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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Managing email anxiety is especially challenging for entrepreneurs when taking a much-needed break. You might be taking time off over the holidays to spend time with family, but mentally, you're back in the office because you can see your emails are piling up. Escaping the pressures of building and growing your business is almost impossible when you don't effectively manage your inbox. While the idea of deleting your inbox is a satisfying thought, I think most of us can agree that may not be the best customer service move. I don't think my clients would enjoy learning that their emails are being deleted simply because I'm trying to relax and recharge. Fortunately, we don't have to take such drastic measures. https://www.tausiinsider.com/4-things-you-can-do-to-truly-disconnect-from-work-over-the-holidays/?feed_id=377618&_unique_id=648fcf213c801

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I was watching Good Morning America recently and saw a segment in which they recommended people take short breaks in between work tasks. The program cited an analysis in the journal PLOS ONE showing that "microbreaks" during the workday increase energy and decrease fatigue. This is the essence of the recovery methodology I've learned from research and personal experience, dating back to my days as a teenage lifeguard at Jones Beach in New York. We focus on practicing what I call resilience rituals and how they help us combat depletion, exhaustion and burnout while rebuilding resilience. The forces driving us toward burnout are chronic stress (driven in part by being constantly engaged online), multitasking and forgetting to tend to the needs of our bodies and minds. The results can be catastrophic for our health and wellbeing, but there's good news: Resilience rituals, if practice...

A Toronto home for sale is seen in this 2019 file photo. Tijana Martin/Tausi Insider Canada’s bank regulator said it is not changing the mortgage stress test, ignoring calls to relax the rules and offer relief to borrowers after the spike in borrowing costs. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, or OSFI, said the mortgage stress test for uninsured bank mortgages would continue to require borrowers to qualify at a rate of 5.25 per cent or two percentage points above their actual contract, whichever is higher. “It is prudent that lenders continue to test borrowers for adverse conditions,” the regulator said in a press release. OSFI’s announcement Thursday was part of its annual review of the stress test, announced each December. Carrick: Renting is a personal finance dumpster fire, yet it’s also the hottest trend in housing With mortgage rates hovering around 5 per cent, borrowers must show they can make their loan payments with an interest rate at 7 per cent. Tha...

Photo : Dragana Gordic ( Shutterstock ) You might fantasize about living a  stress-free life, the reality is that stress is as inescapable as the need to eat and drink. R ather than avoiding it altogether, the focus should be on finding ways of managing it. “Stress reduction implies we can reduce the number of stressful events that happens to us,” said Elissa Epel, a researcher at University of California, San Francisco, and the author of the book The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease . “That is not the best goal to have, because we will always have many different types of stressors in our lives.” Rather than trying to get rid of stress altogether, it’s a far more realistic goal to increase our stress resilience. Stress resilience is the ability to face stress and recover from it, and, as Epel points out, the ability to relax when nothing is happening. As with so many other aspects of life, stress resilience is something that we can get better at with practi...

Canadian bank CEOs say they’re able to adapt to the higher credit requirements the banking regulator has set in preparation for more uncertain economic times ahead. RBC RY-T chief executive Dave McKay says the bank will stay well above the 11 per cent stability buffer requirement even with the pending $13.5-billion acquisition of HSBC Canada, while there would be time to adapt to any further potential increases. In December, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions raised the capital requirements banks have to keep on hand by half a percentage point, while also increasing the range of potential future increases as a potential safeguard as higher interest rates put higher stress on borrowers. Speaking at RBC’s bank CEO conference in Toronto, McKay said he doesn’t expect that an increase in mortgage defaults would be a significant stress for the bank’s capital as only a low single digit percentage of its overall borrowers have both a potential payment crunch and low c...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As the owner of several digital marketing companies, I've found that mindfulness has played a crucial role in my success over the years. Not only has it helped me to stay focused and productive, but it has also allowed me to approach challenges and difficult situations with a clear and calm mind. Mindfulness helps us to stay focused and present in the moment. As entrepreneurs, we often have a lot of tasks and responsibilities vying for our attention, whether it's two dozen tabs open in our browser or six consecutive Zoom meetings on a Tuesday afternoon. It can be easy to get overwhelmed and lose sight of what's most important. Mindfulness allows us to quiet our racing thoughts and stay focused on the task at hand, which can greatly improve our productivity and effectiveness. I think all entrepreneurs can benefit from this important aspect of self-improvement, and in this article, I'll...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. "I don't feel well. Call 911." That was supposedly what I said to my husband, who was sitting next to me at a midtown Manhattan restaurant, but I'm not quite sure. I do recall telling him a bit earlier about a new business angle my maternity brand, Emilia George, could potentially pivot to, as well as taking out my cellphone to snap a selfie while jokingly observing: "This is gonna be the moment when the next great business idea was born!" Suddenly, all was a blur, and quiet — far too quiet for a New York eatery — followed by people around us panicking and wishing me well. Then there was an ambulance, a stretcher and siren, then doctors, nurses, EKG and blood work, and a few hours later my husband took me home. I'm a mom, so went immediately to check on my baby and toddler, but didn't know what to say or think in the wake of the diagnosis. It wasn't long therea...

Photo : Dragana Gordic ( Shutterstock ) You might fantasize about living a  stress-free life, the reality is that stress is as inescapable as the need to eat and drink. R ather than avoiding it altogether, the focus should be on finding ways of managing it. “Stress reduction implies we can reduce the number of stressful events that happens to us,” said Elissa Epel, a researcher at University of California, San Francisco, and the author of the book The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease . “That is not the best goal to have, because we will always have many different types of stressors in our lives.” Rather than trying to get rid of stress altogether, it’s a far more realistic goal to increase our stress resilience. Stress resilience is the ability to face stress and recover from it, and, as Epel points out, the ability to relax when nothing is happening. As with so many other aspects of life, stress resilience is something that we can get better at with practi...