We talked about the positive and negative impacts that the pandemic has had on students. But first, we had to put the mental health issues front and center. "We surveyed 11,000 high school students during the pandemic and at least 30% of them said that mental health was one of their ve...
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge across Europe, many people are asking how best to protect themselves and others from the virus? As always, the first thing you should do is to follow government guidance and listen to the restrictions already in p...
Shouldn’t we avoid contact with others?But at this stage, we are discussing preparedness (before the disaster) and not survival (after the disaster).Once a pandemic sets in, you will want to limit your exposure to others.So in the meantime, gather the Home Owners Associations, assemble ...
Before the coronavirus pandemic led to a brief recession in 2020, many individuals may have neverexperienced a recessionas an adult. Many still may not have lived through an extended recession in adulthood, like that of the 2008 to 2009 recession, when most of today’s 30-year-olds were sti...
Observers have said the coup adds to uncertainties facing the region struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, terrorism and humanitarian crises. They believe any military intervention would result in consequences that no country could afford, and a peaceful solution is the best way out. ...
Lack of control can also be an issue. So can a dysfunctional environment with a micromanaging boss or a workplace bully, according to theMayo Clinic, while unclear job expectations and a work-life imbalance can also be factors. The pandemic may have made matters worse. A recentsurveyfound 52...
Since making landfall in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has lorded over us like a menacing storm spanning far and wide, merciless and indiscriminate. But in March 2020, New York City was its lightning rod. For the first couple of weeks, resi
we’d clung onto that the richest nation in the world could not possibly leave its people to languish in death, decay, and poverty. But they did, struggling to provide anything more than an insultinggrand total of about $1,800to survive a year-long pandemic and greatest economic recession ...
I believe neither is acceptable. We must change the way we think: living well does not need to mean having more private spaces; instead, it could mean having more public spaces. A better goal than building bigger houses...
Burnout is related to an array of factors such as the transition from in-person to remote work, increased caregiving responsibilities at home, and ongoing pandemic-related threat, loss and uncertainty. There are several steps employers can take to increase individual and workplace resilience as the...