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Linked: How to switch off and relax after work: 13 easy ideas
ByMike McBride January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I’ve seen these, and I’m sure you have as well.

“As many a viral tweet has rightly pointed out, it’s more like we’re living at work than working from home – and the pressure of that can have real implications for our mental health.

With this in mind then, prioritising a work/life balance – and actually sticking to it – is one of the best things we can do to look after our wellbeing at this time. And one of the main parts of achieving that work/life balance is being able to switch off from work in the first place. “

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Linked: Rolling Stone seeks ‘thought leaders’ willing to pay $2,000 to write for them
ByMike McBride January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I mean isn’t this really just advertising?

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A Completely Non-Scientific View of Mental Health Stigma in the Workplace
ByMike McBride January 20, 2021January 30, 2021 Reading Time: 4 minutes

A little over a week ago, I came clean on my other blog, and social media. I admitted that I’m just really not OK.

If you’ve read the post, then you also know that when I mention mental health stigma, I’m not really talking about what happened with my workplace. No, that was exactly what I would want to happen. But, what I noticed was what happened kind of out in public, after the fact.

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Linked: Three shockingly obvious ways to make flying less miserable
ByMike McBride January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Reading Time: 3 minutes

It’s all those little unknown things that make us anxious when traveling, and the more anxiety that is built into the process, the less we enjoy it, and the more exhausting it is. I think that is an important lesson for airlines, but it’s also an important lesson for many people in a variety of service industries. Needing a lawyer, working with an accountant, etc. have always been things that most of us aren’t used to navigating, so there’s anxiety involved. Now, simple things like getting a haircut have become more complicated, and involve a lot more anxiety. Employees are also navigating things that they are not used to, maybe working from home, or working onsite but having to navigate all of these new safety protocols, and dealing with customers who are also dealing with all of their own anxieties all day.

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Linked: How to set clear work boundaries — and stick to them
ByMike McBride January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

I really like the ideas in this article, but obviously this is the one that is going to most resonate with many of us right now:

“Working remotely requires a heightened consciousness to make space for ourselves in and around work. We need to have careful conversations with our coworkers to ensure that our boundaries are understood and respected.”

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Linked: How to Keep Work Stress from Taking Over Your Life
ByMike McBride January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I think we can all see a lot of workplaces in this intro, so these resources can be very useful in helping us understand how to not let the stress of work ruin our health: “Work-related stress can get the best of us all. Emails, Slack messages, phones ringing off the hook, your co-worker dropping…

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