Michael Lee Stallard

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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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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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Addicted to Your Smartphone, To-do List or Busyness?

Michael Lee Stallard

To put it simply, neurotransmitters are molecules that behave as chemical messengers in the brain. As opposed to the pleasure of anticipation via dopamine, these chemicals give us pleasure from sensation and emotion.” Protecting Your Employees (And Yourself) From the Stress-Connection Gap.

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