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5 Secrets to a Healthy Work-Life Balance | Madelaine Claire Weiss

5 Secrets to a Healthy Work-Life Balance

5 secrets to a healthy work-life that unlock your creative flow, connect you to your personal power and unleash a transformation of your life as you know it. Sounds like a tall order but stop and consider this: the Japanese invented the word karoshi to describe death by overwork. In the west, we call it work stress and it’s equally dangerous to our health. Work stress describes the destructive physio-emotional responses that arise when the demands of a job are not aligned with the abilities or needs of the worker resulting in ill health and/or trauma.  There are 120,000 work stress-related deaths per year in the US, with 77% of professionals reporting they experienced burnout that significantly impacted their work and quality of life. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of work stress include: Developing a cynical attitude toward work Procrastination Irritability and impatience Sluggishness Difficulty concentrating Dissatisfaction with achievements Disillusionment Numbing through substance- or food abuse Changes in sleep patterns Unexplained headaches, stomach or bowel problems, etc. Moving from misery to self-mastery I help high achievers master their minds so they can …