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Best Of: Addressing Mental Health At Work – My Crazy Office, Season 7

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Kathi and Katherine talk about mental health on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show. How can we communicate about mental health in the workplace effectively? Listen to this week’s podcast here.

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Give Your Brain a Break

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As we approach a holiday weekend and the rollout of summer, now is a good time to take concrete steps to give your brain a break. “A break from what?” You may ask. A break from being “on” and in hyper-alert mode for four months straight.  I’m willing to bet that most of our brains […]

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Is Someone Getting on Your Last Nerve?

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My husband was noticeably irritated with me last night. He said that I was “yawn talking.” Do you know what yawn talking is? It’s when you keep talking even as you yawn. Apparently, I’ve been doing that a lot lately, and it’s extremely annoying. My initial reaction after being accused of “yawn talking,” was to strike […]

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Being Kind to Your Emotionally Exhausted Self

by Logan Medrano | 2 Comments on Being Kind to Your Emotionally Exhausted Self

So here we are. For many people this is week six (or more) of sheltering in place. It’s also week six of home schooling, endless meal preparation, social isolation, working remotely, and celebrating almost every occasion we can think of virtually – on Zoom, Google Chat, FaceTime, Skype and whatever other device or platform appeals […]

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Self-Care During Troubled Times

by Logan Medrano | 3 Comments on Self-Care During Troubled Times

As many of us move through another week of being Sheltered in Place, it becomes increasingly more challenging to break away from the continuous demands of home, work, family, child care, elder care, animal care, and take a moment for ourselves. Without any boundaries or breaks between home life and work life, hard workers just […]

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This is A Marathon, Not A Sprint – How to Manage Your Emotions During the Pandemic

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One message that we are all hearing over and over again is that the current state of affairs is going to last for a while. It’s clear that, from an emotional endurance point of view, we are looking at a situation that is more of a marathon than a sprint. With that in mind, here […]

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