On this episode of the Coffee Break with Sharp Best Health podcast, the hosts have a lively discussion around simple but powerful strategies and hacks that help them (and hopefully can help you!) boost work productivity and improve  efficiency in the workplace!

• Seinfeld Strategy
• Set dedicated blocks of time for emails
• Send fewer emails - receive fewer emails
• Read emails from top down; reply - from bottom up
• Eat the frog
• Keep an organized workplace
• Schedule breaks

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Our careers, personal lives, and the world around us are always changing. This causes stress and anxiety. But change happens all the time, and how we perceive it and the effect it has on us can make a huge difference in our health, happiness, and success.

In this episode, Sharp Best Health sits down with Julie Brown, LCSW, CEAP, to take a look at why we struggle with change, why our feelings about it are normal, and what we can do to  better cope with change.

Additional Resources:

• Sharp HealthCare EAP: Employee Assistance Program (sharp.com)
•  RethinkCare (formerly Whil)- a mindfulness and yoga app

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Exciting goals are important because they fuel our motivation and drive to start. But as the initial motivation begins to wane, it’s important to follow through on the things you want to do. On this episode of the podcast, your hosts Megan Spurling and Olga Hays share a few tips to sustain your motivation and keep your gears going.

Additional Resources:

• McClelland’s Theory of Needs
• RethinkCare (formerly Whil)- a mindfulness and yoga app

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Journaling has been used for centuries by some of humanity’s greatest minds. Keeping a journal has many positive benefits and can be a great addition to your self-care. Journaling can help with personal growth and development. By regularly recording your thoughts you will gain insight into your behaviors and moods. Journaling can be used for problem-solving and stress reduction. It’s been proven to improve mental and physical health. It can lead to increased self-esteem.

On the 3rd episode of the Journaling for Self-Care series, Lisa Goodman, the integrative care coordinator at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, shares two more powerful journaling techniques: Inner Wisdom Monologue and Alpha Poems.  

Additional Resources:

• S11Ep2: Power of Journaling for Self-Care, Part 1
• S11Ep6: Power of Journaling for Self-Care, Part 2
• 2023 Mindful Journaling Happy Half-Hour Workshop Series: Register here
• For an additional journaling session, click here to view “Journaling for Self-Care” with Lisa Goodman and Janice Chincuanco.

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On the first podcast episode of 2023, the Sharp Best Health team answers your questions about well-being resources and opportunities at Sharp to help you with your health goals in the New Year!

• Submit your question for Sharp Best Health or a podcast idea here.

Resources discussed in this episode:

• Active&Fit Direct (discounted gym membership)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Coaching through Sharp Health Plan and Sharp Rees Stealy
• LifeCare Specialist Program on care.com
• RethinkCare (formerly Whil)- a mindfulness and yoga app
• SharpSocial Groups
• Stress First Aid
• StudioSWEAT on Demand ( a subscription-based online fitness program)
•  The Sewall Healthy Living Center at Sharp Coronado Hospital 
• Wellness Webinars

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On today's episode of the Coffee Break with Sharp Best Health, the team offers their favorite 5-ingredient recipes for any time of the day to make cooking easier this busy holiday season!

Emily: Overnight Oats (min 1)
Megan: Spaghetti Carbonara (min 3:50)
Olga: Quick 'N Easy Garlicy-Cheesey Tilapia (min 8:18)
Janice: A Buddha Bowl (min 12:13)

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Play can feel silly, unproductive and time consuming. And that’s precisely the point.
On this episode of the podcast, the Sharp Best Health team discusses the importance of playing  for adults. Research shows that play is as critical for adults’ well-being as it is for kids' well-being.  Among its many benefits, adult play can boost our creativity, sharpen our sense of humor, and help us cope better with stress.

But many of us don’t play enough anymore. During this episode, the hosts discuss how you can uncover your play personalities and offer tangible ways to add  more playing into your day-to-day adult life.

Additional Resources:

• SharpSocial Groups
• Play Personalities 

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A note from the podcast producer: This episode was recorded in Summer 2022. Some of the events discussed during the recording occurred a few months back.
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On today's episode, the Sharp Best Health team discusses two types of mindsets -  fixed and growth - and how our mindset can determine the interactions with others, our career decisions, and our thought process in basically every part of our life.   

Additional Resources:

• S12Ep2: 8 Cognitive Distortions That Are Hijacking Your Brain

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Are you ready to have a great day?!

On today's episode of the podcast, the Sharp Best Health team is having a lively discussion about what  it means to have a good day and offers insights from  recent findings from behavioral economics, psychology and neuroscience to transform our approach to everyday life, and make every day - a great day!

Additional Resources:

• How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life by Caroline Webb
• Three Good Things Practice
• Apps to help you focus and block distractions:

1. Freedom for blocking distractions on all your devices at once
2. Serene for planning and following through on deep focus sessions
3. RescueTime for time tracking with built-in website blocking
4. Forest for motivating you to put your phone down
5. Dewo for blocking distracting apps automatically
   
   

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Watching a friend live with depression can be painful, but there are ways to help.  On this week's episode of the podcast, Sharp Best Health is once again joined by Lindsay Damoose, MFT, First Stress Aid Therapist with Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, to discuss  the signs to look for and how to help a person who's feeling down.

Additional Resources:

• Sharp HealthCare CAREforYou: CAREforYou Program (sharp.com)
• Sharp HealthCare EAP: Employee Assistance Program (sharp.com)
• Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital: If you or a loved one struggles with mental illness or depression, you are not alone. Call (858) 836-8434 for help.
• San Diego Access and Crisis Line (888) 724-7240.

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