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The Pandemic Sabotaged Our Decision-Making Abilities—Here’s How to Start Regaining That Self-Confidence

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It was scheduled to depart in April 2020. According to a 2021 study by the American Psychological Association, nearly one-third of adults (32%) are so stressed about the coronavirus pandemic that they struggle to make basic decisions, such as what to wear or eat. And then rebooked again for 2022. Photo by @galinkazhi / Twenty20.

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International Women’s Day 2020 – A Message From Julie Reed

Office Dynamics

I am an advocate for those who feel undervalued, those who are victims of their circumstances, the overwhelmed and stressed— basically, the disengaged and passionless. In their March 2 article, Forbes has recommended four easy and effective steps to support the International Women’s Day 2020 “Each for Equal” Theme: .

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Angry, stressed and worried. The utter state of the UK workforce in 2023

Workplace Insight

According to the report’s Negative Experience Index, which tracks how many people experience daily sadness, anger, stress, worry, and physical pain, full-time UK employees are experiencing historically high levels of daily negative experiences. This is up substantially from 23 in 2020. The post Angry, stressed and worried.

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9 Types of Journaling and How They Can Benefit Mental and Physical Health

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Research has shown that writing and journaling can improve cognitive function and reduce stress and anxiety. I gained a deeper understanding of myself, which led to a greater level of confidence in who I am,” Leid says. Leid used journaling as a way to process her own experience and sustain confidence in the future.

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10 Healthy Habits: Why Not Now?

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As of 2020, 41.9% For example, a pessimist in a minor traffic jam may experience a stress response that causes immediate and short-term reactions such as raised blood pressure. In the long term, however, chronic stress can have a negative impact on our physical and mental health. Target the kind of stress that’s unproductive.

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How to Grow Your Circle of Influence

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The interior is the confidence you have , it’s the joy you have, it’s what you exude. And the way that you look at this interior is, are you confident? Are you stressful to be around? Are you not stressful to be around ? But that is a matter of how confident, how calm, how cool, how collected, how communicative you are.

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Our Updated Small Business Closure Forecast is More Optimistic, But Still Grim

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In early April, we released a 2020 small business closure forecast. employer small businesses will close in 2020.    Under the optimistic case, about 700,000 employer small business businesses would close in 2020.    This is putting another round of financial stress on already vulnerable small businesses.  

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