“Karoshi” is a Japanese word that literally translates “death from overwork.”

For most of us, eating is not something to which we give a lot of attention. You eat to fuel you body to do the “important” things on your schedule.

How does mindfulness play a role in stress reduction? So often, we respond to stress by trying to identify its source and then address that source by controlling or avoiding the stressors we identified.

Sleep is one of the places in life where you can experience stress. Sleep stress can happen at any point in your life, but it is not unusual for it to show up during the holidays.

When you think of someone who is stressed, you might picture a person caught up in fretful worry. But there is another form of stress that may not show up on your face or with your gestures. It is the stress from living on autopilot.

One of the most meaningful benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is pain management. Actually, MSBR goes beyond managing or dealing with pain; it gives you the tools to develop a different relationship with your pain.

There are many different sources for the stress we feel in our lives, but the one thing they all have in common is people.

Work can be a source of stress for many reasons. First of all, it is a place where you spend a lot of time. Second, work offers a variety of other stressors. The people you work with can be a source of collegiality; they can also be a source of stress. The roles that you play can lead to stress: coworker, employee, director, manager, or boss.

It pops up every seven days on my phone…a message that tells me the daily average amount of time I have been on the phone over the last week, and the percentage of how much that is up or down from the week before.

Sleep is one of the most amazing things you do on a regular basis. There is the sheer amount of time that you give to sleep. About one-third of your time being alive involves lying down in a comfortable position and letting your body and mind rest.