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Continue reading →: Springing Forward: Preparing for The Impact of Daylight Saving Time on Workplace Wellbeing
The Daylight savings time change is this weekend, and changing the clocks impacts our personal well-being and work. Adjusting the clocks adds more daylight to our evenings, but it can also increase the likelihood of car accidents and mistakes on the road due to disrupted sleep patterns. The shift in…
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Continue reading →: Join the Wellbeing in the Workplace for Libraries Facebook Group
Last week, after reading this article, I decided to make a new Facebook group. I know Facebook isn’t perfect. I really struggled with this decision as I had mostly left Facebook over the last few years, deleting my Librarian by Day Facebook page and another similar group. But seeing posts…
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Continue reading →: Wellness and Wellbeing Link Round-Up, Trauma Informed Librarianship and Leadership, February 23, 2024
This week’s link round-up includes several links to training on trauma-informed care. Not only is it important that we take a trauma-informed approach when dealing with patrons, but also internally in the library with staff. Trauma-informed leadership is an approach that reshapes the dynamics within the workplace. It’s based on…
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Continue reading →: A new review of Fostering Wellness in the Workplace is out from Stephanie Robertson in The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI)
A new review of Fostering Wellness in the Workplace is out from Stephanie Robertson in The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI). Thank you to Stephanie for this thoughtful review. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI): Book ReviewNewman, B. L. (2022). Fostering wellness in the…
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Continue reading →: Wellness and Wellbeing Link Round-Up, February 16, 2023
Here are a few links I’ve shared the last few weeks on LinkedIn, Bluesky, or Facebook that I think are worth pulling out, preserving, and distributing via the blog if you haven’t already seen them. The Library is NOT for Everyone (Yet) Disability, Accommodations, and Working in Libraries by Nicollette…
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Continue reading →: Self-Care is Free: Wellness and the Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry
When I started reading research about wellness and health at work, I also looked at personal wellness and self-care. In part because those personal things were what many presentations and trainings focused on. Teaching individuals how to practice resilience or self-care rather than taking action to address the causes of…
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Continue reading →: Libraries, Fat Bodies, Weight Stigma, DEIA, and Workplace Wellness
When I first began reading research to develop the Wellness in the Workplace class, I discovered that when weight loss programs are implemented at work, they also hinder and ruin teamwork and camaraderie. Weight loss and movement programs at work create an environment that encourages staff to watch and judge…