Prioritize Your Mental Health: How To Address Concerns Affecting You And Your Work

A bubble bath is not going to fix much. Nor is one “mental health day” on a calendar of hundreds of stress-filled workdays going to make it all better.

As May is Mental Health Awareness Month, it is critical to address the crisis of mental health for women in the workplace and also to acknowledge what Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine and founder of Gemma, calls “faux self-care.”

Career success, Changing the Workplace, Life tools and tipsMichele WeldonMay 5, 2023Mental Health, stress, Workplace Culture, Work CultureComment

Here’s To Brevity: 6 Tips For An Effective Intro Speech

You don’t want to be that person. The one who goes on and on and on when they have the mic. At a recent wedding, the best man went on and on and on for 25 minutes in his toast to the couple, and it was all about himself. At work, a conference, awards ceremony, meeting or networking event, you may be called upon to give an introduction of someone.