Archive for August, 2007
Are you Dying for a Drink?
In today’s press it’s been reported that more and more female office workers are turning to drink and dying an early death. The report, from the Office of National Statistics, cited that if the office was male-dominated and the culture included regular drinking then these young women would be ultimately risking their lives to keep [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2007 under Burn out, Reducing Stress, Relaxation.
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Women are more Stressed than men
A recent study concluded that women aged between 45 to 54 are twice as likely to suffer a stroke than their male counterparts.
This turns previously held beliefs that it’s men that were more at risk on its head. But what has changed?
Well the study, led by Dr Amytis Towfighi of the Stoke Centre and Department [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2007 under Burn out, Reducing Stress, Relaxation.
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Burnout - can you spot the symptoms?
If you’re finding that your job doesn’t engage like it used to and you’re easily irritated by your colleagues, and you feel under-appreciated then it’s time for you to stop and re-think what you want in life and work before you risk falling headlong into burnout.
Slippery Slope
Burnout happens in stages and it’s insidious. Most people [...]
Posted: August 8th, 2007 under Burn out, Reducing Stress.
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How to Beat Procrastination
If you procrastinate then you’ll most probably agree that it makes you feel tired and guilty.
When you resist something, the resistance uses up more energy than completing the task and feelings of guilt and unworthiness lower your overall effectiveness, which means you use even less of your total brainpower.
Here’s a technique you might like [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2007 under Reducing Stress, nlp.
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Focus your mind, relax and get more done
It is one of the basic principles of life management that it is better to do a few things well than a lot of things badly.
All very well you might say, and if you’re feeling in the thick of it and torn every which way by external demands on your time and nagging thoughts internally [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2007 under Burn out, Reducing Stress, Relaxation, nlp.
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