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How to Protect Your Mental Health at Work

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According to a recent American Psychiatric Association (APA) poll , 31% of Americans anticipated being more stressed in the 2022 holiday season than they were the year before. And it’s not just the holidays that cause this heightened state of anxiety. It’s also confidential and free.

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Meet the Christmas Tree Farmers Keeping the Spirit of Christmas Alive

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It’s a scene straight out of a holiday movie: A family travels to an idyllic farm to cut down their own Christmas tree and spends the day walking the rows, making wreaths and sipping hot cocoa. They’ve filmed several holiday films on the property. every year. It looked like a Hallmark movie.

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The “Great Breakup:” Why So Many Women In Leadership Are Resigning

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According to a December 2022 survey by Chief, more than a third of women leaders contemplated leaving their roles last year. According to a December 2022 survey by Chief (a network that supports women executives), more than a third of women leaders contemplated leaving their roles last year.

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Feel Guilty for Taking a Sick Day? You’re Not Alone, but It Shouldn’t Be the Norm

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According to a 2022 study that appeared in the Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences across four public schools in Nicaragua, teachers often work while ill because economically, they have to. In a 2022 Switzerland study , nearly 30% of primary care providers surveyed had skipped using sick time, despite how poorly they were feeling.

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How Hiring Virtual Assistants Can Boost Employee Performance and Work-Life Balance

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Laith Masarweh, founder and CEO of Assistantly, an agency that connects businesses with virtual assistants around the world, says that in the third quarter of 2022, bosses hiring VAs for their employees increased significantly, by 10% to 15% of Assistantly’s business. Here’s what leaders should know about this potential solution.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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As a complement to the foundation, she launched the #NotAloneChallenge in 2022 to remind youth they’re not alone during the holidays and give them access to free mental health resources. In its first year, the challenge garnered 1.4 billion social media impressions and became one of the largest mental health campaigns in history.

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Culturally Diverse Workforces Require Bespoke Mental Health Support

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Personalized mental health support is a solution to improving mental health outcomes at work, but this requires training, understanding, and insight into individual needs. In terms of mental health training, this refers to both the content (how relevant it is to each employee) and delivery (how accessible it is to each individual).

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