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The modern workplace is not always the easiest place to be. The stress of the job role combined with a range of different personalities can cause all kinds of added problems. Office stereotypes and conflicts growing from them have become a running joke. Co-worker stereotypes such as ‘workplace gossips’ and ‘the know-it-all’  as well as...

The Rumor: Swearing isn’t all bad… Ladies shouldn’t swear. At least, that’s what my friends told me when they performed an intervention on me for dropping the F-bomb too often during swimming practice. My mom, sisters, employers and random baristas have told me to watch my language. I even gave up cursing for Lent one...

We have often heard that there are untold benefits associated with the practice of meditation. Problem is, those of us who could most benefit from this practice are the least likely to understand it, and also the most likely to have any number of excuses as to why they can’t make it actually happen. There...

The Rumor: Meditation causes you to feel drowsy Maybe it’s the quiet room. Or the comfy clothing. Or, I don’t know, the fact that my eyes are closed. But how come whenever I give meditation a try, I end up yawning and fighting off the sandman instead of finding my Third Eye? Could it be...

Anger isn’t always a bad thing. The emotion can serve as a useful tool when you’ve been treated unfairly and seek to rectify the situation. But blowing your top on a frequent basis? A definite no-no. Managing anger through mindfulness can calm you down before — or even after — the emotion becomes unhealthy. Start...

Yogic breathing is a great way to chill out and oxygenate your blood — a key to good health. Shallow breaths don’t maximize the amount of the oxygen flowing through your system, which leaves your body feeling sluggish and your blood vulnerable to toxin pile-up. In time, a lack of full oxygen exchange can tax your...

New to meditating? Body-scan meditation is a great place to begin. This meditation is performed lying down, so it’s ideal if you aren’t ready to meditate with your body upright for a long period of time. Before you start, though, keep these pointers in mind: Location is key. Choose a quiet, warm and comfortable spot...

Your brain loves music like Willy Wonka loves chocolate. No, really, it does. Let’s paint a picture of your brain on music: While sound drifts through your auditory pathways, pitch registers in the language center, rhythm rockets through the motor regions, and the rest of your brain chips in to puzzle out tune, predict melody,...

None of us are immune to stress and its toll. We all experience it. It can be so tightly wound into our DNA (under the guise of its wicked stepsister, anxiety) that at times, it even rears its ugly head when life is going smoothly. Luckily, though, there are a variety of efficient ways to...

[Tweet “‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.’ Benjamin Franklin”] Thank you so much for the growing response to Fusion, its concept, its mission and training. New people are approaching me almost every day now with support and I have a real feeling of a fast-growing community and network. My aim is, and...