Stress in the workplace is no longer new to us. Everybody in the office, or any workplace for that matter, experience it; beginning from the executives down the rank and file staff. No one is spared from it. But what is stress really and how does it affect us?-The Nature of StressStress is the way our bodies and minds respond to the demands and responsibilities put upon them. It is a part of any job. It is a part of our everyday life. In the workplace, stress is manifested when the demands of the job and challenges it entails increase.Stress is how our body reacts to these things. It is what drives us to do the job and finish it right away to meet the deadline but have it done well. The heightened tension gives us an adrenaline rush that allows us to push ourselves to the limit. Oftentimes, it is after the work is done or when the crisis is resolved that we feel the exhaustion. Then we feel relieved.A little stress from time to time is good for the body and mind for it is some sort of exercise for the brain to think of solutions to the […]
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Jennifer loves her job. But when work demands threatened to wreck her marriage and her health she came to me for coaching. Ambitious and hard working, she prided herself on arriving at work early, leaving late and working through lunch. Her husband had enough when a get-away weekend was cancelled for the second time due to a last minute emergency at work. The stress of her job was taking a toll on her health, too. Jennifer’s doctor suggested she go on blood pressure medication, which she wanted to avoid if possible.People like Jennifer are high achievers. They get things done. When busy become busier, however, life balance can suffer. As pressure builds up to accomplish ever more it becomes harder and harder to find time for self-care. Something has to give or burnout will result.Does this sound familiar to you? If so, to avoid physical or relationship problems add some re-creation to your life on a daily, weekly and yearly basis. Positive life balance provides stress management as few other things can.To create appropriate life balance you need to give yourself small breaks a few times a day, create larger re-creation times each week, […]
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You may already have a Nintendo Brain Age game, or at least have heard of it. You may also have read recently that start-up Lumos Labs raised $3m to develop “brain training games”.From the press release:- “Lumos Labs is at the center of a booming interest in cognitive exercise and the emerging science about the remarkable plasticity of the brain,” said Amish Jani of Pequot Ventures.This and other developments (such as the success of Nintendo Brain Age, and the PBS special devoted to brain plasticity) are signs of growing interest and an incipient market still in an immature stage–and that has resulted in much misinformation and confusion.Consumers, educators and health professionals will be reading more and more about programs like Posit Science, Dakim, Cogmed, Fast ForWord, MindFit, Lumosity, Happy Neuron, FitBrains, MyBrainTrainer, and more.The good news is that the brain is more flexible than once thought. It can be improved, no matter our age.The bad news is that it is difficult to separate marketing from scientific claims, and to understand which program, if any, may be a good complement to other healthy lifestyle choices.The reality is that, in this emerging field, no single company or product has an overwhelming amount […]
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