“Deaths due to opioid drugs have skyrocketed in women; mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters are dying from overdoses at rates we have never seen before”

                                                                    Dr.Tom Frieden, director of the CDC (Center for Disease Control)

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Have you ever considered multitasking to get more things done in less time?  Simply put, multitasking occurs when we try to do two or more tasks simultaneously or switch from one task to another. 

It’s touted as an efficiency strategy.  Many people use it as it seems to be the solution we’re looking for to manage the increasing demands on our time and greater connection with others.  But does science show this to really be more efficient?  Contemporary research is yielding some interesting findings about multitasking...

We had a great webinar yesterday on The Mind Body Connection!  Participants learned how to better recognize and manage stressful situations as well as a variety of relaxation techniques. 

If you missed it, don’t worry!  We record and archive all of our webinars.  To find a previously recorded webinar, scroll down the EAP homepage until you see the “Online Seminars” block on the right-hand side.

When someone asked me recently how I run 50 miles in the mountains, I gave them a straight answer.  I don’t.  Well, not exactly. The reality is I don’t run 50 miles straight.  I have to take breaks.

Talk to most Ultra Marathoners (runners going beyond the 26.2 miles of a marathon), and they’ll tell you the same thing – even the elite ultra-runners  walk a little, drink some water, change shoes, use the facilities, even nap, and their day is often 15-30 hours!

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Yoga benefits where the mind and body intersect. Research has shown that yoga reduces stress, improves immune function and helps people cope with anxiety and depression. Now, a promising new study has shown yoga to be helpful in treating war veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/16/yoga-helps-war-veterans-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/

We have all been there. The New Year arrives and we make a list of things we want to change about ourselves.  Maybe we want to lose weight or exercise more or increase our savings account.  Whatever the resolution, as January turns into February and winter turns into spring, these goals become harder and harder to stick with and by midyear our resolutions are a thing of the past.

Luckily this does not always have to be the case! According to this article from the American Psychological Association, there are steps we can take when creating our New Year’s resolutions that make us more likely to stick with them.

http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/resolution.aspx