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Learn to Feel Happy at Work – Your Health Depends on It

A new Ohio State University study indicates that the level of satisfaction you have with your job in your 20’s and 30’s is linked to your overall health in your early 40’s. With this in mind, dissatisfied young workers thinking they have plenty of time to figure out their career may want to learn how […]

WRITTEN BY: Joanna Fifner, Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, fifner.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • https://hbr.org/ideacast/2016/01/being-happier-at-work
  • http://www.happify.com/hd/happiness-at-work-infographic/
  • https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/08/22/lousy-jobs/

REFERENCES:

  • https://news.osu.edu/news/2016/08/22/lousy-jobs/

Breathing…

It’s an automatic process our bodies accomplish… our lungs fill with air upon inhale, then empty again through an exhale… about 12 to 20 breaths per minute, all day long. That adds up to 17,000-30,000 breaths per day — or more if you exercise. Each breath sends necessary oxygen to each of the body’s cells. […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Carter, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fairfield County

REVIEWED BY: Candace Heer, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County

Pause, Breathe, Repeat

I keep a bar of moisturizing soap on my desk at work, in my kitchen, my bathroom and with me whenever I travel. I buy it by the ounce. It is made from all natural ingredients including goat’s milk, scented with pure essential oils, and is refreshing spearmint. But all of that is beside the […]

WRITTEN BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County, Heart of Ohio EERA, heer.7@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Joanna Rini, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Medina County, rini.41@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Lowell (dad) and Jethro - Pausing and Breathing, June 2015

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