Burnout in the workplace is increasingly prevalent around the world and has a negative effect on employee performance and well-being, as well as the overall productivity of the organizations in which people suffering from burnout work. This phenomenon causes considerable mental fatigue, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization (a state in which people feel disconnected from their bodies, emotions, and thoughts), and a decline in personal fulfillment. While a significant amount of research has already explored the causes and mechanisms of burnout, the role of personal relationships has been largely overlooked. Now, a…
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Reclaiming Rice Cakes: How Reimagining 90s Diet Foods Is Helping Heal My Relationship With Food
I remember the taste of my first diet: milk chocolate and metal. It would be about a year after my body catapulted into puberty and I became increasingly mortified by the way it was changing. I made the decision in the locker room at the local ice rink as I gently ran my fingers along the elastic waistband of my shiny putty tights. The older girls had always joked that one of the trainers, a five-foot-tall blonde named Barbie, whose voice had the characteristic rasp of a lifelong smoker, would…
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