mental health

The Surprising Power of Play with Acey Holmes

By Stephen Jaye

There are numerous essential needs that are important for human well-being, but one key component that is often overlooked is play. Unfortunately, play is frequently viewed as a silly activity that detracts from “serious” work. However, what if we were to reframe our understanding of work and recognize the potential benefits of play in enhancing our productivity and creativity? In this episode, BoredLess Founder Acey Holmes joins us to bring the play to the table. 

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Achieving Mental Resilience with Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D.

By Stephen Jaye

Your emotional intelligence helps you separate your personal life from your work life, allowing you to concentrate on your tasks. This is called compartmentalization, which is a way our brain manages multiple conflicting perspectives at the same time. But, to what degree do you engage in compartmentalization? Or in other words, do you categorize things to make sense of them? Join me for a fascinating conversation with Mary Meduna-Gross, Ph.D., the founder of Blue Bamboo

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Mindfulness: How to Connect with Yourself and to Others with Ashton August

By Stephen Jaye

Self-care doesn’t just involve sitting around doing nothing. Listening to one’s own thoughts, absorbing, and analyzing all that occurred during the day are all parts of spending time with yourself.  In a day with 24 hours, we spend about 15 of them awake after deducting the hours we sleep. How much of it are we spending with ourselves? And what value do we place on ourselves? In this week’s episode, YouAligned Founder and Content Director

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Improving Mental Wellness Through Helping the Community with Justin Kruger

By Stephen Jaye

For the past years, covid pandemic has hit us. Making almost all of us isolated in our home. A lot has experienced stress, sadness, loneliness, and mental health disorders including anxiety and depression. How can people help the community at the same time improving mental wellness? In this week’s episode, Justin Kruger joins us to share the goodness of helping people in need, homeless individuals, foster youth and seniors, and especially to people living with

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Leaving a Legacy by Living a Life Well-Lived By Regina Topelson

By Stephen Jaye

2022 just flew by so fast, it’s as if we’re playing life at twice the speed. At the beginning of the year, we set goals for ourselves. Things that we want to tick off and put a checkmark on, things that we want to accomplish.I would be shocked if “health and wellness” didn’t make it to your resolution list. Because it would be a waste not to prioritize your health, especially in times like this.

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