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Meditation Apps: Workplace Fad Or The Key To A Happier Workforce?

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When they leave their current role, 81% of employees want a job in an organization that supports mental health. One way employers can support mental health is by providing access to meditation apps like Headspace for Work. Not supporting mental health in the workplace comes at a huge financial cost.

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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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Going Places provides a necessary social component “Joy is a piece of our social-emotional health that is often overlooked when people think about charities,” Blomquist explains. “We We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support.

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The Power of Strong Friendships in Strengthening Well-Being

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A 2021 study by the “American Perspectives Survey” found that “15% of men have no close friendships at all, a fivefold increase since 1990.” Aside from emotional distress, loneliness may lead to health issues that are widespread and terrifying. Our social health helps our physical health. “We His heart breaks for them.

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The Inclusive Obesity Care Initiative Sheds the Stigma Around Weight with Queen Latifah’s Help

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Queen Latifah has just joined forces with Novo Nordisk’s It’s Bigger Than Me campaign to lend her voice to the leading global health-care company’s new Inclusive Obesity Care (IOC) initiative. Novo Nordisk is by her side, taking on the obesity problem by helping health-care providers do a better job when patients come in seeking care.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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Anytime I thought about the trip or the project came up as a topic of conversation in meetings, I found myself spiraling down a path of worst-case scenarios: What if the server had put something in my food? After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related.

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Why Employers May Not Be Hiring Veterans

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While some veterans do suffer from severe PTSD and need medication and counseling, others are able to cope with minimal assistance, experts say. According to a Society of Human Resources survey , 46% of surveyed employers said they believed PTSD and other mental issues would be a problem in hiring veterans. LinkedIn Corp.

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Employee Engagement is a Core Strength for Top Workplaces

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In the employee survey administered by WorkplaceDynamics , the feedback from company employees was off the charts by nearly every organizational health measure, including Alignment, Execution, and The Manager. “We We don’t have the luxury of not doing our work well,” said Janice Moore, project director.

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