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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.
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Back on Schedule
By Experience Life TeamHow to stop overcommitting your time — and start doing what matters most.
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Pedaling Positivity
By Experience Life StaffCommuters who bike to work are the happiest — and have the highest sense of overall well-being — compared with those who drive cars or use public transportation, according to a Portland State University study.
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How to Beat the Self-Employment Blues
By Jon SpaydeSelf-employment can bring some unique sources of stress. Business coach Barbara Winter offers strategies for handling them.
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Taking Notes: Wisdom 2.0 Conference
By Heidi WachterGreat tips for creating more mindful workplaces from Google, Medium, Zappos and meditation teacher, Sharon Salzberg.
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Inner Game: An Interview With W. Timothy Gallwey (Audio)
By David SchimkeThe best-selling author shares how shifting his approach to coaching tennis helped him teach others how to hone their mental focus — on and off the court.
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Office Fitness Flash: Pushups
By Maggie Fazeli FardForget coffee breaks. Here at the Experience Life office, we’re trying something a little different: pushup breaks.
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New-Job Jitters
By Jon SpaydeStarting a new job is both exciting and anxiety producing. Debra Wheatman, founder and president of Careers Done Write, shows you how to settle in with minimal stress.
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Getting Past Toxic Gossip
By Jon SpaydeHere’s how to discern between friendly chatter and mean-spirited rumor mongering.
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COMING CLEAN: Team EL
By Courtney Lewis OpdahlAs a 5K newbie, I felt really lucky to have my coworkers join me in walking the Commitment Day event on New Year’s Day. It was extremely cold at the Minneapolis location (nearly 30 5K races happened across the country), but we bundle up and smiled as we walked the route. I think I even… Read more »
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Workaholics Anonymous
By Experience Life StaffA new assessment can help you determine if you have symptoms of work addiction.
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The Office Sled Pull Workout (Video)
By Heidi WachterCommunity Engagement Specialist Heidi Wachter gets creative with an indoor strength and speed workout to try when you don’t have a lot of room.
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Behind the Scenes With Jeff Klein (Video)
By Experience Life StaffThe CEO for Working for Good shares his thoughts on bringing your whole self to work.
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Working for Good: Jeff Klein
By Courtney HelgoeWhen we bring our whole, healthy selves to work, everyone benefits. CEO and author Jeff Klein wants to see that happen more often.
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The Profits of a Healthy Workplace
By Jessie ShollEmployers who offer forward-thinking workplace wellness programs not only have healthier, happier employees, they reap fiscal benefits, too.
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Who Says I’m Angry?!
By Jon SpaydeCoping with a passive-aggressive coworker can be tough. Licensed counselor Loriann Oberlin explains how to cut through the toxicity.
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The 3 Quickest Ways to a Healthier Commute
By Claire LewYou’re busy. We get it. With the coming and going daily rush of it all, it can be hard to be conscious of all the healthy choices we could be making. But with the little time you have, we’d all like to make more quick healthy, eco-conscious decisions.
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When Work Is All There Is
By Jon SpaydeIf job-related thoughts dominate most of your waking hours and energy, it may be time to rearrange your priorities and give the other aspects of your life some room to grow.
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As Good as Done
By Joseph HartSix powerful strategies for accomplishing more of what really matters.
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Workday Workouts
By Alisa BowmanYes, you’re busy. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find time for fitness. Here’s how to squeeze in a series of invigorating activities that turn wasted moments into body-strengthening mini-workouts.