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3 Practices Help Protect You from Premature Aging Related to Job Stress

Michael Lee Stallard

Chronic ongoing stress shortens telomeres. Environments with toxic chemicals and toxic relationships (including discrimination) have been found to be associated with shorter telomeres. Chronic job stress has also been found to be associated with shorter telomeres. 3 Insights About Stress Every Leader Should Know.

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Trees Aren’t A Silver Bullet For Solving Urban Air Pollution

The Horizons Tracker

Trees have long been viewed as a positive contributor to urban air quality. A recent study from EPFL highlights the positive and negative impact trees have on air quality in the Geneva area. These findings highlight how human activities release enough pollutants (nitrogen oxides) that lead to specific chemical reactions.

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Leaders: Tame the Brain’s Fight-or-Flight Response and Give Helpful Feedback

Great Leadership By Dan

Fear and Stress There are a number of reasons given for the feedback gap. But the most common and hard-to-budge problem experienced by leaders is the fear and stress they experience when attempting to talk honestly to an employee or colleague about the need to improve, why they need to improve, and how they can improve.

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These 4 Tips Will Increase Your Resiliency as a Leader

Center for Creative Leadership

We know from studies of stress that performance doesn’t always increase as a result of putting more pressure on yourself. When industry volatility, societal shifts, or workplace pressures result in stress, it’s time to think about developing resiliency: the ability to bounce back from obstacles and setbacks.

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Bringing your dog to work can promote wellbeing and productivity

HR Digest

According to a survey by Banfield Pet Hospital , 7 in 10 employees agree that allowing pets in the workplace has a positive impact on employee morale. The benefits go far beyond reducing stress, Randolph Barker, business professor at VCU and lead author on the study, said. Coffee and canines make the workplace go around.

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5 Office Etiquette to Live By

HR Digest

The former helps to develop group norms and cohesion while the latter, tends to increase stress for individuals and hinders positive group norms and cohesion, hampering both individuals’ and groups’ well-being. An excessive amount of smell can cause “multiple chemical sensitivity.”. Avoid overdoing the perfume or aftershave.

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The Secret to Keeping Your New Year’s Health Resolution

Michael Lee Stallard

Research shows that feelings of connection affect neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine), hormones (chemical messengers that travel throughout the body including adrenaline, cortisol, oxytocin, and vasopressin), and enzymes that affect chromosomes (such as telomerase).

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