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What to expect in the workplace in 2024

by Kimberly Adams
Dec 19, 2023
Work culture is going to be key as companies and employees settle into their remote/hybrid patterns. Watch out for the fallout from the election cycle on the workplace.
Frontline workers, like those in health care, have reported a high uptick in stress and mistreatment at work.
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We're still grieving the economy we've lost, whether we realize it or not

by Kimberly Adams and Sean McHenry
Dec 29, 2021
Admitting when we're not OK is the first step in helping ourselves, psychotherapist Megan Devine says.
An aerial view of "In America: Remember," a public art installation commemorating Americans who died of COVID-19. Many grief counselors and clinicians have been overwhelmed trying to address grief at this scale.
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School nurses are stretched thin during the pandemic

by Susie An
Dec 23, 2021
School nurses are attending to COVID-19 protocols on top of their regular duties of keeping students physically and emotionally healthy.
On top of their daily duties dealing with sick children, school nurses are taking care of COVID-19 protocols like testing and contact tracing.
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"Our mental health is important as well," a social worker says

by Anais Amin
Oct 18, 2021
Macro social worker Jasmine Bolden discusses how social workers are often overworked and underpaid.
Health improvements can lead to economic improvements.
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Chinese students, parents stressed by demands of extracurricular classes

by Jennifer Pak
Jun 9, 2021
Academic competition pressures families to enroll children in tutoring courses. But some parents are resisting.
Fifth-grader Ziyou cracks under pressure in "A Love for Dilemma," a Chinese TV series about the education rat race.
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Lots of Americans go into debt over the holidays

by Samantha Fields
Nov 26, 2019
It’s the most financially stressful time of the year.
A man walks past holiday decorations along Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Why most of our jobs are meaningless

by Vivienne Nunis
May 23, 2018
A new book called "Bullshit Jobs: A Theory," looks at how a lot of the work that people do is meaningless.
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What to do when a colleague gets on your last nerve

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Feb 6, 2018
Alison Green shares tips for dealing with annoying co-workers.
An exasperated woman cries for help on the phone, circa 1940.
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Wanna have a tantrum and smash something? Be her guest

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 3, 2016
Shawn Baker's company, Tantrums, lets you vent your rage — sledgehammers included.
Shawn Baker worked in the oil industry for 25 years before she got laid off. She started a Tantrums LLC to help other people let off steam. 
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Helping babies deal with toxic stress

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 29, 2016
A new approach supports parents, lessening toxic stress on a baby's brain.
Rebecca Schrag Hershberg is a doctor and clinical psychologist specializing in early childhood development. Her own son is three months old. She says that when a baby suffers from toxic stress, certain parts of the brain can end up underdeveloped.
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