Emails in the workplace often come with questions, work to do, goals to reach, and obstacles to overcome. That makes them inherently stressful or anxiety producing. Plus, communication is hard enough when we are face-to-face and email makes it much more challenging. Face-to-face we have the ability to read another person’s intentions and emotions. Over
Jack is sitting at his desk intently focused on his work. He is getting a little stressed because he has a deadline to meet and he has a lot of other work that is beginning to pile up. Automatically, his left hand reaches down to the desk drawer that is filled with food in case
There probably isn’t anything I find more powerful or helpful than a pause. Stopping and taking a deep breath when you’re stressed, angry, impatient, or frustrated can keep you from (a) saying things that you wished you hadn’t said, (b) sending emails you wished you hadn’t sent, (c) doing things that you wish you hadn’t
I’ve recently been asked to say, in one sentence, my advice to people getting into mindfulness. There are so many things I would like to say that parsing it down to one sentence seemed like quite a challenge. To help me and (hopefully) you in the process, I will share the advice that I’ve been given
Do you feel like you’re juggling more balls than you can keep in the air? Are you becoming increasingly distracted, irritable, impulsive, and restless? Are you having difficulty keeping up with your work? If so, you may be experiencing what most working people have at some time or the other. It’s called Attention Deficit Trait
Managing your energy throughout the day will determine if you feel good, get your work done, and have enough get-up-and-go left over to have fun with your family and friends after work. Believe it or not, your energy level is one of the only things you have control over. Some behaviors decrease your energy (like
If you haven’t heard already,sitting is the new smoking. More and more research is being conducted that demonstrates just how devastating sitting is on the body. So, although I’ve written about this before, I think it merits a second glance. Recently, the results from combining 18 studies and 800,000 participants reveals that people who spent
Do you notice how your body feels when it’s hunched over your computer for hours on end? Do you eat your lunch away from your office and computer screen? Do you stop and take a break when you get overwhelmed with a project? Do you pause and take a breath before you react to an email you didn’t
Employees who use mindfulness at the workplace have demonstrated lower stress, improved health, enhanced communication, better decision-making capabilities, and increased productivity. Leaders who incorporate mindfulness into their work lives tend to be more effective in relating to others, motivating employees toward shared goals, building effective teams, and promoting the growth of their employees. People, like me,
Last week I wrote about three easy ways to de-stress at work which included taking time out to take a walk and breath. Now I’ve read a study in Population Health Management published in the last year which shows that not exercising AND eating unhealthily are linked with large reductions in productivity at work (50
