Sometimes it is impossible to keep calm and carry on.
With so many affected by catastrophes globally, nationally and locally that are top of mind, as well as additional personal considerations and tolerated toxic behaviors, learning how to effectively handle the impact on yourself, colleagues, clients and customers is a necessary skill.
Read MoreA bubble bath is not going to fix much. Nor is one “mental health day” on a calendar of hundreds of stress-filled workdays going to make it all better.
As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, it is critical to address the crisis of mental health for women in the workplace and also to acknowledge what Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine and founder of Gemma, calls “faux self-care.”
Read MoreEvery workplace, organization and professional culture has stressful points. We are all under extreme pressure at some point to deliver outcomes, meet deadlines and stretch ourselves—regardless of what career tier we are on.
Read MoreThe summer is approaching and if you are extremely lucky, your company or organization will have summer hours built in so you can take advantage of a slower schedule.
Read MoreIn the final days of Women’s Heart Health Month this February, it’s the ideal time for working women, women leaders, female innovators, entrepreneurs and CEOs to move forward, address the stress and make a year-long, lifelong plan to destress, for heart’s sake.
Read MoreIt’s always something. Whether you are feeling stress because of external factors outside of work in the form of breaking news, the economic climate or family issues, or whether you are pressed by internal factors including anxiety about performance, deadlines and perhaps even downsizing, stress arrives.
Read MoreMy husband Alex and I just returned from a perfect vacation in the renowned Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. If you haven’t made this trip, put it on your bucket list.
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