Health

The New York Times

Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It's Time to Fix That.

This week, for the first time, I will be proposing a national framework to rebuild social connection and community in …

Bustle

Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?

A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when we’re all there and, somehow, still going.

Hacker News

How do you navigate Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Now that the sun is setting earlier with daylight savings time, I’m finding that I struggle with the increased hours of …

BBC

The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep

Not getting enough sleep can lead to a vicious circle of over-eating and further sleep deprivation, but it may be possible to …

Technical.ly

Vacation isn't the answer to employee burnout

A stunning 89% of employees report experiencing burnout this year, according to a survey released this week. Most worrying in …

World Economic Forum

The surprising toll open-plan offices have on our mental health

We’ve found a significant causal relationship between open-plan office noise and physiological stress.

Our results show …

BBC

The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work

Being chronically bored at work can have damaging consequences – and we need to talk about it more, say experts.

NPR

Stuck In A Rut? Sometimes Joy Takes A Little Practice

During the pandemic, many people have felt their mental health decline. The problem has hit essential workers and young …

NPR

Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds

Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health …

The New Yorker

Burnout: Modern Affliction or Human Condition?

As a diagnosis, it’s too vague to be helpful—but its rise tells us a lot about the way we work.

BBC

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds

The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.

The …

BBC

Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?

Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about …

Dynomight

Better air is the easiest way not to die

While most things that clearly improve health are well known, one is insanely underrated: Fixing your air. I suspect this is …

The Wall Street Journal

You're Going Back to the Office. What Happens to Your Nap Habit?

Working remotely has made taking an afternoon snooze a lot easier, and it won’t be easy to give up. ‘I will …

The New Yorker

Is the Pandemic Breaking Our Backs?

Test-driving a batch of posture-enhancing devices that are supposed to make you stand tall.

Insider

Japan has appointed a 'Minister of Loneliness' after seeing suicide rates in the country increase for the first time in 11 years

Japan has appointed a “Minister of Loneliness” to take try and reduce loneliness and social isolation among its …

Deloitte

Deloitte research reveals significant return on investment for workplace mental health programs

Median annual ROI more than double for every dollar spent by companies with programs in place for more than three years.

The Onion

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

In an effort to help working individuals improve their fitness and well-being, experts at the Mayo Clinic issued a new set of …

Literary Hub

Why Office Workers Can't Sleep (and Why That's Bad)

Ever since the discovery that light—and particularly blue light—can suppress melatonin and alter the timing of our circadian …

Elemental

Dancing May Be the Best Form of Exercise

The trouble with exercise is that it’s easy to avoid. Only 23% of American adults meet the federal recommendations for …

Forbes

How One CEO Used His Experience With Burnout To Better Support His Employees' Mental Health

I interviewed Joel and Courtney Seiter, Buffer’s director of people, to learn more about Joel’s personal …

Distributed.blog

Leadership Coach Leo Widrich on Emotional Wellness for Distributed Workers

In this episode, Leo shares tips for distributed workers on how to build healthy habits and avoid the “loneliness …

CityLab

Living Near Trees, Not Just Green Space, Improves Wellbeing

New research finds that, when a neighborhood’s green space leads to better health outcomes, tree canopy provides most …

The Guardian

'It's a superpower': how walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier

Neuroscientist Shane O’Mara believes that plenty of regular walking unlocks the cognitive powers of the brain like …

Bonnie Eisenman

What I Know About: Being Sick at Work

I’ve spent a lot of time working on skills to make it easier for me to exist in a professional environment. This …

MEL Magazine

The Loneliness Epidemic Is So Bad, World Leaders Have Been Forced to Intervene

When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money …

University of Cambridge

One day of paid work a week is all we need to get mental health benefits of employment

“We know unemployment is often detrimental to people’s wellbeing, negatively affecting identity, status, time …

BBC

How modern life is transforming the human skeleton

From the emergence of a spiky growth at the back of some people’s skulls to the enigmatic finding that our elbows are …

The New York Times

No, Night Owls Aren't Doomed to Die Early

Despite alarmist headlines and a study that suggested morning people live longer, the truth is more complicated.