The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that anxiety affects roughly 40 million adult Americans, making it one of the most common mental issues in the U.S. Even worse, this feeling alone makes people three to five times more likely to seek medical attention, which makes finding …
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Is Job-Related Stress Hurting Your Health?
Before you read one more word, I want you to take a really deep breath. Take air into your lungs as slowly as you can, breathing in through your nose, hold your breath for a count of four, then exhale slowly through your mouth until you feel like you can’t breathe out any more. Now do this four more …
6 Common Sources of Stress for Small Business Owners And How to Deal With Them
Research published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing confirms that entrepreneurs have extremely high amounts of work-related stress due largely to the fact that they “bear personal responsibility for the success and survival of their firms.” Of course, as a small business …
If You Don’t Have a Hobby, You May Be Hurting Your Business
Whenever anyone used to ask me what I did “for fun,” I would just kind of stare blankly back at them. Certainly, I’ve done a lot of fun and exciting things in my life, such as when I went sky diving off the coast of California or scuba diving in Cozumel, but these had traditionally been more along …
7 Reasons You Should Take a Vacation Even If You Don’t Have the Time or Money
About two months ago, my husband and I were sitting on the couch one night, both exhausted from our fuller than full schedules. I had been working seven days a week most weeks for almost four months and he was doing the same with school, striving to finish his degree before returning to work. In …
4 Guilt-Free Reasons Every Small Business Owner Should Get Regular Massages
Guilt is a powerful emotion that can make you do things you really don’t want to do. Like when you agree to join a local committee even though you barely have time to get your work done as it is, or when you tell a client that you’ll take on a larger project knowing that it is going to cut into your …
