How to Achieve a Healthy Work-Life Balance with a Busy Career
If you have a busy career, attaining a healthy work-life balance can be a real challenge. There are many benefits to finding a good balance between work and home life, including less stress and increased productivity. Other benefits include improved relationships with family and friends and improved mental health. Once you follow a few simple steps, gaining the right type of work-life balance is easy. Read on to discover some tips and tricks that will help you deal with the stress of a demanding job so you can attain the level of balance that works best for you.
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How to refrain from comparing yourself to others [Infographics]
Comparison is the thief of joy. We often point fingers at social media - highly curated depictions of other's lives turn us green with envy and have us aspiring to unrealistic standards. Managing our relationship with social media is only one method that can help us refrain from comparing ourselves to others.
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5 Tips to Set Healthy Boundaries this New Year
"I need some 'me' time, but I felt so pressured to say yes to everyone and now I have social commitments lined up every day of the week!" "I wanted to attend my friend's wedding but my boss expects me to chair an important meeting and I don't know how to turn him down." Relatable? Situations like these are common amongst our peers and draw attention to how we can better set boundaries. Here are 5 tips you can practice to set healthy boundaries in this new year!
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5 ways to help your child develop a healthy mindset towards grades
Many children are under relentless pressure to get good grades and outperform their peers. This may cause them to develop an unhealthy, competitive, perfectionistic attitude towards grades ( and eventually other things in life). As parents, how can we ensure that our children grow up with a healthy mindset towards grades?
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How to cope with feeling insecure
"I feel like I'm the only one who’s so insecure. It seems like everyone has grown out of their insecurities…"
Have you ever thought this way? Some of us who seem to have "grown out of" our insecurities may in fact have the same feelings too but rather than voicing them, we keep them inside ourselves.
Read on to find out how can we cope with feeling insecure and embrace what our insecurities are trying to tell us.
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“Love can exist with everything": An interview with Randolph Oudemans
In many developed countries, more males than females die by suicide. This gender difference can be worrying and it may be attributed to an age-old stereotype – “Men don’t cry”. In this article, Randolph Oudemans, the CEO and founder of Now.Here. shares some personal insights from his experience of managing his mental health as well as ways he would encourage readers to be more compassionate to themselves.
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3 Tips to Cope with the Reopening of Old Emotional Wounds
As we comfort ourselves in times of difficulties, we may unknowingly experience a backdraft - a feeling of discomfort that may arise often due to old emotional wounds. This experience can be confusing but when responded well to, it can be transformative.
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Netflix and your carbon footprint
Ever wondered how your Netflix habits affect the environment? Check out this infographic on the relationship between Netflix and your carbon footprint, and what you can do to lessen the impact your video streaming habits have on the earth.
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Do these 3 things to stop zoning out during video calls
Covid-19 has shown us that it is often possible to maintain work and personal relationships through online interactions. To maximise these interactions, we must learn to stay present in video calls.
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3 Tips to Stay as a Skillful Empathetic Listener
Supporting someone who is suffering can trigger both empathic care as well as empathic distress. Hence, in order to support you who are playing a supportive role to the individuals struggling with mental health, here are 3 tips to help you remain as a skillful empathetic listener.
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5 tips to maintain a work-life balance when working from home
Beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, remote working is here to stay. When our home and our office are one and the same, how can we maintain a work-life balance?
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3 tips to refrain from comparing yourself to others
When everyone is posting their achievements online, it’s hard not to compare. To a certain extent, slight comparisons can breed healthy competition. Yet, it is all too easy for this to spiral unhealthily. Here are 3 tips to stop comparing yourself to others.
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