Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

Work Smart Live Smart with Beverly Beuermann-King

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  • EP  255 – Deliberate Communication and Connection
    What if you couldn’t connect using your computer or your cell phone? How would that impact your communication?
    Interesting questions and a bit of a reality check as a while ago I found myself with no internet service. I felt very lost, as I had to change the way I carried out my business and they way I communicated with family and friends.
    So how does this all relate to effective communication?
    Two studies were released within days of each other that I found interesting. One found that we are working more non-standard hours and that we are feeling time crunched. The other saying that almost half of us are feeling vacation deprived, yet we are not using up all of our allotted vacation time.
    We need to be more deliberate in our communications and connections with others.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Effective Communications Month:
    Take the time to slow down and talk to your family about their day. Let the elderly members of your family know that you care about them not just care for them.
    We often take our ability to communicate with others quickly and effectively for granted. However, recent research has shown us that we are often connected when we should be disconnected.
    Vacations are a great way to get reconnected so take all that you are allotted. However, turn off your phone and put away your laptop. Take the time to find out what is important to the people around you. This can only be done by talking, listening and sharing.
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
    Looking for more ways to build your resiliency, take my free on-line resiliency test at worksmartlivesmart.com under the resources and courses tab.
    2 min
  • EP  254 – Build Resiliency By Leaving Early
    “Control the events in your life or the events in your life will control you.”
    In these busy times, leaving early may seem like a death sentence to your career.
    We know that in spite of the advances in technology, many of us are working longer hours than our parents and chronic illnesses such as burnout, heart disease and depression are on the rise.
    In order to maintain our health and our productivity, we must ensure that we have energy.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Leave The Office Earlier Day:
    Leaving early is just one strategy in an attempt to not let time control you. By consciously planning to leave early one day this week, I am betting that you will be much more focused and will feel a renewed sense of balance in your life.
    What would you do if you had 20 minutes of ‘free time’ time today? What would you do if you had 1 hour or 2 hours extra?
    What priority would you focus on – your health – your kids – your spouse – your gardens – your dog – your community?
    Leaving Early Day is an awareness of how time slips away from us. It’s about failing to make our priorities a priority in our life. Our work is important, and we owe it to ourselves and our employer to be present, creative and healthy. How? Control your schedule and be purposeful with your time.
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
    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  253 – Stress And Headache Pain
    There are all kinds of headaches.
    Some are sharp and painful.
    Others are a long, slow ache from somewhere deep inside.
    Chronic headache sufferers know that headaches can interfere with work, social activities and even completing the simplest task such as getting dressed.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Headache Awareness Week:
    Learn what triggers your headaches – Is it conflict, noise, food, wine, odours or all of the above
    Keep a headache journal to give you some clues as to the triggers
    Let go of anger and frustration and try to lower your stress
    Get plenty of sleep
    Eat a balanced diet
    Get outside
    Exercise
    Learn relaxation techniques such as utilizing pressure points, deep breathing, visualization and muscle relaxation.
    Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about your headaches to see if you have explored all the possible treatments.
    Finally, deep breathing is one of the easiest and effective relaxation techniques available to reduce headaches. Learn how to utilize this skill to reduce your headaches and improve your life.
     
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
    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  252 – Resiliency and Resolution Recommitment
    It has been six months since the hats, horns, bells and whistles that rang in the New Year. With all that has been going on, the commitments and promises of making changes that were destined to make us healthier, happier or more connected to the people around us, may have moved to the background of our lives.
    I like the quote that says, “Who you are in each moment creates your future.” This gives you the opportunity to restart and refocus each month, each day, or even each hour.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating New Year’s Resolution Recommitment Day:
    Examine your life. What are your priorities and over-riding values?
    Know why you want the things you want. Too many people resolve to do things because they think that they should rather than because they feel that it is the right thing for them.
    Know what the benefits are of making this change or correction. What will the ‘new’ picture of your life look like and feel like?
    Share your picture with others – post it, talk about it, find others who have a similar picture.
    Re-commit, don’t quit. If you have lapsed for a day or two or fallen off the path completely, so what. Re-picture and jump in again.
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
    Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In
    2 min
  • EP  251 – What You Think Grows On You
    What you think upon grows. Philosophers through the ages have said that 'thoughts are things' and 'as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.' We are the master weavers of our circumstances and our thoughts can set us up a life of ignorance and pain or enlightenment and happiness.
    But it is not just as simple as thinking positively to attract what you want.  It is also about tapping into the emotions of life and monitoring them to see how satisfied you are with what is happening in your life.  Simply dreaming about happiness isn't going to necessarily bring more happiness.  Thinking and focusing on all the ways we can be happier and taking steps to bring in and allow more good stuff to happen, may bring in more opportunities for happiness.
    Certainly the opposite is also true.  Focusing on pain, will reinforce the strength of that pain.  You will notice more the impact of that pain. Your attitude and motivation may sink as you feel helpless to get rid of the pain and then you will let that pain engulf everything about the world that you are in.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating What You Think Grows On You Day:
    Our reality today is based on our thoughts from yesterday.
    Today’s belief creates tomorrow’s reality. Become your ideal person, as if you have what you are desiring.  How would a happy employee act? How would a loving partner respond?  What way would a caring parent see their children? 
    What would be on your bucket list for work, your relationships, your health, your personal life?  Describe them in detail.  Our mind will look for ways to make these a reality for us.
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through 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  250 – Sexual Harassment Is Still Out There
    It is out there. We all know that it’s out there. Yet, many of us still ignore it, pretend that we don’t hear it or worse yet, we laugh and join in on it. Sometimes out of embarrassment. Sometimes out of fear.
    Recent results show that more than a quarter of working Canadians have experienced sexual harassment or been affected by it. This can result in a variety of stress-related illnesses, relationship difficulties as well as upset productivity and engagement.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Stopping Sexual Harassment In The Workplace:
    Know that when faced with unwanted and unsolicited sexual harassment, victims feel confused, frustrated and angry. They may not know how to react to the situation and may become very anxious or depressed.
    Some employees will suffer the humiliation and harassment silently and when they can no longer take it, they will quietly quit.
    Not addressing sexual harassment in the workplace is bad business and can create a toxic environment.
    Education around sexual harassment and developing strong policies and procedures to deter it are the most effective means of minimizing its occurrence and impact.
    Companies can protect their employees, and create a positive workplace culture, by implementing a comprehensive policy and providing training to employees and leaders on that policy.
    Remember, If you like today’s wellness tips, let me know. You can leave me a review on amazon or through your #alexa app.
    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  249 – Slow Down To Find Focus
    Our minds can not operate on ‘full throttle’ all day long. Focused meditation helps to clear the mind of racing, cluttered thoughts by focusing energies on a particular image or thought. Gradually distracting thoughts will decrease during meditation. This strategy helps to restore mental balance by providing a break in our hectic day. By allowing our mind to slow down, it is better able to focus when we return to our tasks at hand.
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating National Meditation Month:
    One of the key areas that we neglect is time for self. Yet if we do not take care of our physical and mental needs, we will not be in a position to achieve our goals.
    We need to maintain a healthy rhythm to our life and we can do that by finding ways to ensure our physical needs for food, sleep, water, and exercise our met. Then we need to find ways to alternate the stress and challenges in our life with some relaxation or down-time.
    There is no way we can not get rid of all of our stress, nor do we want to. What we want to do is to reduce our negative reactions to stress so that we don’t become sick, worn down, and worn out. Start by adding one relaxation technique to your daily checklist of things to do.
    Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app.
    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  248 – Workplace Wellness Is An Investment
    With so many companies investing in workplace wellness, it comes as a surprise that research shows that few companies assess the health needs of their employee population before deciding which wellness services to invest in. Even more surprising, is that only about a third of companies evaluate and measure how their programs impact the health and wellness of their employees or their bottom line.
    A productive employee wellness program assesses the health, wants, and needs of your employees and then addresses these issues, wants and needs in a meaningful and measurable way that the employer can track over time
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating the end of Mental Health Month:
    Simply offering a wellness program, no matter how well-intentioned, provides no guarantee of improving employees' well-being or having any value or return-on-investment. Workers must be aware the program exists and be persuaded to use it. Engaging company managers are key.
    Managers that engaged their workers were 28% more likely to participate in a wellness program offered by their company than were average employees.
    Wellness is a commitment. It is a commitment by the individual, their manager and by the company.
    It can take several years for the investment to be realized, but is well worth doing, because a healthy workplace is clearly a win/win situation for both employee and employer.
    Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app.
    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  247 – 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  246 – The People That You Meet Each Day
    Today is a celebration of community, encouraging people to connect with those who live in their neighbourhood. It can even be a day to connect with those who work across the isle from you. It is all about connection and social connection is critical to our ability to be resilient.
    Many of us are stressed out with too much to do and not enough time to do it in.  As life gets busier, our social network often gets smaller and smaller.  We barely have enough time for ourselves or our families, let alone staying connected with our colleagues, friends or neighbours.
    Many of us seem to have drifted away from true friendships and a sense of “community” and are now living very private, even lonely, lives
    So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Celebrating Neighbours Day:
    70% say that having friends at work was the most crucial element to a happy working life.
    So find ways to get connected to your neighbours at home and your neighbours at work.
    Remember that developing and maintaining good social connections takes effort.  Friendships take time to grow, to build trust and to share common experiences, but friendships can protect your health, so make plans to get together and to get to know one another.
    If planning an event seems overwhelming, just start by saying hello. A quick greeting can lead to a longer conversation, that may reveal commonalities, that can grow into a true connection.
    Remember, If you like the tips in this briefing, please leave me a review on amazon or in your #alexa app.
    Looking for more tips to build your resiliency? Look for my book on Amazon called Stress Out. 52 Weeks To Letting More Life In
    2 min

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