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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

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Autism is one form of neurological difference which comes under the umbrella of neurodiversity, which refers to the different ways the brain can work and interpret information, highlighting that there are many ways of thinking, sensing, and interacting with the world. One contributing factor is the way workspaces are designed.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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For example, Flocc London digital consultancy ELSE holds their internal meetings on hard chairs to encourage people to be brief, while at Copenhagen-based IIH Nordic, they use countdown timers to keep meetings short. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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21 Ways to Read More Books

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A high frequency of reading may decrease the risk of cognitive decline, according to a 14-year longitudinal study published in 2020, and might even help to “delay or prevent dementia in older adults,” according to a 2018 study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Gabrielle Bernstein , international speaker and author of Happy Days.

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These 8 cities around the world are putting their focus on biking and walking — not cars

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This reduces gridlock and commute times, frees up space for walking paths and parks, and improves air quality — all factors that boost people’s wellbeing and physical health. While walking is already a popular form of transit that makes up 29 percent of all trips, the city launched several initiatives to incentivize cycling. .

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Jillian Michael’s Self-Care Guide to Aging Gracefully

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My fascination with aging led me to find what I call the six keys to ageless strength, health and beauty, which make up my 2018 book The 6 Keys. Self-care means keeping yourself in fantastic health, inside and out, for a hell of a long time. It’s not about being afraid to get older; it’s about aging well!

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

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When 37-year-old neuroscientist Jill Bolte-Taylor had a massive stroke in 1996, she lost her ability to form words and move her body but also experienced what she would later describe in her TED Talk as “euphoria”. Here, she shares what has happened since her recovery and corrects common misconceptions about how brains function.

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