By Yvonne Milosevic You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone not experiencing some degree of burnout these days. It’s a global condition afflicting workers across the employment spectrum. In a recent Deloitte survey of more than 1,000 respondents, 77% said they had experienced burnout at their current job. Furthermore, 91%…
By Yvonne Milosevic Raise your hand if your pandemic-era goals included things like learning how to play an instrument, getting serious about your side hustle, or mastering the art of making sourdough bread. With inspo from Insta and TikTok, we had ambitious plans for maximizing…
By Yvonne Milosevic Do you often experience anxiety before giving a presentation or having an uncomfortable conversation? If so, this Stanford neurobiologist’s hacks to calm your speaking jitters could change your life. Andrew Huberman, an associate professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology, recently stopped by the…
By Yvonne Milosevic Here at the Blacklight, we’re always on the lookout for tips that can improve our personal and professional lives. We’ve now done a full lap around the sun living with a pandemic and could still use some hacks to make our days…
By Yvonne Milosevic When Socrates proclaimed that “the unexamined life is not worth living,” it’s doubtful he meant the kind of intense overthinking that can lead to anxiety, depression, and generalized stressed-out-ness. With their thoughts replaying on an endless loop, ruminators obsessively stew over bothersome…
by Robin Madell It’s become cliché to have too much to do in too little time. When this happens on the job, you can feel anxious, demoralized, and burned out before the day even begins. As your mood tanks, you might “check out” emotionally, disengaging…
By Yvonne Milosevic Feeling stressed out much lately? Between the wildfires, hurricanes and political crises du jour, it feels like we’re living Armageddon-adjacent these days. To get a grip, we decided to forego expensive therapy sessions (we’re thrifty like that) and look into the best-reviewed…