Professor Neil Walsh and his team at Liverpool John Moores University have established that people who are dehydrated have higher spikes of cortisol during stressful situations. And these findings, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, suggest that over the long term, dehydration could have important implications for chronic diseases that are associated with heightened stress responses over time, including depression, anxiety disorders, heart disease, and diabetes.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed right now? We are all feeling it lately, personally and collectively as a society. You may be absorbing not only your own stress, but stress from those around you, as well as national stress. The world - and maybe your life - feels like it's turned upside down and may not seem like it makes sense anymore.
The day I learned to breathe again began, ironically, in a hospital corridor. It was 9:15 a.m., and I was already behind schedule. Emails unanswered, phone buzzing, mind juggling three patient stories at once. Then an elderly man with a cane stepped into the hallway in front of me. He moved slowly, deliberately, pausing between steps as if listening for instructions from the ground.
'Our recent research found that parents, compared to non-parents, reported higher desire for and engagement in infidelity during periods of significant external stress, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.'
A University of California analysis of 3,900 married business owners found nearly one in three entrepreneurs divorced, roughly double the 10-15% rate of non-founders in the same age bracket.
James Tucker emphasizes that effective cyber resilience strategies contain three elements: "processes, technology, and people." Companies often overlook the importance of the human factor in resilience strategies.