stress
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We Need To Chat About Using Sick Leave For Mental Health Days
1We talk about mental health more often than ever before. But why do we still struggle to ask for time off when we really need it?
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Plan a Hike to Get Some Fresh Air and Tune Out Holiday Stress
Whether you’re spending the holidays on your own, or (still) cooped up with the same people you’ve been quarantining with for months, you could probably use a break from your usual routine. Even if you’re not celebrating, you may still have a day (or at least part of a day) off to regroup. One way…
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Your Wound-Up Kid Needs a Popsicle in the Shower
Sometimes when your child is all wound up about something, whether it’s anxiety or excitement or energy, the best way to snap them out of it or calm their nerves is with a sensory experience. A bath or a shower is a good start; adding a popsicle to the mix, however, takes it to the…
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How to Fight Burnout, With Writer Anne Helen Petersen
It’s very likely that you (and almost everyone around you) are suffering some degree of burnout right about now. Between work, various debts, the pandemic, the financial crisis and the precarious nature of our future, it’s hard to feel like you can stop and take a breather. Fortunately, this week we’re talking with journalist and…