Wellness

Workplace success used to depend on spending 40+ years climbing the corporate ladder or having connections. While those tactics are still around, a more sound approach is working to develop emotional intelligence.

Is stress lurking around your office environment? If so, take 10 minutes to host a team stretch break and let everyone know why it’s important.

With today’s hurried pace, it’s important to create time to chill out. Meditation can help return the focus that’s often lacking. You don’t even have to go to a retreat. Check out these apps (even for kids) that can help you keep your mind and body tranquil:

Therapy can be used in a variety of ways. Sometimes therapy is used to reach a goal; other times it’s used to achieve a life change or as a way to discover who you are at your core. Counseling is a tool to use as you wish, and your therapist is there to guide and assist in the process.

It’s easy to feel bombarded with weight-loss information and hard to know which diet may be right for you. So much conflicting information can make you feel incapable of knowing what to do. Here are some simple tips to guide you:

We’ve all heard that in order to reduce stress, we should “reconnect with nature.” However, science suggests that we may not be taking this advice literally enough.

Here’s a fun resolution for 2018: Practice better self-care. Here are some ideas:

One Word 365 says by choosing your word, it becomes the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps.

I remember on a cruise celebrating my 40^th birthday, I found that I couldn’t sit still in my lounge chair. Wasn’t there something I needed to do or somewhere I needed to be?

Prevent aches and pains from a sedentary lifestyle, burn calories, and increase creativity and productivity at the same time with a FitBike at the office.

Running a half or full marathon is all about mental and physical preparation. Here are some tips to help you prepare:

What’s the number one mistake a business traveler makes on the road? Eating like they’re on vacation! No matter your nutrition plan, you can still follow your menu during the difficult challenge of travel by creating an 80/20 rule.

Every morning we wake up with a bucket of willpower, and every single decision we make results in a willpower monkey jumping out. In a position that makes tough decisions all day, we can get decision fatigue that results in status quo- or fear-based decisions.

Workplace design is in the throes of a renaissance, according to Steelcase. Rapid advances in technology, innovation agendas, the war on talent, and employee disengagement are converging to create an “anti-corporate” backlash against traditional, uninspiring work-spaces.

Jamie Drescher, a taekwondo competitor and Tapout Fitness (Raleigh) coach, is representing Team USA in the Maccabiah World Championships in Israel this July.

Keeping healthy snacks in your office just makes sense. Munching throughout the day on nuts, dried fruit, fresh fruit, cheese, peanut butter or yogurt curbs your appetite for unhealthy sweets and vending machine treats. Try having grapes or blueberries.