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The Holiday Blues Are Normal—These 8 Tips from Experts Can Help You Better Manage Difficult Emotions

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The holiday season, starting with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, can be a time of great joy with family, friends and tradition, but not everyone feels jolly this time of year. If you’ve experienced a loss, gone through a breakup or simply feel alone, the holidays can put a spotlight on your grief. Manage your expectations.

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22 Ways to Practice Stillness Within Your Mind, Spirit and Body

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To combat that, Ryan Holiday turned to the ancient Stoics. If a person could develop peace within themselves—if they could achieve apatheia, as [the Stoics] called it—then the whole world could be at war, and they could still think well, work well, and be well,” Holiday writes. Holiday isn’t one to sugarcoat. Be fully present.

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New Year’s Resolutions by Enneagram Type: Which Number Are You?

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Whatever it is we do for self-care , we need to double down on that to where it almost looks extreme because we are in such elevated levels of stress.”. As stress levels and anxieties soar during another incredibly uncertain year, the world needs the nurturing and loving friendship of Twos more than ever. Type Two: The Helper.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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While people were probably ‘bleisuring’ long before the advent of the awkward word amalgam, it has recently gained attention as a trend due to quantitative analysis carried out by several corporate travel companies (namely BridgeStreet® Global Hospitality and Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s 2016 white paper on the topic).

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5 ways to turbo-charge your career this summer

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You’re not expected to be a saint on holiday but it’s also the perfect time to get outside and get moving. Her unique 8 week programme includes an analysis of client’s natural work and communications style and a number of steps to help clients get organised, reduce their stress levels and achieve a better work-life balance.

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The Assistant’s Year-end Sprint

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The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. But let’s face it, sometimes year-end also has tremendous responsibilities, increased workload, and more often than not, the administrative assistant is the one planning and executing the office holiday party, rather than simply attending it.

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The Assistant’s Year-end Sprint

Office Dynamics

The holidays are supposed to be the happiest days of the year. But let’s face it, sometimes year-end also has tremendous responsibilities, increased workload, and more often than not, the administrative assistant is the one planning and executing the office holiday party, rather than simply attending it.

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