Employers can do much more to help their employees relieve stress during the pandemic.
By Reed Erickson
May 07, 2021
From juggling projects to navigating conflicts with coworkers and everything in between, work can be a source of a lot of stress in our lives. April is Stress Awareness Month, and according to the American Psychological Association (APA), Americans have many reasons to be stressed about work, including factors related to the pandemic.
Pandemic-Related Job Stress
While stress is impossible to eliminate, managing work stress is a key component to maintaining long-term health. Many workers may have seen significant increases in work-related stress this past year due to shifts in work environment, threatened job security, social changes and demands on essential workers. In its 2020 Stress in America Report, the APA notes that 68 percent of Americans reported that the pandemic negatively affected their jobs. Helping employees learn how to effectively deal with stress,
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Don t stress if you weren t already aware that April is Stress Awareness Month. We understand your mind has been on other things lately work, family, health, relationships, finances, laundry, yardwork, what to make for dinner, spotted lanternflies and rising sea levels. So little time, so much to fret over.
We
can t eliminate stress entirely it s always going to be there in some form or fashion. But we
can limit its impacts on our minds and bodies, and we
can also condition ourselves to better handle it. Denise Horton, owner of Erie s BeBalanced Hormone Weight Loss Center (5031 Peach St.), makes a living of telling clients how.
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How Stress Might Be Quietly Destroying Your Health and Wellbeing
Stress causes a major imbalance in the sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous system.
Stress… We have all experienced it (maybe you are feeling it right this very moment). Without surprise, it seems as if our collective stress levels have seemed to hit an all-time high throughout this past year. While stress seems like an inevitable, natural response in our everyday lives at this point, it is important to know that it is actually wreaking havoc on your overall health and wellness.