Health Tips - How to Add Life to Your Years
To get the best out of life, start by making your health a priority. Not just your physical health, but all the factors that make your life satisfying and fulfilling. Try to find the balance that works for you and take action when that balance tips […]
Health Tips - Back Safety
It doesn’t take much. Maybe you lugged the trash bag to the curb or loaded heavy groceries into the car. Back pain - the most common medical disorder in our modern society - is often triggered by simple, daily activities like these. Statistics indicate that two-thirds of all Canadians will experience […]
Safety Tips - 10 Commandments of Safety
The responsibility for your personal safety begins and ends with you. These guidelines will help you identify common safety problems and develop good safety habits to reduce your risk of accidents.
1. Look at the big picture
Recognize that accidents hurt everyone - an accidental injury can have a far-reaching impact, […]
Safe, Not Sorry
Safety. It’s a subject you’ve heard about since you were a child. You know there’s a risky way of doing things and a right way.
But how much of the safety message have you really taken to heart?
How often do you think about safety when you’re at work…at home…at play? If you’re like most […]
Managing conflict at work
Conflicts at work can be stressful and counterproductive for everyone involved.
Common causes of workplace conflict:
Increased responsibility, often with little authority - as the number of supervisors and administrators shrink, employees are increasingly asked to ‘pick up the slack’. Yet, they often face ‘turf’ issues, because they don’t have the authority to recruit […]
Techniques for Taming Tension
Relax on the run? Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? But when tension makes muscles cramp, moods swing and blood pressure soar, just five minutes of quality down time can make all the difference in the world!
Next time your day goes haywire, these simple suggestions may bring a little inner calm into […]
Sleep - are you getting enough?
Do you drag yourself out of bed each morning, longing for just one more hour of sleep? Well, your instincts are probably right - one more hour of sleep could make a world of difference in how you think and feel.
The reality of our overscheduled lives means that most of […]
Balance at Work
Workplace stress
43% of Americans feel that their job or work is the greatest source of stress in their lives. Recent research links workplace stress to four key factors:
High demand - having too much to do in too short a time
Low control - having too little influence on the way that work is carried […]
Decluttering your life
Living and working in a cluttered environment is expensive. Clutter costs us:
Time - which is priceless and can never be replaced
Energy - because it makes our jobs harder
Financially - because we pay for the initial purchase, pay to maintain the clutter and pay for wasted time spent looking for misplaced items
Peace of mind […]
Time Management - Dealing with Time Stealers!
Are you running out of time before you run out of tasks? Do you wish you had more hours in the day to get it all done?
Here are some common time-wasters that eat up precious minutes every day. Learning how to plan for and manage these distractions will dramatically […]