Monthly Archives: February 2021

Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk

By |2021-02-19T12:23:56-05:00February 19th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

Several years ago, I was watching a Today Show segment about helping your children and teens create healthy habits. The subject of the piece was a notable nutritionist, whose kids were reluctant to eat their greens and work up a sweat. The most memorable quote came from one of her pre-teens who said, “Walking makes me sad.”

What to Say When Someone Cries at Work

By |2021-02-19T12:23:02-05:00February 11th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

I was recently coaching a leader who asked me, “Is it OK for me to tell someone on my team that they can’t cry at work?” Normally, as a coach, I would respond to her question with a question of my own: “What makes you ask that?” “What about crying feels like it shouldn’t happen

Talking About Mental Health with Your Employees — Without Overstepping

By |2021-02-19T12:22:07-05:00February 11th, 2021|Deborah Grayson Riegel in Harvard Business Review, Self Care|

It’s been called a “second pandemic” — the mental health implications of the global health crisis, political unrest, economic uncertainty, rising unemployment, social isolation, remote work, home schooling, and so much more. And while it can feel like the first pandemic has been with us long enough for employees to have accessed the necessary resources

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