Total Brain Blog

Can your mental health handle returning to the office after COVID-19?

Not too long ago the threat of COVID-19 (coronavirus) forced many of us to swap our office desks for dining room tables, sofas, and desks at home stuffed into a dark corner of the ...
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Employers Take Note: COVID-19 Is Hurting Your Employees’ Mental Health

There’s no doubt that businesses across the U.S. are being impacted by COVID-19. Obviously, there are financial implications — many companies are facing financial hardship due to ...
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How to Help Someone Who May Be Struggling With a Mental Health Condition

Each year, millions of Americans struggle with their mental health. Trying to tell the difference between normal, expected behaviors and what might be considered signs of a mental ...
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The Brain's Ability to Look Within: A Secret to Well-Being

The Two Paths of Attention: Outward & Inward What’s the difference between noticing the rapid beat of a popular song on the radio and noticing the rapid rate of your heart when ...
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Why Compassion Is a Better Managerial Tactic than Toughness

Stanford University neurosurgeon Dr. James Doty tells the story of performing surgery on a little boy’s brain tumor. In the middle of the procedure, the resident who is assisting ...
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3 Highly Effective Ways to Give Critical Feedback

We have this idea that – whether at work or in personal relationships – giving critical feedback is necessary but difficult. The relationship may become damaged if there are hurt ...
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Chronic Stress Burning You Out? Energy Management Is Key.

Why are we always exhausted at the end of a workday? Why do we come home wiped out, with barely enough energy to make dinner before collapsing for the night?
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Three Ways Extraordinary Leaders Motivate Employees

Given the extraordinary low levels of engagement in the U.S. workforce — a recent Gallup poll showed that 70% of employees are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” at work — ...
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