22 March 2018
72 hours to know where you stand
As we discussed in a recent TEDx talk entitled "Burnout ...
nervous system Tag
3 November 2017
Improving sleep
Sleep is one of the best activities you can do to promote stress recovery time, to ensure you are more effective at work. Research has shown that a lack of sleep has a tremendous impact on wellbeing and health, and it also has a negative...
2 September 2017
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Stress Recovery Balance
Find the balance between activity and rest Achieving stress recovery balance requires you to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to allow the sympathetic nervous system to step back for a while. But how can it be achieved? Here are some tips and tricks to help you...
25 May 2017
When work-life balance leads to burnout
For many years now the subject of work-life balance has garnered much attention. The theory goes that we should all seek an excellent work life balance, making sure that we do not work too much, and that we also spend time with friends and family...
28 March 2017
Managing The Stress Recovery Balance
Stress is a word that has got a bad name for itself, but not all stress is bad stress. Some believe the workplace should be a stress-free place and they wish to eliminate stress altogether, but companies free of any stress at all may not...
3 February 2017
What Working Long Hours Does for Your Body and Your Career
So, you think working long hours is helping your career? Think again. When not well managed, with good stress recovery balance planned in, working exceptionally long hours can also be damaging to your health. Does working long hours make you more productive? You may think that working...
20 January 2017
How stress recovery works
The two parts of the autonomous nervous system A basic human physiology lesson can help in understanding more about how stress recovery is achieved. The human body has two parts to the autonomic nervous system of the brain. These work together to make sure we respond appropriately...