Stress Awareness Day: 5 Tips to Lower Stress Levels

November 2nd is Stress Awareness Day, which aims to increase the public’s awareness of the causes of stress and what can occur as a result, including work burnout.  Work burnout is a type of work-related stress that often occurs as a result of increased work pressure or workaholism which leads to physical and emotional exhaustion.  In…

8 Tips on How to Stop Compulsive Shopping

Image: @arturorey, Unsplash There’s nothing wrong with treating ourselves every now and then. In fact, when practised intermittently and in moderation, retail therapy can actually do us some good.  If you find yourself buying something you don’t need to make yourself happy, spending more money when you’re stressed, then it might…