Free Up To Calm Down: 10 Ways To Restore Yourself, Your Workplace Now

It’s been a lot. The stressful developments of the past several months from political campaigns, the election and catastrophic global conflicts, to natural disasters have caused distress and disruption for anyone and everyone, regardless of politics.

The 2024 American Psychiatric Association report shows 70% of adults in this country “are particularly anxious about current events.”

Add in the requirements individuals bear for the holidays at work and at home, as well as end of the year presentations, reports and projections, and there is an equation leading to burnout. Add in the disparities of race and gender in culture and the workplace, and it may seem insurmountable. But it is possible to transcend the discord with strategies to stay calm—and productive.

Career successMichele WeldonDecember 5, 2024stress, Leaders, HolidaysComment

Are You OK? 5 Keys To Deal Effectively With Trauma in The Workplace

Sometimes it is impossible to keep calm and carry on.

With so many affected by catastrophes globally, nationally and locally that are top of mind, as well as additional personal considerations and tolerated toxic behaviors, learning how to effectively handle the impact on yourself, colleagues, clients and customers is a necessary skill.

Changing the Workplace, Leadership tools and tipsMichele WeldonNovember 10, 2023stress, trauma, Leadership Skills, Work AdviceComment

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.”

Your Job Making You Sick? 6 Ways To Save Your Mental, Physical Health

Every workplace, organization and professional culture has stressful points. We are all under extreme pressure at some point to deliver outcomes, meet deadlines and stretch ourselves—regardless of what career tier we are on.

Tools and TipsMichele WeldonMarch 25, 2019Career, Michele Weldon, Research, stress, Work/Life BalanceComment

Stressbusters: Why You Need This Chill Summer Guide For Women Leaders

The summer is approaching and if you are extremely lucky, your company or organization will have summer hours built in so you can take advantage of a slower schedule.

What's Stress Got To Do With It? Working Women Find Out In Heart Health Month

In the final days of Women’s Heart Health Month this February, it’s the ideal time for working women, women leaders, female innovators, entrepreneurs and CEOs to move forward, address the stress and make a year-long, lifelong plan to destress, for heart’s sake.

Life tools and tipsMichele WeldonFebruary 27, 2017Career, health, Michele Weldon, stress, women in the workplaceComment

Under Pressure: Strategies For Dealing With Stress As An Effective Leader

It’s always something. Whether you are feeling stress because of external factors outside of work in the form of breaking news, the economic climate or family issues, or whether you are pressed by internal factors including anxiety about performance, deadlines and perhaps even downsizing, stress arrives.

It's not the mountain that trips you, it's the pebble.

My husband Alex and I just returned from a perfect vacation in the renowned Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. If you haven’t made this trip, put it on your bucket list.

Life tools and tipsGloria FeldtJuly 1, 2014challenges, Leadership, Power, stressComment

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