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Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King
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Hope, Health, and Happiness. Would you like to live your life with less stress and more happiness? Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, more resilient you.
Stress is a powerful force in life. It can bring about illness, destroy relationships and cause chaos. There is not a one-size-fits-all coping strategy for dealing with stress in your personal life or at work. Our goal is to help you address the sources of stress, take care of yourself during stressful times, and to find ways to reach out to those around you for support. The Work Smart Live Smart flash briefing focuses on helping you to Harness Your Energy, Build Your Resiliency and Protect Your Mental Health!
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TIP 2813 – How Getting Active and Going For A Run Benefits Your Health
Yesterday00:01:25Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and being productive at work depends on us staying active. Running is a great way to become active and fit. Some people use running as a form of meditation, a way to block out the work to-dos and the conflict and to focus solely on their breathing and the sound of their steps. They finish their run feeling mentally refreshed. As meditative as running can be, it can also be tedious. There are always going to be those mornings when you lace up your sneakers and find that your heart’s just not in it. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Running Fitness Week: Pick A Pack. See if you can create a running team. It is still possible to run and maintain social distancing. Make it a safe, social gathering as well as a fitness goal. Start off slow and gradually increase your tolerance and distance. Add variety to your running by sprinting stairs, or go off roading. And finally, if running is just not your thing, that’s okay. Find another fitness activity that gets your heart rate up and promotes strength and flexibility. The idea is just to stay active. Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app. Looking for more ways to build your resiliency? Take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab. #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2812 – You Can Build Resiliency By Leaving Early
2d ago00:01:26Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... “Control the events in your life or the events in your life will control you.” In these busy times, leaving early may seem like a death sentence to your career. We know that in spite of the advances in technology, many of us are working longer hours than our parents and chronic illnesses such as burnout, heart disease and depression are on the rise. In order to maintain our health and our productivity, we must ensure that we have energy. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Leave The Office Earlier Day: Leaving early is just one strategy in an attempt to not let time control you. By consciously planning to leave early one day this week, I am betting that you will be much more focused and will feel a renewed sense of balance in your life. What would you do if you had 20 minutes of ‘free time’ time today? What would you do if you had 1 hour or 2 hours extra? What priority would you focus on – your health – your kids – your spouse – your gardens – your dog – your community? Leaving Early Day is an awareness of how time slips away from us. It’s about failing to make our priorities a priority in our life. Our work is important, and we owe it to ourselves and our employer to be present, creative and healthy. How? Control your schedule and be purposeful with your time. Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app. Looking for more ways to build your resiliency? Take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab. #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2811 – Is It Time To Re-Commit To Your Health Resolutions?
3d ago00:01:21Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... It has been six months since the hats, horns, bells and whistles that rang in the New Year. With all that has been going on, the commitments and promises of making changes that were destined to make us healthier, happier or more connected to the people around us, may have moved to the background of our lives. I like the quote that says, “Who you are in each moment creates your future.” This gives you the opportunity to restart and refocus each month, each day, or even each hour. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! So Here are Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating New Year’s Resolution Recommitment Day: Examine your life. What are your priorities and over-riding values? Know why you want the things you want. Too many people resolve to do things because they think that they should rather than because they feel that it is the right thing for them. Know what the benefits are of making this change or correction. What will the ‘new’ picture of your life look like and feel like? Share your picture with others – post it, talk about it, find others who have a similar picture. Re-commit, don’t quit. If you have lapsed for a day or two or fallen off the path completely, so what. Re-picture and jump in again. Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app. Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2810 – Remember, What You Think Grows On You
4d ago00:01:48Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... What you think upon grows. Philosophers through the ages have said that 'thoughts are things' and 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' We are the master weavers of our circumstances and our thoughts can set us up a life of ignorance and pain or enlightenment and happiness. But it is not just as simple as thinking positively to attract what you want. It is also about tapping into the emotions of life and monitoring them to see how satisfied you are with what is happening in your life. Simply dreaming about happiness isn't going to necessarily bring more happiness. Thinking and focusing on all the ways we can be happier and taking steps to bring in and allow more good stuff to happen, may bring in more opportunities for happiness. Certainly the opposite is also true. Focusing on pain, will reinforce the strength of that pain. You will notice more the impact of that pain. Your attitude and motivation may sink as you feel helpless to get rid of the pain and then you will let that pain engulf everything about the world that you are in. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating What You Think Grows On You Day: Our reality today is based on our thoughts from yesterday. Today’s belief creates tomorrow’s reality. Become your ideal person, as if you have what you are desiring. How would a happy employee act? How would a loving partner respond? What way would a caring parent see their children? What would be on your bucket list for work, your relationships, your health, your personal life? Describe them in detail. Our mind will look for ways to make these a reality for us. Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app. Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2809 – How Taking Care Of Your Feet Can Keep You Healthy
5d ago00:01:34Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... I wish that I was one of those people with fantastic feet. I love the look of feet in sandals and high heel shoes. They are stylish and fun. My feet are not stylish or fun. They are crooked and bony. I inherited my feet from my mother’s side of the family, who have a long history of foot problems. My feet are painful and I am just in my 50’s. There are days that I can barely walk after delivering a presentation. I don’t wear high heels and instead I settle for my orthotics. I must admit that I am barefoot more often than not when I am at home and always when I am on the dojo floor. This is when they don’t hurt. As we age, our feet become more important to our mobility and overall health and happiness. Did you know… That when you walk, the forces borne by your feet are about one and one half times your body weight? And that 75% of us will experience foot health problems of varying degrees of severity at one time or another in our lives Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Foot Health Month: Keep your blood circulating to your feet. A daily exercise routine contributes to a healthy body and mind. Walking is an ideal form of exercise. Try putting your feet up when you are sitting or lying down, or getting a gentle foot massage. And because my feet are not beautiful, they might as well be funny: What was the foot surgeon’s favorite Olympic event? Arch-ery and finally… Why didn’t the children like their mother’s foot jokes? They were too corny Looking for resources to build your resiliency? Check out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2808 – How Being Heat Aware Can Keep You Healthy
6d ago00:01:29Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... So today is Heat Awareness Day and it feels like the coldest spring that we have had in a while. Soon however, the sun will be shining down and we will spend days either playing or working outside in the heat. Heat exhaustion and dehydration due to heat are some of the leading weather-related killers in the United States and Canada. Extreme heat is defined as at least 2-3 days of high heat and humidity with temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit or 30 degrees Celsius. In extreme heat, evaporation is slowed, and the body must work extra hard to maintain a normal temperature. This can lead to death by overworking the human body. Remember that extreme heat can occur quickly and without warning and that older adults, children, and those who are ill are at greater risk from the impact extreme heat. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Heat Awareness Day: When we are under an EXTREME HEAT WARNING: Drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. Find air conditioning when possible. Know places in your community where you can go to get cool. Keep your home cool by covering the windows and using fans. Avoid strenuous activities. Watch for the signs of heat illness, such as HEAT CRAMPS, HEAT EXHAUSTION and HEAT STROKE The summer heat is welcomed after a long cold winter, but as the slogan goes, Be Aware and Stay Safe in the Heat. Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app. Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab. #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2807 – How To Eliminate Mental Health Stigma
1w ago00:01:11Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all, said Bill Clinton Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Mental Health Month: In the spirit of eliminating the stigma around mental health challenges here are some Do's And Don'ts Do: Educate yourself about mental health challenges and issues Foster a healthy workplace environment Emphasize abilities, not limitations Use respectful language Refer to the person not the disability or illness Tell people when they express a stigmatizing attitude Do Not: Portray successful people with disabilities as the exception Use generic labels such as “retarded” or “the mentally ill” Use terms like “crazy,” “lunatic,” or “insane” in general conversation Don’t let stigma create self-doubt and shame It is everyone's responsibility to reduce the stigma, prejudice and discrimination associated with mental health issues. Education, understanding, and support are key to creating a psychologically safe and healthy workplace. If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app. Don’t forget that you can find more tips for coping with mental health issues, by checking out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2806 – What Type of Breakfast Person Are You?
1w ago00:01:33Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... Do you eat breakfast? Research found that people who skipped breakfast had a higher risk of obesity, depression and perceived stress. They also found that performance, problem solving skills, and mood are all affected by breakfast consumption. What is your approach to breakfast? Are you The Pauper, The King and The Maestro? The Pauper - These people almost always skip breakfast. They are either too busy, not hungry in the morning, or are on a diet. Or just like the pauper who was given a small piece of bread to eat, these people may eat a doughnut, or a piece of toast and wash it down with coffee or juice The King - The ‘feast’ consists of a large quantity of food, including eggs, pancakes with syrup, and sausage. Though it contains a variety of food groups, it usually is heavy on the carbs and fat and very high in calories, which can lead to obesity, heart disease and diabetes. The Maestro - Breakfast is a priority for this group, and so is conducting themselves in healthy way. They make good choices so that they manage their energy effectively and add the right kinds of foods that promote health and longevity. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Egg Month: Make it portable. If time is an issue, look for things that can be taken on the road such as hard-boiled eggs. Make it fun. Eggs and waffles can be cooked using a variety of shapes to add some fun. Keep it balanced. Try to cover the basic food groups. Look for variety. Just keep it balanced and don’t get stuck in a rut. Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app. Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2805 – Is Workplace Wellness Really An Investment?
1w ago00:01:35Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... With so many companies investing in workplace wellness, it comes as a surprise that research shows that few companies assess the health needs of their employee population before deciding which wellness services to invest in. Even more surprising, is that only about a third of companies evaluate and measure how their programs impact the health and wellness of their employees or their bottom line. A productive employee wellness program assesses the health, wants, and needs of your employees and then addresses these issues, wants and needs in a meaningful and measurable way that the employer can track over time Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating the Mental Health Month: Simply offering a wellness program, no matter how well-intentioned, provides no guarantee of improving employees' well-being or having any value or return-on-investment. Workers must be aware the program exists and be persuaded to use it. Engaging company managers are key. Managers that engaged their workers were 28% more likely to participate in a wellness program offered by their company than were average employees. Wellness is a commitment. It is a commitment by the individual, their manager and by the company. It can take several years for the investment to be realized, but is well worth doing, because a healthy workplace is clearly a win/win situation for both employee and employer. Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app. Looking for more ways to build your resiliency? Take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab. #mentalhealth #hr
Transcribe →TIP 2804 – How To Reduce Your Stress By Correcting Your Posture
1w ago00:01:24Tap to summarizeListen to today's podcast... Gone are the days that some well-meaning teacher would take their knuckle and drive it into the middle of your back and tell you to sit up straight. The Chiropractic Association has found that even young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than previous generations. Though a major cause of back and neck pain is kids and their backpacks, it is also our overall poor posture. Hours of computer slouching, hunching over while texting and laying around as a couch potato have serious repercussions on our posture. The good news: there are easy things people can do to Reduce Your Stress By Correcting Your Posture. Take One Action Today To Build Your #Resiliency! So Here are today’s Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Correct Posture Month: Practice the wall stand. Back up to a wall so your heels, buttocks, shoulders and head all lightly touch the wall while you keep everything level, relaxed and aligned– and take 3 slow breaths, feeling your body’s best posture. Shoes matter. For women, there is no such thing as a good high heel for your posture. Trade in the stilettos for a shoe that gives you the proper support. It is critical to understand that the body impacts the mind. Standing up straight and walking tall will help you to think and feel better. Reduce Your Stress By Correcting Your Posture and remaining calm, more relaxed, and more physically and mentally healthy. Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com #mentalhealth #hr
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