Sunday Duo: The Top Two from the Wellness-verse this week are:
Here are the two “Bests” of what I’ve read/watched/heard this week in the field of wellness, to help you stop surviving and start thriving.
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“Millennial Employees Are Getting Companies to Radically Rethink Workers’ Mental Health” ~TIME Magazine
“Mental illness is rising in every country in the world. Depression is so common and debilitating that it’s one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and, coupled with anxiety, costs the global economy about $1 trillion a year in lost productivity, according to the World Health Organization.
Among millennials (who are ages 24 to 39 in 2020), depression is the fastest-growing health condition, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recently found....
In the competition for valued employees, companies now see mental-health fluency as crucial. Beyond baseline coverage, global firms like Bank of America, KKR, Booz Allen Hamilton and Unilever are offering innovative solutions, from training employees to spot signs of depression in one another to fostering a less hierarchical vibe...The new rallying cry for companies trying to appeal to Chai’s generation is to bring your whole self to work.”
“Most Americans Are Lonely, And Our Workplace Culture May Not Be Helping” ~NPR
“More than three in five Americans are lonely, with more and more people reporting feeling like they are left out, poorly understood and lacking companionship, according to a new survey released Thursday. Workplace culture and conditions may contribute to Americans' loneliness.
And loneliness may be on the rise.”
This new research dives deeper into the factors behind these feelings of isolation than the previous report, and it found that conditions in the workplace made a difference in how lonely people felt.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
~Woodrow Wilson