From Uber to Nike to CBS, recent exposés have revealed seemingly dysfunctional workplaces rife with misconduct, bullying, and sexual harassment. For example, Susan Fowler’s 2017 blog about Uber detailed
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Lamplighter programme Our Lamplighter employee programme was started more than a decade ago to improve nutrition, fitness and mental resilience of employees. A dedicated Medical & Occupational Health (M&OH) team along with the Human Resource (HR) department of the company
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Mental strength and mental health are sometimes used interchangeably but they’re not the same thing. Many dictionaries define mental health as being “the absence of mental illness.” But not having depression, anxiety,
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Shell shock. That’s the only word I can use to describe what I felt when I started college. I was struggling as a premed student and felt discouraged by my performance and
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The use of technology plays an important role in todays’ individual lives for example through the use of mobile health applications with calorie tracker, step tracker, heart rate tracker, wearables, smoke cessation
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Shell shock. That’s the only word I can use to describe what I felt when I started college. I was struggling as a premed student and felt discouraged by my performance and
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Sleep deprivation is a very common phenomenon in the US, mostly by choice, due to working or study conditions which are not conducive to getting adequate sleep. Most people who do not
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A few months after my husband died, an older woman who had lost her husband a few years before sat me down to talk. She said, “I know it’s tough. But over
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A few months after my husband died, an older woman who had lost her husband a few years before sat me down to talk. She said, “I know it’s tough. But over
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Employees still struggle with stress – despite the supposed return to normal. In fact, some mental health experts say it’s staggering. According to Mental Health America’s Mind in the Workplace report: 83% of
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Much has been written about the many effective ways to manage stress, such as meditation, breathing exercises, journaling, and other well-known strategies. Their benefits are proven, and they’re popular strategies for a reason. New Year’s resolutions often
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In his work with trauma patients, Dr. Rigg has observed how the brain is constantly reacting to sensory information, generating non-thinking reactions before our intelligent individual human brains are able to process
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