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How Menopause Affects Women at Work
Read More: How Menopause Affects Women at WorkWhen I put out a call on social media recently for fellow Gen X friends to share their experiences with menopause at work, the response was immediate and enthusiastic. Many in my circle were eager to talk about how this tumultuous transition has impacted their work life. But when I asked if anyone could share…
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Is Multitasking Stressing You Out?
Read More: Is Multitasking Stressing You Out?Sitting at my desk one afternoon, I was on hold with my insurance company for 20 minutes, half listening to their repetitive music. I was also researching a topic for work and thinking about making tacos for dinner. I suddenly stopped what I was doing to pay a bill that Iโd forgotten about. I was…
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Is Multitasking Stressing You Out?
Read More: Is Multitasking Stressing You Out?Sitting at my desk one afternoon, I was on hold with my insurance company for 20 minutes, half listening to their repetitive music. I was also researching a topic for work and thinking about making tacos for dinner. I suddenly stopped what I was doing to pay a bill that Iโd forgotten about. I was…
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Taking Charge of My Finances Gave Me Strength During Loss
Read More: Taking Charge of My Finances Gave Me Strength During LossAs told to Jacquelyne Froeber and Noelys Mendez August 14 is National Financial Awareness Day. I grew up in the countryside of Cuba in a traditional Cuban household. My father was the provider for the family. He worked โ a lot โ on the small farm we owned and he took care of all of…
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Managing Uterine Health Conditions at Work
Read More: Managing Uterine Health Conditions at Work+ Infographic text 1 in 4 people who menstruate in the U.S. deal with period problems so bad they affect quality of life โ including at work. Many of them are dealing with uterine health conditions, such as: Fibroids, non-cancerous growths in the muscle wall of the uterus, affect about 8 in 10 women at…
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Support for Menopause in the Workplace
Read More: Support for Menopause in the Workplace+ Infographic text A recent survey of 1,000 women around the country experiencing perimenopause or menopause found: 8 out of 10 described work during menopause as challenging 5 out of 10 dealt with at least one menopause-related work challenge, such as concern about job security 4 out of 10 took time off because of perimenopause…
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How to Talk About Obesity and Obesity-Related Insurance Coverage at Work
Read More: How to Talk About Obesity and Obesity-Related Insurance Coverage at WorkEspaรฑol Obesity is so common in the United States that nearly half (4 out of 10) American adults live with the disease, which can pose serious health risks and lead to premature death. Many people living with obesity face discrimination or poor treatment in the workplace. Employers can help reduce stigma, improve working environments for…
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Cรณmo hablar de la obesidad y de su correspondiente cobertura del seguro en el trabajo
Read More: Cรณmo hablar de la obesidad y de su correspondiente cobertura del seguro en el trabajoLa obesidad es tan comรบn en Estados Unidos que casi la mitad (4 de cada 10) adultos estadounidenses viven con la enfermedad, lo que implica riesgos mรฉdicos graves y puede causar muertes prematuras. Muchas personas que viven con obesidad enfrentan discriminaciรณn o malos tratos en el lugar de trabajo. Los empleadores pueden ayudar a reducir…
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Meet the Badass Women Supporting Other Women in Their Health Journeys
Read More: Meet the Badass Women Supporting Other Women in Their Health JourneysApril Wilson is no stranger to making her own mark. โMy journey started at a young age in the Army, where women are typically overlooked and outnumbered, but I established myself as an independent badass with life experience,โ she explained. Still, she couldnโt predict where her own health journey and self-taught design and production of…
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The Truth About Working While Struggling with Perimenopause
Read More: The Truth About Working While Struggling with PerimenopauseOctober 18 is World Menopause Day. I began to forget words. Not complicated or unusual words, just everyday words. One afternoon I was driving with my son, and in the middle of our conversation, I forgot the word โflower.โ I laughed it off, saying I was tired and needed more sleep, and I did because…
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Staring at an Image of Yourself on Zoom Has Serious Consequences for Mental Health โ Especially for Women
Read More: Staring at an Image of Yourself on Zoom Has Serious Consequences for Mental Health โ Especially for WomenBy Roxanne Felig, University of South Florida and Jamie Goldenberg, University of South Florida In the past few years, people across the world have spent more time on video chat programs like Zoom and FaceTime than ever before. These applications mimic in-person encounters by allowing users to see the people they are communicating with. But…
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The US Doesnโt Have Enough Faculty to Train the Next Generation of Nurses
Read More: The US Doesnโt Have Enough Faculty to Train the Next Generation of NursesBy Rayna M. Letourneau, University of South Florida Despite a national nursing shortage in the United States, over 80,000 qualified applications were not accepted at U.S. nursing schools in 2020, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This was due primarily to a shortage of nursing professors and a limited number of clinical…
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What Is Imposter Syndrome?
Read More: What Is Imposter Syndrome?โWhat if I donโt deserve to be here? What if I just got lucky? What if everyone finds out Iโm a fraud?โ These were the types of questions that raced through Angela Fickenโs mind when she first launched her private psychotherapy practice at the age of 28. โI was trained by the best people and…
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Grocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety in Their Workplace
Read More: Grocery Workers Suffer the Mental Health Effects of Customer Hostility and Lack of Safety in Their WorkplaceBy Brian Mayer, University of Arizona; Melissa A. Barnett, University of Arizona; Mona Arora, University of Arizona, and Sabrina V. Helm, University of Arizona With the holiday season here, consumers are understandably desperate for a โnormalโ holiday season. For many, that includes big family dinners and Black Friday shopping sprees. Retail and service sector workers…
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Is Your Health Insurance Provider Tracking You Online?
Read More: Is Your Health Insurance Provider Tracking You Online?As a graduate student in digital marketing, Rachel Cipriano, 46, knows just how much of her data is likely being collected online. Consumers leave digital footprints with every online purchase, Google search, take-out order or streaming binge. Where we live, how much money we earn, and whether or how much we smoke, drink, exercise, eat,…
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Career, Domestic violence, Financial health, mental health, Real women real stories, Self-Care, Work
As a Journalist Who Was an Early Domestic Violence Victim, Writing and Teaching Have Been the Best Medicine
Read More: As a Journalist Who Was an Early Domestic Violence Victim, Writing and Teaching Have Been the Best MedicineOctober is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. He was a lawyer with a red Alfa Romeo, a 7 handicap in golf and a new two-bedroom condo in a leafy Washington, D.C. suburb. I was a banking and pensions reporter with a spotty driving record, a shopping problem, and a studio apartment in an iffy D.C.…
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Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become Mothers
Read More: Women Face Motherhood Penalty in STEM Careers Long Before They Actually Become MothersBy Sarah Thebaud, University of California Santa Barbara and Catherine Taylor, University of California Santa Barbara The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Unfounded assumptions about how motherhood affects worker productivity can harm women’s careers in science, technology, engineering and math long before they are โ or even…
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Financial Stress Is Making Women Ill, but There Are Ways to Improve Your Wealth and Your Health
Read More: Financial Stress Is Making Women Ill, but There Are Ways to Improve Your Wealth and Your HealthFour years ago, Jennifer Presley found herself facing a financial nightmare. The single mother of two was refurbishing a home in Glen Allen, Virginia, with her boyfriend, a contractor. The two soon realized much of the home was unsalvageable, and things went from bad to worse when her boyfriend was injured on another job, breaking…
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Naomi Osakaโs Withdrawal From the French Open Highlights How Prioritizing Mental Wellness Goes Against the Rules, on the Court and Off
Read More: Naomi Osakaโs Withdrawal From the French Open Highlights How Prioritizing Mental Wellness Goes Against the Rules, on the Court and OffBy Dorothy Chin, University of California, Los Angeles and Tamra Burns Loeb, University of California, Los Angeles Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka announced that she would withdraw from the French Open after she was fined and threatened with being disqualified for not speaking to media during the tournament to protect her mental health. French Open…
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Budget, Career, caregiving, Childcare, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gender, Gender diversity, Lgbtq, Parenting, Transgender, Work
Trans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic โ and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to โNormalโ
Read More: Trans Moms Discuss Their Unique Parenting Challenges During the Pandemic โ and What They Worry About When Things Go Back to โNormalโBy Derek P. Siegel, University of Massachusetts Amherst Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children. Some have kids before coming out as trans, others adopt or foster, and some use egg or sperm cells they’ve frozen โ usually before starting hormone replacement therapy. As a sociologist who studies inequality and…
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Roe v. Wade Gave American Women a Choice About Having Children โ Hereโs How That Changed Their Lives
Read More: Roe v. Wade Gave American Women a Choice About Having Children โ Hereโs How That Changed Their LivesBy Constance Shehan, University of Florida The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case challenging a Mississippi state law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, much earlier than the 24-week threshold generally established by the pivotal abortion rights case Roe v. Wade in 1973. Roe v. Wade granted women the right to…
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Going Back to the Office? The Colder Temperature Could Lead to Weight Gain
Read More: Going Back to the Office? The Colder Temperature Could Lead to Weight GainBy Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York With millions of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, many who have worked from home over the past year will be heading back into the office. Adjusting to new routines is challenging and can affect our health and fitness. We’ve been more sedentary or more active, gained…
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At What Age Are People Usually Happiest? New Research Offers Surprising Clues
Read More: At What Age Are People Usually Happiest? New Research Offers Surprising CluesBy Clare Mehta, Emmanuel College If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be? Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life’s most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to spend your days playing with friends and practicing your times tables? Or would you choose your…
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Women Frequently Experience Sexual Harassment at Work, yet Few Claims Ever Reach a Courtroom
Read More: Women Frequently Experience Sexual Harassment at Work, yet Few Claims Ever Reach a CourtroomBy Joseph A. Seiner, University of South Carolina Sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including at least three from current or former aides, are a reminder of just how commonplace unwanted touching, propositioning and other inappropriate behavior is in the workplace. My recent research explores the prevalence of toxic work environments โ…
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COVID-19 Scams: Not Even Masks Can Protect Us From This Danger
Read More: COVID-19 Scams: Not Even Masks Can Protect Us From This DangerAfter a year of living under the cloud of COVID-19, there’s finally hope on the horizon, thanks to a new administration and the emergence of several additional effective vaccines. However, the vaccine rollout hasn’t gone as smoothly as we would have hoped. Still, some of the most vulnerable groups โ Black and brown people, people…
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Why a Stimulus Package Matters to Women
Read More: Why a Stimulus Package Matters to WomenIf you’re a woman, you probably know what it feels like to juggle work, childcare, housework and your own well-being. It’s a lot all at once. But, what can be even harder is if you no longer have to juggle work as part of your responsibilities, but you still need income. Since the beginning of…
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Choosing Health Insurance is So Complicated, 23% of Workers With Only Two Choices Picked the Worse One
Read More: Choosing Health Insurance is So Complicated, 23% of Workers With Only Two Choices Picked the Worse OneBy Trevor Collier, University of Dayton and Marlon L. Williams, University of Dayton The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Almost a quarter of employees faced with the choice of two employer-sponsored health care plans picked the one that left them worse off financially, even though they offered…
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Budget, Career, caregiving, Cleaning, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Financial health, Parenting, Retirement, Work
Women Risk Losing Decades of Workplace Progress Due to Covid-19 โ Hereโs How Companies Can Prevent That
Read More: Women Risk Losing Decades of Workplace Progress Due to Covid-19 โ Hereโs How Companies Can Prevent ThatBy Stephanie M.H. Moore, Indiana University American women have made strides in the workplace over the past half-century in terms of earnings, employment and careers – in no small part thanks to the efforts of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The COVID-19 pandemic risks undoing many of these gains in a matter of months.…
