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Good Mental Health Practices Are Key For Those Working From Home

By Brian Ellison,

Published March 8, 2021 at 5:04 PM CST

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Mother seated on the floor in front of a computer stand working her laptop with her left hand and using her right hand to rub the back of her baby sleeping beside her. — Keeping a regular schedule including breaks is one strategy for coping with stress while working remotely.

Whether alone or living with others, working from home does present challenges to maintaining good mental health. Here is advice on balancing work and home when both are in the same place.

For those working at home because of the coronavirus, the workday got longer, the number of meetings increased and communicating with coworkers became more difficult. These and other stressors can impair your mental wellbeing but there are steps you can take and boundaries you can set to make you more resilient.

Darcy Gruttadaro, director, Center for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association Foundation

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Brian Ellison

As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.

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