By Lee Woodruff — 2021
Light exercise, breathing techniques, even smiling can improve overall wellness
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Adjusting your attitude is easier than you think.
Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.
Becoming a cancer caregiver will change your life in many ways, and your loss could be profound. Learning how to cope with the grieving process will help.
Information and conversation are key to facing the challenges of care
Try your best to remain open to all possible solutions and communicate honestly with the people in your life.
Compartmentalize your life to be fully present in the moment
It’s hard to articulate what a remote worker does when they’re sick. You’re not really “staying home” when you already usually work from home, and if work is right there, you have to stop scratching the itch that says It’s just one email. It won’t take long.
So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.
We hear a lot about the struggles of working women and the notion that we can create some semblance of order between managing responsibilities at home and at work. It’s the elusive work/life balance every working woman longs to achieve.
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This lesson of The Great Resignation is clear. We are putting life first. We are not machines. We want to regain humanity in our work.