When my mother died a few months ago a friend came up to me as I was holding myself and crying and told me I had a lot of courage to let myself feel so bad.Ê At the time I thought her words were weird to say the least.Ê My mother had just passed away from lung cancer.Ê I had…
Have you ever tried to control other people? Who gets stressed out? Have you ever tried to control things or events over which you had no control? Do you find that stressful? There are different typed of stressful situations. Some, like people interrupting you all the time, you can control. You can let the interrupters know you are busy and…
Long hours, high pressure, stress and opportunity contribute to incidents of drug and alcohol abuse in the restaurant industry. This can result in loss of productivity, customer service, and profits, from the kitchen to the corporate level. Only when an organization recognizes that drug and alcohol abuse is an issue amongst its ranks can solutions be found. When one of…
Almost everyone who works in the restaurant industry at any level would agree that it is a 24-7 business (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Stress can be high and life/work balance can be minimal. Recent and past studies have shown that stress and life/work balance are directly related to productivity, turn-over and the bottom line. Rick and…
Have you ever experienced stress from obsessive or unwanted thoughts? Did you say to yourself, “Today I am not going to think about….?” What is the first thing you thought about? Was it that obsessive” or “unwanted” thought? These negative, stressful thoughts can be stopped by a technique called thought-stopping. First, picture a scene that brings up wonderful, comfortable feelings,…
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