Archive for October, 2008

Are Long Working Hours Destroying Your Work-Life Balance?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Dr Brigid van Wanrooy of the Workplace Research Centre at the University of NSW has just released the second report of a 5 year study of 8,000 Australian workers. One of the issues highlighted in the Second Report concerns working hours and workload.  The research finds that full time employees are working an average of [...]

Selling Real Estate in a Stressed Market

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Ingrid Gardiner is a Real Estate Agent working in the mid north coast of NSW in Australia.  She writes about the challenges of the downturn in real estate and how she addresses the issues: “The market has certainly been a bit topsy turvy over the past 18 months, in fact our real estate market is [...]

Some Nifty Suggestions on Coping With Email Stress

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Shira Lazar has a few good ideas on improving Gmail to reduce email overload. GMAILIN’

Managing Facebook Generated Stress

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

There is no question that Facebook is a powerful social networking tool. Social Networking sites are creating a revolution no less significant than the Industrial Revolution. Facebook can be addictive.  The random unexpected rewards of friends comments, new friends, flirting, and fame all conspire to fuel the attraction. Social Networking, whether online or in real [...]

Blueberries and the Stress of Wear and Tear

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Anthocyanin is a powerful antioxidant that is highly efficient in removing Free Radicals from the body.  Free Radicals have been implicated in the ageing process. Ageing is the end result of wear and tear which starts with the tumbles of infants and ends with the fragility of old age.  Stress will wear us down if [...]