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Is salutogenic design the next big issue for the workplace?

Workplace Insight

The approach adopted by enlightened employers is no longer focused on creating cultures and environments that do no harm, but rather on creating an environment and culture that fosters engagement, improves wellbeing, address stresses and pressures and helps them be more productive.

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For years, women complained that this medical procedure was painful. Doctors are finally listening.

Vox Open Sourced

Before the insertion late last year, Ni, a 26-year-old health care consultant, took deep breaths of the nitrous oxide. But health complications, like increased risk of pelvic inflammatory disease sepsis, infertility, and even death , led the manufacturer to cease sales in the US just three years after its debut. Whose pain matters?

Medical 101
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The Reality of Remote Work and Wellness

Allwork

Traditionalist business leaders and gurus argue that remote and hybrid work is detrimental to employee mental health, causing social isolation, a sense of meaninglessness, and poor work-life balance. These traditionalists cite various articles highlighting the risks of remote work for mental health.

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Feed Your Happiness with These Foods

Success

One study published in Public Health Nutrition found that those who consumed a diet high in “ultra-processed foods” had “statistically significant increases in the adverse mental health symptoms of mild depression, ‘mentally unhealthy days’ and ‘anxious days’” than their counterparts who consumed a diet low in “ultra-processed foods.”

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Does Owning a Pet Contribute to Your Success?

Success

Success is often linked to good health , self-confidence and positive social skills. A 2018 survey by Banfield Pet Hospital agrees, with 78% of C-suite executives surveyed attributing their success in part to owning a pet as a child. Pets promote good health I’ve always been a dog person. That depends on how you define success.

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6 Ways to Overcome Entrepreneurial Anxiety

Success

Owning a business can be extremely stressful and exhausting, and the resulting anxiety can be crippling to a business. Changing how you look at a situation can give you incredible relief from stress. This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of SUCCESS magazine and has been updated. Shift perspective.

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How To Create A Happy Workplace? Business Environment Design Matters

Allwork

There are planning and design solutions that help alleviate stress and anxiety, but taking a proactive planning and design approach that inspires happiness—designing for happiness—is essential. Serotonin helps regulate body temperature as well as sleep and wakefulness, gut health, and hunger.