Mindful in 5 Podcast

Overcoming Stress & Anxiety with Karen Richard

• Spiwe Jefferson • Season 3 • Episode 61

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Stress and anxiety are unavoidable in modern life—but they don’t have to get you down! 

Whether it’s the bigger issues like political unrest and global pandemics or everyday challenges like work deadlines, finances, and relationships, it’s common to feel overwhelmed. But with effective stress management, you can break the hold stress and anxiety have on your life. You can be more productive and happier. You can improve your quality of life and sense of well-being.

Karen Richard joins Spiwe Jefferson on this episode of Mindful in 5 to discuss how we can tame stress and anxiety in our personal and professional lives. Karen is the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Anderson Corporation. She was named one of the Top 100 HR professionals at the 2022 OnCon Icon Awards.

This is a conversation with practical nuggets of wisdom on how to perceive stress and how to deal with its negative effects. Listen in.

Key Topics Discussed

  • The duality of stress – Is all stress bad?
  • How have the last few years looked in terms of dealing with stress?
  • The impact of stress in the work environment
  • How remote work brought us together
  • The five categories of stress
  • What happens when we’re anxious or stressed?
  • Is your phone a source of induced stress?
  •  How to manage stress

 

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