Work/Life Balance

Sometimes it’s unavoidable: You’ve just got to have your child with you in the office to get past a spot where there’s no caregiver available. Here’s how to handle it.
When your level of fitness has a big impact on your brain’s health and cognitive function, but you have a sedentary 9-to-5 job, how can you incorporate more exercise into your day?

3 ways to just plain worry less

March 1, 2018 Categorized in: Work/Life Balance

Worrying can be exhausting after a while, so it’s important to learn how to manage it. Workplace writer Jessica Stillman offers these tips to help you.

Should you disclose personal info?

February 5, 2018 Categorized in: Work/Life Balance

There aren’t many personal situations that you’re legally required to reveal to your employer. Still, say experts, it’s usually a good idea to disclose personal situations that could affect your attendance or performance on the job.

How to take no-guilt vacation time

February 5, 2018 Categorized in: Work/Life Balance

If you’re nervous about taking time off from your job, Caroline Ceniza-Levine, writing at Forbes, offers these suggestions.

Break the habit of working late

December 7, 2017 Categorized in: Work/Life Balance

If you often find yourself working late into the night, you might be damaging your productivity and your health. Here’s some advice to handle late-night work habits.
Harvard University business professor Teresa Amabile wanted to debunk the myths about creativity in the workplace. For years, she ran a diary study of hundreds of employees “to look at creativity in the wild.” Amabile uncovered these myths.

Juggling work and a sick child

November 2, 2017 Categorized in: Work/Life Balance

It’s emotionally taxing when your child is sick, and the stress mounts when you have to juggle work on top of that. Here’s some advice for managing work and sick days.
Many people are familiar with the struggle for a healthy work-life balance these days, but studies suggest that constantly worrying about work-life balance may be one of the things that lets harmful stress get to you.
When we are living fully, we feel it. We get the sense that our life is moving along steadily and we take things in stride; we relax enough to feel joy. So why does achieving and maintaining balance seem so difficult?
The loss of someone close may seem doubly hard when you walk into a workplace that isn’t there to comfort you. Here are some tips.
Author and positive-habit coach Maria Brilaki offers some great ways to train your brain and im­­prove its performance today and in the future.
Eliminating all sources of stress in our lives is never going to happen, but minimizing their effect is a completely attainable goal. Psychologist and PsyBlog blogger Jeremy Dean offers research-based tips on how to manage the stress in your life.