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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

Success

Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. She was put on medication and had to take a few weeks off from work. This article originally appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. It was a job that she liked. “I

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Flexibility In Design: Turning A Workplace Into An Outdoor Oasis

Allwork

In the workplace, the pandemic changed everything: workers traded in cubicles and water cooler chats for their couches and furry friends. For companies to entice employees back to the office, the physical workplace experience must feel comfortable, enhance creativity, and improve well-being. adults are at an all-time high.

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

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Designing for people with neurodiversity requires a slight shift in our approach to a workplace design process Organizing workplaces into distinct zones can alleviate stress for people with neurodivergent conditions. For decades, design professionals have endeavored to make workplaces universally accessible for everyone.

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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

Researchers led by Vrije University Medical Centre in the Netherlands recently explored how looking at images of natural scenes and forms could improve feelings of wellbeing. Participants outfitted with sensors to monitor heart rates and stress levels had to solve mathematical problems. More greenhouse than landscape.

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Bullying and the Effect on Your Brain

Bonnie Low-Krayman

According to Jennifer Fraser PhD , author of The Bullied Brain , the human brain is visibly harmed by the chronic stress and often devasting cruelty caused by prolonged bullying and incivility. PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can occur in both adults and children. That’s the bad news. The damage is visible on brain scans.

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Top Tech Jobs of 2024 and the Skills You Need To Land Them, According to Futurist Shivvy Jervis

Success

In the workplace, augmented reality can be a compelling learning tool. For example, it’s an effective way for medics and the engineers of the future to train without jeopardizing lives. That said, she stresses that it’s also vital that organizations place equal value on traits that are innately human. “We

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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Among the leading causes of this reluctance was their unwillingness to deal with racism in the workplace. After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. This article originally appeared in the November/December 2022 issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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