Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

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  • EP  598 – Promoting Mental Health
    1 in 5 people in will experience a mental health issue at some point in their lifetime.
    Mental health disorders are among the leading causes of ill-health and disability world-wide.
    17% of Canadians report that they have taken time away from work and school,  to deal with a personal mental health issue.
    According to Guarding Minds At Work, when employers adopt policies and programs to address psychological safety and health, they incur 15% to 33% fewer costs related to psychological health issues.
    Employers and employees both have a responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Mental Health Week:
    Know What Mental Health Is
    Mental Health is a state in which an individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stressors of life, can work productively, and is not overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
    Know What The General Mental Illness Indicators Are In The Workplace. Some of the most common include:
    Excessive lateness or absences
    Increased need for extra supervision
    Reduced productivity and loss of pride in work
    Inconsistency in work or habits
     
    Exhibiting several of these, may indicate that someone may be experiencing a mental illness and intervention and assistance is needed.  As a leader and a co-worker, being alert to these indicators can ensure a healthy work environment.
    For more information on coping with mental health issues, sign up for one of my on-line courses at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab.
    2 min
  • EP  597 – What Is Burnout?
    Being burned out and being stressed out are not the same thing. Many of us can tell when we are stressed out, but often, we cannot tell if we are burned out.
    Burnout may be the result of unrelenting stress, but it isn’t the same as too much stress. Stress is often about too many pressures that need to be dealt with.  Burnout is about feeling empty, lacking in motivation, and beyond caring. Employees experiencing burnout often don’t see any hope of positive change in their situations.
    Burnout may occur over a short period of time or take several years to manifest.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Combatting Burnout and Celebrating Mental Health Week:
    First:
    Slow Down. Take a break. Cut back whatever commitments and activities you can. Give yourself time to rest, reflect, and heal.
    Change What You Can. 
    Maintain Balance.
    Talk to a Professional.
    And Make A Plan. Part of the problem with burnout is the lack of control that’s associated with it.
    Burnout can be a serious consequence of an unbalanced life and of an environment where the individual experiences little control and high demands. Leaders can help by ensuring a clearer understanding of what their job is and is not, providing as much control as possible, ensuring that demands are realistic and by recognizing the employee’s contributions and achievements.
    Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab.
    2 min
  • EP  597 – What Is Burnout?
    Being burned out and being stressed out are not the same thing. Many of us can tell when we are stressed out, but often, we cannot tell if we are burned out.
    Burnout may be the result of unrelenting stress, but it isn’t the same as too much stress. Stress is often about too many pressures that need to be dealt with.  Burnout is about feeling empty, lacking in motivation, and beyond caring. Employees experiencing burnout often don’t see any hope of positive change in their situations.
    Burnout may occur over a short period of time or take several years to manifest.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Combatting Burnout and Celebrating Mental Health Week:
    First:
    Slow Down. Take a break. Cut back whatever commitments and activities you can. Give yourself time to rest, reflect, and heal.
    Change What You Can. 
    Maintain Balance.
    Talk to a Professional.
    And Make A Plan. Part of the problem with burnout is the lack of control that’s associated with it.
    Burnout can be a serious consequence of an unbalanced life and of an environment where the individual experiences little control and high demands. Leaders can help by ensuring a clearer understanding of what their job is and is not, providing as much control as possible, ensuring that demands are realistic and by recognizing the employee’s contributions and achievements.
    Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line vulnerability test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab.
    2 min
  • EP  596 – Revise Your Work Schedule For Greater Satisfaction
    Are you a 9 to 5er or are you a night shifter?
    Or do you work from home?
    Whatever your schedule, the key is making it and your life work together in harmony.
    It is not about work life balance, but about life satisfaction. Are you satisfied with all of the different aspects of your life?
    Are you spending the right mix of time and energy on each area so that you are feeling fulfilled and complete? If not, it may be time to look over your commitments, including your work schedule and deciding if it needs to be tweaked.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Revise Your Work Schedule Month:
    This month reflect on how to best achieve balance between your job, your commitments, and free time.
    Now is the time to take a hard look at the time we’re actually spending in each of these areas of our life and truly evaluating how satisfied we are with them.
    We have the ability to work from more places, more times of the day, using more devices than we ever have before. The key is to take control of our time and make active choices about how we spend that time.
    I am not suggesting that you quit your job, but maybe a small tweak to when you start, when you leave or when you shut your technology off for the night, may have a big impact on your life satisfaction and energy. Something to consider.
    Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app.
    Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP  596 – Revise Your Work Schedule For Greater Satisfaction
    Are you a 9 to 5er or are you a night shifter?
    Or do you work from home?
    Whatever your schedule, the key is making it and your life work together in harmony.
    It is not about work life balance, but about life satisfaction. Are you satisfied with all of the different aspects of your life?
    Are you spending the right mix of time and energy on each area so that you are feeling fulfilled and complete? If not, it may be time to look over your commitments, including your work schedule and deciding if it needs to be tweaked.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Revise Your Work Schedule Month:
    This month reflect on how to best achieve balance between your job, your commitments, and free time.
    Now is the time to take a hard look at the time we’re actually spending in each of these areas of our life and truly evaluating how satisfied we are with them.
    We have the ability to work from more places, more times of the day, using more devices than we ever have before. The key is to take control of our time and make active choices about how we spend that time.
    I am not suggesting that you quit your job, but maybe a small tweak to when you start, when you leave or when you shut your technology off for the night, may have a big impact on your life satisfaction and energy. Something to consider.
    Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app.
    Discover how to take small steps towards a healthier, happier, less-stressed you by visiting my website at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP  595 – Fantastic Foot
    I wish that I was one of those people with fantastic feet.  I love the look of feet in sandals and high heel shoes.  They are stylish and fun.
    My feet are not stylish or fun.  They are crooked and bony.  I inherited my feet from my mother’s side of the family, who have a long history of foot problems.  My feet are painful and I am just in my 50’s.  There are days that I can barely walk after delivering a presentation.  I don’t wear high heels and instead I settle for my orthotics.  I must admit that I am barefoot more often than not when I am at home and always when I am on the dojo floor. This is when they don’t hurt.
    As we age, our feet become more important to our mobility and overall health and happiness.
    Did you know…
    That when you walk, the forces borne by your feet are about one and one half times your body weight? And that 75% of us will experience foot health problems of varying degrees of severity at one time or another in our lives
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Foot Health Month:
    Keep your blood circulating to your feet. A daily exercise routine contributes to a healthy body and mind.  Walking is an ideal form of exercise. Try putting your feet up when you are sitting or lying down, or getting a gentle foot massage.
    And because my feet are not beautiful, they might as well be funny:
    What was the foot surgeon’s favorite Olympic event’     Arch-ery
    and finally…
    Why didn’t the children like their mother’s foot jokes?   They were too corny
    Looking for resources to build your resiliency? Check out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP  595 – Fantastic Foot
    I wish that I was one of those people with fantastic feet.  I love the look of feet in sandals and high heel shoes.  They are stylish and fun.
    My feet are not stylish or fun.  They are crooked and bony.  I inherited my feet from my mother’s side of the family, who have a long history of foot problems.  My feet are painful and I am just in my 50’s.  There are days that I can barely walk after delivering a presentation.  I don’t wear high heels and instead I settle for my orthotics.  I must admit that I am barefoot more often than not when I am at home and always when I am on the dojo floor. This is when they don’t hurt.
    As we age, our feet become more important to our mobility and overall health and happiness.
    Did you know…
    That when you walk, the forces borne by your feet are about one and one half times your body weight? And that 75% of us will experience foot health problems of varying degrees of severity at one time or another in our lives
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Foot Health Month:
    Keep your blood circulating to your feet. A daily exercise routine contributes to a healthy body and mind.  Walking is an ideal form of exercise. Try putting your feet up when you are sitting or lying down, or getting a gentle foot massage.
    And because my feet are not beautiful, they might as well be funny:
    What was the foot surgeon’s favorite Olympic event’     Arch-ery
    and finally…
    Why didn’t the children like their mother’s foot jokes?   They were too corny
    Looking for resources to build your resiliency? Check out my Live Smart blog at worksmartlivesmart.com
    2 min
  • EP  594 – How To Be A Healthy Night-Shift Worker
    “Night shift can kill the body.”
    Today is the day that we celebrate National Night-Shift Worker Day and the introduction of the 24-hour society.
    One repercussion of the nightshift work schedule is that a typical night shift worker sleeps one or two hours less per day than a day worker and often has less deep and REM sleep.
    Shift Work Maladaption Syndrome is where shift work is leaving the worker so sleepy that they fear for their safety on the job.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Ensuring Resilience In Our Night-Shift Workers:
    As a leader, it is important to educate employees on what shift work entails and provide annual screening for shift-related illnesses.
    Promote and educate on healthy lifestyle strategies.
    Organize mandatory stretch breaks especially during the dangerous hours.
    As a Night Shift-Worker:
    Understand the hazards and consequences of shift work.
    Pay attention to sleep strategies and avoid going into sleep debt.
    Shift work is a lifestyle and in order to minimize stress and build resiliency, the worker and their family must ensure that they follow a healthy schedule, focus on their sleep strategies, and ensure that they have support from those around them.
    Looking for Tips To Promote Mental Health Week In Your Workplace, visit worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab for my Top 10 Tips.
    2 min
  • EP  594 – How To Be A Healthy Night-Shift Worker
    “Night shift can kill the body.”
    Today is the day that we celebrate National Night-Shift Worker Day and the introduction of the 24-hour society.
    One repercussion of the nightshift work schedule is that a typical night shift worker sleeps one or two hours less per day than a day worker and often has less deep and REM sleep.
    Shift Work Maladaption Syndrome is where shift work is leaving the worker so sleepy that they fear for their safety on the job.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Ensuring Resilience In Our Night-Shift Workers:
    As a leader, it is important to educate employees on what shift work entails and provide annual screening for shift-related illnesses.
    Promote and educate on healthy lifestyle strategies.
    Organize mandatory stretch breaks especially during the dangerous hours.
    As a Night Shift-Worker:
    Understand the hazards and consequences of shift work.
    Pay attention to sleep strategies and avoid going into sleep debt.
    Shift work is a lifestyle and in order to minimize stress and build resiliency, the worker and their family must ensure that they follow a healthy schedule, focus on their sleep strategies, and ensure that they have support from those around them.
    Looking for Tips To Promote Mental Health Week In Your Workplace, visit worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab for my Top 10 Tips.
    2 min
  • EP  593 – Celebrating Our Mental Health
    A friend of mine, had been promoted over the years, rewarded for her achievements and was a solid employee.  During a major corporate transition she was given a new department that needed a lot of help in restructuring.  She worked hard through long days, with little progress. And the results were devastating for her health to the point where she had to leave.
    What could have been different?  Her supervisors should have seen that the new role was unrealistic for one person to handle. They should have noticed the excessive overtime. They should have spotted the impact it was having on her health. And they should have worked with her before she felt that she had no choice but to leave, or feel like a failure.
    We know that engaged employees help our companies to be more creative, productive and successful. Disengaged or stressed out employees cost our companies in job turnover, disability and lowered productivity.  Yet, some employers still look at their employees as being a commodity.
    Ensuring that your teams work in a healthy environment is a priority.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating the start of Mental Health Week:
    Start a conversation. What are the sources of stress within your teams-personally and professionally? If you are not sure – ASK!  What impact is it having?
    Benchmark this information. How much is this costing in absenteeism, turnover, lowered productivity, healthcare costs?
    Decide what programs would help reduce this impact on the individual and the company
    Looking for Tips To Promote Mental Health Week In Your Workplace? Visit worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab for my Top 10 Tips.
    2 min

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