This guide will give you helpful instructions to ensure you get good at coping with cancer.
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Even if you’re unhappy with your job, you may be tempted to stay and put up with the slow simmer of discontent out of fear of finding something new. Let’s see if you’re in the red zone where you’ve crossed the border into unhealthy, potentially damaging territory.
In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.
As more employees are working remotely and there are more nuances in the workplace, this topic is as relevant as ever. Understanding how to set boundaries at work while managing a cancer diagnosis can help you and your patients to stay in control and empowered.
For Elodie, starting a new job was a positive experience where she felt that she could start regaining the confidence she lost following her cancer diagnosis. "When they did find out, they treated me the same and I hadn't had that experience before".
Dealing with cancer while in the workplace may be a concern for you. In these two “Moving Forward” videos from ASCO and the LIVESTRONG Foundation, learn more about job-related issues from oncology experts and young adult survivors.
"You can't just flip a switch when you step into the office and turn your emotions off. Feeling feelings is part of being human," says author and illustrator Liz Fosslien. She shares why selective vulnerability is the key to bringing your authentic self to work.
Yvonne Sawbridge says that caring professionals offer hard, emotional work. In the same way in which physical labour is recognised and accounted for in management practice, emotional labour needs to be recognised as a role requirement for nurses and other caring professions.
Dr. Hallowell explains how to gain focus at work with ADHD.
The second and final part of Dr. Ned Hallowell’s How to ADHD interview! This week, we discuss how to find the right job for you, and how to KEEP IT! Dr.
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Get inside the the brilliant mind of Simon Sinek as we discuss the biggest mistake people make while pursing their dreams. I promise you’ll be inspired by this interview. We discuss things like courage, leadership, purpose and being an entrepreneur.