyone’s favorite frenemy. We love to say we’re busy, feel busy, and schedule ourselves within an inch of our lives. However, this “busy-ness” can cause overwhelm, harm our well-being, and limit our capacity. Get beyond busy to take control of your health and your life.
Three things YOU can do promote a healthy workplace
Each individual employee, from the lowest person on the totem pole to the Board Chairman is a critical contributor to the creation of a healthy work environment. The following steps are three key ways that you can take control of your relationship to work and contribute to a healthier workplace for everyone.
Who to follow to make your feed more self-love friendly
Social media is much lamented for being destructive to our well-being – and with good reason. The comparison trap, the ease at which fake information can pass itself off as real, and the unrealistic expectations that curation and filters put on our lives can be detrimental. However, it doesn’t have to be this way. You…
Stretches you can do at your desk to de-stress
Chronic stress is the worst. It kills our productivity, limits our ability to think creatively, and wreaks havoc throughout our bodies. To help keep minor stressors – like an “URGENT” email from a supervisor – from turning into chronic stress, I employ a few stretching and breathing techniques throughout my day. These stretches can all…
Is self-compassion the key to a healthy workplace?
Whether you are the CEO or the janitor, you can cultivate self-compassion and subsequently bring it into your workplace, contributing to a healthier culture. When we treat ourselves with compassion, we not only strengthen our own ability to deal with stress and adversity, but we become better at supporting those around us with their challenges.
It Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: Surprising Things I’ve Learned About Wellness This Year
The end of the year is a great time to reflect. We learn, experience, accomplish, struggle and celebrate so much in the course of 12 months. I won’t bore you with the intimate details of my year, but I wanted to share some of the most valuable – and surprising – things I learned about…