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Feeling emotionally exhausted? 6 things you can do to release your stress

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Here are 6 evidence-based strategies to help you complete your stress cycle: 1. Deep, slow breaths down-regulate the stress response, especially when the exhalation is long and slow and goes all the way to the end of the breath so your belly contracts. Of course, affection doesn’t stop with other human beings.

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What’s Next to Be Your Best? 3 Personal and Professional Development Trends in 2024

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At OxygenArk, an oxygen therapy manufacturer, each employee has access to an annual stipend of $500 for professional development courses of their choice. New research from Peppercomm found that humor can bridge gaps between workers and leaders to form better-connected teams, break down silos and drive more effective engagement.

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How Financial Wellness Programs Can Benefit Employees and Employers

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Human resource leaders have observed cash-strapped employees reducing retirement contributions and talking about how money-related stress has negatively affected their work lives, according to a 2022 financial benefits study conducted by Morgan Stanley at Work. Amid high inflation the need for such benefits has become even more apparent.

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Is Working From Home Wreaking Havoc With Your Health?

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Why working from home could become a threat to your health Working from home has afforded previously office-based employees benefits such as reduced commuter stress, flexibility, and more control over their work environment and daily schedule. Research from the U.K.

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Biophilic design has a long history and an even bigger future

Workplace Insight

The spaces they created resembled university campuses in both form and function, set in landscaped grounds and openly flaunting a connection to nature and the firm’s apparent social awareness. It also confirms something we have learned about biophilic design; that natural forms can improve our wellbeing almost as much as actual nature.

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Scientist and Engineer Rosalind Picard Is Transforming Digital Health with Wearable AI

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And, in the course of doing that, it led me to a lot of different things we can measure in the human body, which led me not just to measurement of emotion but to its interactions with health.” “The idea behind Affectiva was to try to help companies that were asking for our technology to get it in an honest, ethical way,” she says. “I

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Top 3 Leadership Strategies to Build a $10 Million Business

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Trying to do it all alone will make you frustrated, burnt out and stressed to the point where you’ll get tempted to give it all up. Mentors can come in the form of coaches, training programs, or leadership and business growth courses. This team is as committed to their personal growth as they are to your company’s growth.

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