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

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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. It wasn’t until her white counterparts reported similar incidents that her department finally took action.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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

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After more than 2,500 workers moved to a 35- or 36-hour workweek and declared themselves happier, healthier and less stressed, the country is now moving to make this an option for the majority of its workforce. Synergy Vision, a London-based medical and health care communications company, introduced a four-day week in late 2018.

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More Managers Than Ever Are Keeping Tabs on the News—Here’s What It Means for Companies

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Chief Medical Officer at Real , clinical assistant professor at Stanford University and founder and executive director of Brainstorm: The Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation. “It But for bosses at multiple levels, it becomes directly connected to leadership skills, according to Nina Vasan, M.D.,

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Coming Out the Other Side of Hardship

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Spurred by her son’s growing medical needs, Grady started studying the brain and neurodevelopment. Now, she teaches Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, associations and nonprofits that resilience is a skill that can be learned and honed —a skill she’s mastered firsthand. We try to numb them.

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Keely Cat-Wells Is on a Mission to Make Hollywood More Inclusive

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Last year her talent agency, C Talent, was acquired by Whalar in a deal that’s making history as “one of the largest investments ever made in Disabled talent within the creator industry,” according to her profile on RollingStone culture council. At that time, I was [uncontrollably] vomiting up to 30 times a day.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In her mid-20s, Taja Dockendorf founded Pulp+Wire, a full-service consumer packaging, branding and marketing agency. Pulp+Wire is a 100 percent female-founded and -owned agency that Dockendorf has grown year after year. Taja Dockendorf. Founder, investor, creator. Paul Epstein. Sports executive, sales leader, speaker.

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