- Personal Development -
How to Declutter Your Calendar
By Karen OlsonIf your busy schedule is making you crazy, it may be time to reevaluate your priorities.
Work
- Stress Relief -
5 Tips to Stay Cool Under Pressure
By Elizabeth MillardThese simple strategies can help steady your nerves when the heat is on.
- Work -
Deliberate Rest
By Heidi WachterA Silicon Valley tech consultant explains why working less can actually improve your productivity.
- Sports/Recreation -
The Long Commute
By Jon SpaydeOur health and happiness can suffer when getting to work takes a big chunk of time and energy. These tips can help you relax and enjoy the trip.
- Community -
How to Take Time Off — Guilt-Free
By Jon SpaydeMany of us feel guilty about time away from work — and overwhelmed by the effort it takes to plan, prep, and pay for vacations. These strategies can help.
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The Upside of Chaos: A Conversation With Tim Harford
By Heidi WachterBritish economist Tim Harford talks with Experience Life‘s Heidi Wachter about embracing messiness and sparking creativity.
- Work -
Disorderly Conduct: Q&A With Tim Harford
By Heidi WachterAn unconventional economist embraces a bit of chaos.
- Fitness Tips -
Country Strong: Q&A With Dave McElroy
By Experience Life StaffA longtime Life Time member shares his thoughts on faith, family, and a healthy way of life as he embarks on a country-music career.
- Work -
In the Company of Canines
By Heidi WachterCan bringing dogs to work improve group dynamics?
- Community -
Reimagining Retirement
By Karen OlsonThese expert tips can help you design a meaningful and fulfilling postretirement plan.
- Work -
The Anxiety of After-Hours Email
By Heidi WachterIn an always-on-call culture, researchers argue for pulling the plug on business-related connectivity outside of office hours to improve employee productivity and well-being — and France passes the first right-to-disconnect law.
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Behind the Scenes With Natalie Morales (Video)
By Experience Life StaffGo behind the scenes with journalist Natalie Morales as she shares how she’s rising to meet new challenges — in her career and life.
- Life Unedited -
LIFE, UNEDITED: How to Stay Fit at Work
By Experience Life StaffBack in a routine this fall doesn’t have to mean back pain. Try these moves to ease the ache of sitting.
- Life Unedited -
LIFE, UNEDITED: 10 Meditations for the Workplace
By Courtney HelgoeConsider these mindful approaches to finding more peace and happiness at the office.
- Work -
Standing May Be as Bad as Sitting
By Experience Life StaffSitting may be the new smoking, but a recent study suggests that standing desks present health hazards of their own.
- Work -
When You’re the “Other” at Work
By Jon SpaydeIt’s easy to feel alone and alienated when you don’t fit in at your workplace. But executive coach Roshini Rajkumar believes that difference can be a strength.
- Work -
5 Ways Your Office May Be Harming Your Health
By Michael DregniDiscover what you can do to make your work environment a healthier place to be.
- Work -
Office Talk
By Sharon SalzbergWorkplace communication challenges can undermine our equanimity, sap our satisfaction, and hurt our success. A renowned mindfulness teacher shows us how to build stronger, more successful relationships — with our colleagues and ourselves.
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Coffitivity: Bring the Coffee Shop to Your Cubicle
By Brooke RymerGrab your headphones — and possibly spark your creativity — to plug into the latest app that allows you to customize your office-space ambiance.
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The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan (Video)
By Experience Life StaffFollow along as our fitness editor, Maggie Fazeli Fard, shows you how to undo the damage of too much sitting with these eight exercises.