Thanksgiving Families

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time of family gatherings and thankfulness.  Yet I am reminded that some family members actually cause more stress during this season.  Getting our focus off of our problems and being thankful for what we have, will help reduce your stress however this can be offset by a...

Real Pandemic

I work with people everyday to help them with life issues.  What I see is STRESS.  That is the real pandemic in our society.  We live in fear that we won’t be able to pay our bills.  We fear that our jobs will disappear.  We are afraid that our marriages or families will fall apart, our kids will...

Cost of Stress – $300 Billion.

The recent Gallop pool showed that Kentucky has high levels of stress.  This is bad news for our corporations because Stress causes loss of productivity and profits, some $300 Billion a year just in the United States.  There is now a way that author Ravi Tangri, says you can calculate the true cost of...

“Stress Bad”

I had to share this quote from about 100 years ago. – “Brain cells create ideas.  Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.” -   Arthur Frederick Saunders VC (Ipswich (23 April 1879 – 30 July 1947) was an English recipient of the Victoria...

Busyness

I don’t know if you are as busy as most people I talk to but likely you are.  The constant tug of things to do can effect your sleep, make you forget things, and in short create stress.  One way to battle the busyness of our world is to move to the desert, but that doesn’t work for most...

Shooting

More People died in another shooting incident this past week.  As stress builds up in corporate America we have seen more and more incidents of rage and abuse in the workplace.  People are asking why the Army did not see the signs that the gunman was ready to crack.  As CAREWorks helps people with stress...

Business Peace

One of our Clients, Asphalt Institute, built near the horse park and the restful views from many of the offices helps maintain some peace and calm.  Nature is a great way to help decompress, even if it is out  the Window....