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How to Protect Your Mental Health at Work

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However, chronic stress can potentially lead to a host of health issues, from anxiety and depression to physical ailments. Here are a few tips to build good mental health in the workplace. Protecting mental health at work for employees 1. Protecting mental health at work for employers 1. Sound like a familiar scene?

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How to Mindfully Take Time Off Work—And Ultimately Increase Your Productivity

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A 2021 study by the World Health Organization discovered “working 55 hours or more a week was associated with a 35% higher risk of stroke and a 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease than a workweek of 35 to 40 hours.” Business leaders weigh in on how they mindfully take time off and come back to work feeling rejuvenated.

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A Day in the Life of Renée Marino, a Broadway Star-Turned-Master Communicator

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Outreach Marino is more excited to get on the phone than your average person. So, she records video journals on her phone to verbalize swirling thoughts. Recently, two of her colleagues came to an understanding that when one sends brisk emails, it isn’t yelling. Rather, it’s her instinct to shoot off emails like a to-do list.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. Although this may allay anxiety for those work expectations, it likely also promotes strain on relationships and mental health.

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10 Bad Habits You Really Need to Break

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Using your phone, tablet or computer in bed. Most of our favorite evening devices—laptops, tablets and mobile phones—emit short-wavelength blue light brightly and right in your face. Checking your phone during a conversation. Nothing turns people off like a mid-conversation text message or even a quick glance at your phone.

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Live to 100: 4 Takeaways from the Netflix Docuseries to Help You Live Better and Longer

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She points to differences in health care, medicine, transportation and communication over the decades, for better or worse. We text, email and message instead of talking on the phone. In fact, the CDC suggests prioritizing 150 minutes a week, including two days of muscle strengthening for optimal health.

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Wondering How to Become a Morning Person? Try These 8 Techniques

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Put down your phone. Try putting your phone to bed at least one hour before your bedtime. Is your alarm on your phone? Once your phone is in your hand, there is a temptation to check social media or email. Although this takes longer, it also carries a higher probability of sticking with your early bird goals.

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