Psychologist warns of obsessive email checking when out of the office by Dave Neal 08 May 2015A professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School has warned people to take the weekend off from work email and give themselves a break from office communications. Sir Cary Cooper is concerned about workplace stress…
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Anxiety Can Bring Out the Best – Wall Street Journal, by Melinda Beck
Original article at this address http://on.wsj.com/1zBmPdu Researchers Prescribe Just Enough Stress to Ace Life's Tests; Too Little Is Lazy Anxiety gets a bad rap, but a recent brain-scan study found that just the right amount of worrying has some serious upsides. Melinda Beck has details on Lunch Break. You have an important presentation tomorrow but…
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Carnegie Mellon researchers reveal how mindfulness training affects health – News release
My colleague Les Posen forwarded this to me Carnegie Mellon issued the following news release: Carnegie Mellon researchers reveal how mindfulness training affects health Over the past decade, there have been many encouraging findings suggesting that mindfulness training can improve a broad range of mental and physical health problems. Yet, exactly how mindfulness positively impacts…
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