Zebras and Stress
Zebras are one of the most decisive animals. Everything is black or white. No grey areas. Indecision leads to elevated levels of stress. Why can’t humans be like Zebras? Several things stop us humans from being decisive. Each of them has a solution. • Lacking effective decision-making skills • Lack of confidence or lack of […]
Wellness in the Workforce: Who Is Responsible—Employer or Employee?
There is a lot of noise around the topic of how to help workers manage their stress , become healthier and thus more productive. But the question of who is responsible for worker health always comes up. Is it up to the employee or the employer to make sure that the worker is healthy mentally, […]
How Toxic Personalities Create Stress In The Workplace
Who has not encountered a less-than-desirable “personality” in the workplace? If you have not encountered this opportunity, wait. It will arrive. And the good news is that you can choose how to deal with it proactively. You can adopt the approach of a thoughtful professional who once said, “I’m thankful for all the difficult people […]
Stress: What it is and where it comes from
It’s time you knew about the kind of stress that’s holding you back from getting where you want to be and how to deal with it. For far too long, I’ve seen and read so many clueless and often harmful approaches to what so- called ‘experts’ out there say about ‘getting rid of stress.’ Crazy […]
OCD’s – Phobias & Stress
Today, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in society, afflicting a wide cross section of people. The nature of these disorders seems to reflect the landscape of worry and stress in 21st-century life, and the key word is STRESS! Stress is at the root of all anxieties. The top stressors in this era […]
Stress and Work-Life Balance
The old model of work-life balance, that spoke to the division of time and effort between career and recreation, has been outdated and somewhat irrelevant for many years. The model that champions the vision of this formula in the 21st century, while including time spent in leisure and recreational activities, has become more about the […]
Corporate Stress Solutions
The journey out of post pandemic lockdown through the current economic climate has contributed in a large way to the manner in which many people perceive their chances of advancement and, in many cases, just maintaining their current position, which is a job. In this blog post, I will identify the causes of workplace stress […]
A Formula For Stress
Do you have a “one plan suits all occasions” approach for everything? Do you lose confidence when different situations produce varying results? Do you prepare for life and business with one plan, and expect the same results because you implement the same plan? A formula for stress is often the only equation many people know, […]
3 Steps to Master Your Stress
There’s no denying workloads and pressures can be difficult. But there are ways you can train your mind to minimise the stress, tackle a bad situation and move on. It isn’t about recounting your childhood during countless hours of therapy or telling yourself “it’s all in your head.” There are simple techniques that can help […]
Sixteen thousand…
…that’s how many words we speak, on average, each day. So imagine how many unspoken word navigate their way through our minds. Many of them are not related to anything factual but are instead, evaluations and judgments related to our emotions—some positive and helpful…’I’ve worked hard and I’m certain I can ace this proposal’; ‘This […]