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When the last bell rings and your students pile out of the classroom, how do you normally feel? If you feel exhausted, you are not alone. Forty two percent of teachers say they feel extremely tired or completely exhausted at the end of the day, according to a 2012 University of South Australia study into…

Have you ever caught yourself during a frantic day and noticed that your shoulders have crept up around your ears and your breathing has become, at best, a shallow pant? I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t noticed, because when the pressure is on, our tendency is to take all the attention outside of ourselves…

All life on earth follows a rhythm that’s governed by the 24-hour oscillation between day and night, light and dark. Living in synchronicity with this cycle, which our inner body clock is programed to do via our circadian rhythms, is key to our health and wellbeing. It’s not only good for our biology, but also…

When your workload increases and the pressure is on, such as during report time or parent-teacher interviews, what do you do? And how do you respond when someone asks you to join another committee that entails additional out-of-hours work? Just the thought of it all can throw you into anxiety, resentment or reaching for another…

Second to shift workers, teenagers are the most sleep-deprived group worldwide, according to Dr. Sarah Blunden, sleep psychologist and research fellow at the Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia. As well as experiencing hormonal changes that make falling asleep more difficult, teenagers are one of the groups worst hit by living in a…

When NapNow receives enquiries about a Nap@Work strategy, it typically comes from someone within the workplace who already knows that power naps are powerful performance-enhancers.   They are internal champions, who face the challenging task of up-selling the nap to their senior executive team, that may not be so receptive. So what can you do if…