Slow the Burn

For those in HR, you have been carrying the bulk of the emotional burden for your teams and organizations for the past few years....

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Reframing (the Science of) Mindfulness for Skeptics

If words like “meditation” and “mindfulness” conjure up images of a yoga retreat or something that seems equally irrelevant to your professional life, this...

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Mental Health in the Workplace

Today is Bell Let's Talk Day!  We'd like to take a second to share this wonderful info graphic on mental health in the workplace from...

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The 3 Key Generators of Stress & Anxiety, and Tools to Combat Them

Get this. Stress isn’t something forced upon you, or inevitably ‘created’ by external conditions. You create your stress by how you choose to react to...

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The Bully, the Bullied and a Better Way

I’ve been reflecting on the behaviours of those in the workplace that are labelled “bullies.”  They are labelled this way by employees, as well...

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Survey: Organizational Change Linked to Physical and Mental Health Sick Leave

Research by Morneau Shepell found that organizational changes have led to employees taking sick leave from work. In a recent survey of employees and...

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The ROI of Leading by Example is Priceless

At first glance, the title of this article makes sense. Of course leading by example is priceless. It’s an expression that we’ve all heard...

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Stress is Optional: Healthy Versus Unhealthy Stress

This is the third in a four part series. Read parts one and two here. Some stress is actually healthy, so it’s important to distinguish...

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