Emotional Overwhelm: What To Do When You Have Too Much On Your Plate

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At times, it’s easy to feel like you’ve got too much to handle. You may start with a clean plate—with little to worry about—but for each new challenge or task you encounter, a little weight is added to it. This is manageable at first, but the pressure on you grows as the stressors accumulate. Maybe […]

How Stress Causes Sleepiness and 3 Great Solutions

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Picture this: you’re at work, desk piled high. Emails flood in on your screen, while around you, colleagues shout back and forth.  Tensions are running high, and yet…you can’t stop yawning.   If you’ve ever felt your eyelids droop with a big presentation looming, or craved a lie down before a critical meeting, you’re not alone.   […]

How to Refocus Your Wandering Mind

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Do you recognize them? Those moments when you stare at your screen while your attention drifts away from the tasks at hand. When you find yourself reading and rereading the same sentence – not because it’s complex, or you had a bad sleep, or skipped a meal – but because you just can’t focus. No, […]

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