If you get sick just in time for a weekend or your long-awaited holiday, it’s called ‘leisure sickness’. But is it real?
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Holiday season-related stress is widespread and predictable, but evidence-based strategies grounded in psychology can meaningfully protect well-being.
Unwinding can be hard during the holidays for many reasons. Building in time to recharge through active leisure can help.
Rather than dismissing young workers as distracted or too demanding of work-life balance, we might consider they’re sounding the alarm of what’s broken at work and how we can fix it.
Men and women experience and try to cope with stress in diverse ways.
Finding ways to reduce stress before a marathon may be as important as ensuring you’re properly fuelled and hydrated.
Social Stress Indicator is invaluable for digital governance, crisis response, mental health monitoring, and platform design to track and respond to social stress.
In regional NSW, 1 in 3 people experienced food insecurity in the past year. The rate was double for those who were socially isolated or had a mental illness.
From ashwagandha to CBD, the new ‘functional beverages’ claim to help you relax.
When the product is mental wellbeing, what happens when the cure becomes part of the disease?
Your brain and body constantly recalibrate what ‘hard’ feels like. The effect of overcoming one small challenge can ripple forward, making the next challenge feel more doable and even rewarding.
Female leaders are under pressure to excel, professionally and personally, without showing weakness or strain. The emergence of neoliberal feminism helps explain why, and a milestone in psychology describes what can result.
Self-compassion can be a tool for resilience in times of stress, illness or failure.
The video of Charlie Kirk’s murder went far and wide, and many people ended up seeing it when they would rather have avoided it.
Your sleep habits are reflected in your skin’s health and appearance.
A study of extracts of a plant in South Africa traditionally used for staying alert showed similar effects in mice.
Multiple studies show that grass, trees, shade and sidewalks on a campus reduce student anxiety.
New Zealanders who have experienced interpersonal violence are more likely to end up in hospital for both injury and illness.
If you’re often stressed, your water bottle might be part of the solution. New research shows why hydration matters.
Drought adversely affects the mental health of Ghanaian farmers.
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