Category: Survival Mode

Stress Awareness 2024: 5 Proactive Strategies to Manage Workplace Stress Effectively

April 15, 2024

Stress in the workplace is a significant threat to health and productivity. Factors like inadequate staffing and poor work organization contribute to its prevalence. To manage workplace stress effectively, prioritize self-care, plan and prioritize tasks, schedule downtime, seek support, and consider professional psychological assistance. Small, proactive steps can lead to significant stress management results. … More Stress Awareness 2024: 5 Proactive Strategies to Manage Workplace Stress Effectively

Growing up in Survival Mode by Wentworth Miller

August 14, 2021

When you’re in survival mode, your focus is on getting through the day in one piece, and when you’re in that mode at 5, at 10, at 15, there isn’t a lot of space for words like ‘community,’ for words like ‘us’ and ‘we.’  There’s only space for ‘I’ and ‘me.’ In fact, words like ‘us’ and ‘we’ not only sounded foreign to me at 5 and 10 and 15, they sounded like a lie. Because if ‘us’ and ‘we’ really existed, if there was really someone out there watching and listening and caring, then I would … More Growing up in Survival Mode by Wentworth Miller