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There’s a Reason Your Free Time Is So Draining

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Unfortunately, although these types of “passive leisure,” like watching TV and trolling around on Facebook, might be easier and more convenient than biking, looking at art or playing soccer, they don’t offer the same rewards. On the other hand, “active leisure” activities like hobbies, games and sports can enhance our health and happiness.

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Offering Remote Work Options Creates a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workplace Environment

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Allwork.Space and Alliance Virtual Offices conducted a survey, and also analyzed third party research, to understand how remote work impacts individuals’ health and wellbeing. . Remote work reduces stress by 39%. . Working from Home Significantly Reduces Stress . Workers Thrive When Given the Choice of Work Environment .

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5 Ways to Make Friends When You Move to a New City

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Moving to a new city is often both an exciting and stressful experience and requires a lot of energy, from finding a comfortable place to live to lining up a job. Apps like Meetup and Facebook (specifically Facebook groups local to your new city) are prime ways to find people with interests similar to yours.

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Bibliotherapy: Boost Well-being and Find Community With a Therapeutic Book Club

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With all the chaos and stress in the world, people are craving community and healing. “So This therapeutic approach supports mental health and well-being by exploring books, poems, song lyrics and other written materials to help people understand and cope with their emotions, thoughts and behaviors. What is bibliotherapy?

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset

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Positive mindsets reduce stress. A small clinical trial published in the Journal of Education and Health Promotion found that “positive thinking training” increased feelings of positivity and reduced rates of stress and anxiety among hemodialysis patients. Political debates on Facebook suck me in and come away feeling dirty.

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5 Ways to Get Outside (and Why You Should)

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It’s the science behind health and the outdoors that should make you shut off your computer, go outside and let the sun bathe you in its glory or the rain wash you of your anxiety. The health benefits are wide-ranging. Check Facebook, online message boards, even old school paper-and-tack message boards at coffee shops.

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When Work Does Not Happen At Work, Take A Look At Management

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In a hark back to the days of the early internet, even Twitter and Facebook were banned.” Eighty-four percent of workers in the United States cite bad management for “creat[ing] a lot of unnecessary work and stress.” ” . Surely this is not reducible to management.