SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Anxiety, discomfort and change are all part of life, but they are not enemies. The No. 1 silent saboteur of success is how we react to them.
As a Harvard psychologist, I've observed this struggle firsthand. I coined a concept about it, "psychological avoidance," based on my 20 years of research and clinical work.
Psychological avoidance is any response...
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Employees across North America and Europe are struggling with depression and anxiety. Here’s when it peaks at work, according to the largest study of its kind
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 42% of employees globally have reported a decline in mental health. - Craig F. Walker - The Boston Globe - Getty Images
More than any other decade, the 2020s began with a focus on addressing the global crisis of declining mental health and its impact not only on our personal lives...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
People pleasing, catastrophizing and seeking external reassurance are all contributing to your feelings of anxiety.
Anxiety is a very normal but a very unwelcome feeling. Most of us would choose not to experience it if we could.
In some ways, it’s like a smoke alarm, said Natasha Reynolds, a psychotherapist at Bloom Psychology & Wellness in Toronto. That smoke detector alerts...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, in Fulton County Jail booking photos. - Fulton County Sheriffs Office
The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case has severed the case, ordering that 17 defendants -- including Donald Trump -- will not be tried alongside speedy trial defendants Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell on Oct. 23.
In a blow to prosecutors, Judge Scott...
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Biden advisers plotted impeachment response plan ahead of McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry announcement
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
US President Joe Biden’s team has begun to execute an impeachment playbook more than a year in the making: Discredit the investigators while sticking to the business of governing.
Biden’s aides spent the August congressional recess honing their plans after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested in late July he was likely to open an impeachment inquiry.
But they’d been...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
A stock image of covid-era office worker. Tim Gurner said he wanted unemployment to rise in Australia. - Getty Images
A millionaire CEO wants to "kill" the attitude of workers he believes have been empowered by changes made to work following the COVID lockdowns.
Australian luxury property developer Tim Gurner's comments at The Australia Financial Review Property Summit on...
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The main reasons retailers are posting weaker profits this year have nothing to do with theft
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The National Retail Federation estimates shrink topped $94 billion in 2021, which would put this year's figure well north of $100 billion if the rate remains the same or increases. Jahi Chikwendiu/TWP via Getty Images
A growing number of retailers are blaming retail theft for hurting their profits this year.
Estimates say inventory shrink will exceed $100...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Indian ed-tech giant Byju’s is aiming for a surprise move to get over the rough patch and debt headache it has been facing for months. The Byju Raveendran-led decacorn is looking to offload two foreign companies it bought for around Rs 8,195 crore combined in order to repay the entire $1.2 billion (Rs 9,956 crore) loan to...
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
FILE PHOTO: People receive their second COVID-19 boosters in Waterford, Michigan.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel met on Tuesday to come up with a recommendation on whether updated COVID-19 shots approved by the government should be used broadly or targeted to specific at-risk populations, setting the stage for the launch of a...
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US House Speaker McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Biden amid pressure from hard-liners
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announces an impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Joe Biden to members of the news media outside his office at the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 12, 2023, in Washington.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he was ordering House Republicans to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
"Today, I am directing...