Physical & Psychological Costs of Your Workplace

March 09, 2015
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Stanford Study Highlights the physical and psychological costs of the workplace. Workplace stresses, including long hours and lack of work/life balance, have a major impact on people’s health and well being. Check out the full article here:

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-your-workplace-might-be-killing-you


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Female company president: "I'm sorry to all the mothers I worked with"

March 03, 2015
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Great Fortune piece written by a thoughtful woman executive who has found a way to be fair to herself. Note the powerful example of negative self talk she first had for herself when her baby was born: “Within her [my baby’s] first week, I became consumed by the idea that my career was over. It was almost as if my former self was telling me I was worthless because I wouldn’t be able to continue sitting in an office for ten hours a day.” So glad she has been able to gain important perspective and shift her thinking about herself. Read the full article here:
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How the Dress Color Phenomenon Can Have a Huge Positive Impact on Mental Health

February 28, 2015
The dress color phenomenon points out the power of perceptual distortions, but these powerful distortions are not limited to our sensory perceptions. Such distortions also occur constantly with our cognitions, that is to say, in the very way human beings think. we think in distorted ways about ourselves, others, and the world we live in. Needless to say, this has a tremendous effect on our lives, from work and career to family and personal growth. Our distortions impact anxiety, depression, self worth, self concept… everything. Imagine if a simple viral photo would easily allow people to recognize the cognitive distortions we all experience. So many more people could then identify and challenge their distortions more effectively, having a profoundly positive impact on mental health. That would be a wonderful phenomenon!


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The Economic (and Human) Costs of Work Related Stress

February 03, 2015
Bloomberg reports on a new study from Harvard and Stanford Business Schools that workplace stress may be responsible for up to $190 billion in annual healthcare costs and 120,000 deaths. Being overworked and trying to balance work and family are two of the biggest stresses driving these expensive and unfortunate outcome totals. Recognizing and doing something to reduce work related stress just may be an economically rational business strategy. Check out the Bloomberg article here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-30/work-anxiety-kills-thousands-of-americans-every-year

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The Costs of Not Being Able to "Turn Off"

January 26, 2015
A Bloomberg article detailed a new study linking prolonged difficulty falling asleep with as much as a quadrupled risk in high blood pressure. Think of difficulty falling asleep as hyper vigilance, or a difficulty letting down your guard and winding down. Unfortunately, in today’s seemingly non-stop world many people experience hyper vigilance in their day to day lives, Chronically worrying about work responsibilities and pressures, family issues and dynamics, and trying to balance the many directions in which they can feel pulled. Learning how to “turn off” is a critical skill that is worth developing for your sleep, for your heart and for you and your loved ones in so many essential ways.
Check out the article here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-26/difficulty-falling-asleep-may-raise-blood-pressure-study-finds.html

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