The Washington State Senate Passed A Bill That Would Improve Workers’ Compensation Benefits For Nurses With PTSD.
Nursing has always been a stressful job, but nursing in a post-covid world is more challenging than ever. Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver is sponsoring a bill that would provid...
Have you ever felt that time off wouldn’t be worth it because the planning and preparation effort—not to mention the mountain of catch-up work—would be so overwhelming?
If so, you’re not unusual. More than 50% of Americans take less than their allowed vacation time each year. Some rea...
In her late twenties, business writer Cat Fu was diagnosed with stomach cancer. After the doctors operated, she returned to Japan and tried to put it behind her. But a year later the tumors were back, and this time they'd spread to her liver. Fortunately, the surgeons found a new procedure to remo...
We often think of the home as a sanctuary from work stress. But as many of us know from lived experience, that isn’t always the case. Even if you manage to leave your work worries at the office, your spouse or partner may not be able to do so—and that stress can sometimes rub off on you. So ...
“Sleeping on the job has long been frowned upon, but office napping may finally be climbing out from under the desk.” So ran the headline in a recent Chicago Tribune story.
The number of employers who encourage sleep-deprived employees to take a short nap during the workday is on the rise...
Take a deep breath, filling your belly. Pause. Now breath out slowly while counting to five. Repeat the cycle four times.
Congratulations. You’ve just relaxed your body’s central nervous system.
Controlled and mindful breathing, like the simple cycle described above, have been proven to re...
In a widely-circulated article this summer, Jynne Dilling made a radical proposition to American workers who take fewer and fewer vacation days, and feel increasingly guilty when they do: go beyond the sanctioned 2-week vacation and expand your time away to a full 3 weeks.
As she points out, th...
August would traditionally be high season for vacationers, but fewer and fewer of us are doing that these days; in fact, according to data reported in The New York Times earlier this year, Americans are taking less time off than at any point in the past 50 years. And this isn’t just because we...
Over the past years, we have discussed the medical and emotional risks of excessive or consistent worry. For employees with a workplace injury, occupational disease or disability, stress and anxiety can add a significant burden on the body. Below we discuss some steps for reducing stress and wor...