My participation as the “Stress Doc” ™ at the USPTO Health Fair reminded me of two basic facts: 1) people like to laugh, especially when they can...

Two recent keynote programs helped clarify a label that increasingly has had me feeling like an impostor. The label is “Keynote Speaker.” Why the...

In a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven & Distracted Culture, work demands, stress, and performance-coordination pressures are a given. The vital...

It can’t happen here, I have too much to do… Who took my desk and chair, my computer, too? They can’t replace me; the Branch Techno-file What do...

(Warning: This article may be hazardous to the ironically impaired!) In this era of organizational restructuring or downsizing, or better still,...

A. Sleep Epidemic Hits Corporate America 1. Costs of Sleep Deprivation 2. Not Sleeping, Not Working: Vital Statistics 3. Is Sleep for Sissies? 4. Healthcare Risks and Sleep Training Rewards B. Grappling with the Sleep Epidemic: Value of “Power Napping” 1. Napping Research and Rewards 2. Length of Nap and Type of Sleep 3. How to Nap, Even at Work A. Sleep Epidemic Hits Corporate America. I will paste below Lauren Weber’s recent article, “Go Ahead, Hit the Snooze Button,” The Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2013, in which she states, “one-third of...

In a TNT – Time-Numbers-Technology – Driven & Distracted Culture, work environments and their people face new and ongoing demands as well as pressures to productively and innovatively adapt. The vital question: How to encourage both individual creativity and interactive community so that everyday challenges yield opportunities to discover and design new and enriched ways of thinking and acting, communicating and relating? Have no fear, Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, the Stress Doc ™, is here. A national speaker and workshop leader, and Stress Resiliency/Team Building Retreat Leader for the US...

After a morning program with a transportation company, once again I’m reminded that so many folks, across generations, are not getting adequate sleep. They are so wound up that they can’t fall asleep or, if they do get up during the night, they have a hard time getting back to sleep. Or they hope that the TV or iPad will somehow induce drowsiness – NOT! And this disruption takes a toll both on personal health and professional productivity. Have no fear, the Stress doc is here, with some useful tips and techniques on “power napping” along with a great way to take some time off. In fact,...