Presenteeism is costing your happiness and organisational productivity, and it’s costing the nation billions

Do you ever feel restless and distracted at work? You can’t focus? You were wishing you were somewhere else? Are you sick of all the changes and don’t feel valued? Did you ever start your new job being motivated to then become demotivated through not being recognised for your efforts? Well you’re not the only one.

Statistics reveal presenteeism, which is the silent form of absenteeism, is costing organisations over $34 billion each year.

Presenteeism is described as loss of productivity that occurs when employers come to work and perform below expectation due to any kind of physical or mental illness including stress, anxiety and depression.

Absenteeism is more commonly recognised as it is obvious when someone isn’t at work, it can be a critical indicator of overall organisational health.

Interviewing hundreds of people, I’ve discovered 95% of people become dissatisfied at work. Some of the key areas that create this are feelings of not being appreciated or feeling like things are getting worse at work and that it was better in the past. Especially when new concepts or systems are implemented, change is hard for some people, or they are being bullied, they don’t like the management style, they feel like they are overworked and underpaid, they don’t like the politics, they are only at work to earn money and there is no satisfaction. When everyone is complaining and dislikes the company, the moral is low with high turnover
It’s amazing that most people spend most of their life at work being unhappy. Do you want to know the reason why? It’s because people haven’t been taught to deal with the stress, how to tap into their creative mind to find solutions. They generally don’t know that they have the power to create whatever they  focus on and that the way they internalise things and respond to situations presented to them plays a key role in staying healthy, happy and fulfilled.
Once you learn to tap into your inner world and learn to be more aware, calm, creative, and balanced, no matter what is going on, career and life will grow from strength to strength.
If you or someone you know is in this cycle of stress and being unhappy at work, download a free copy of my book “How to be Calm Under Pressure: Advance your Career with Mindfulness”
Blessings,
Januta Ribinskas
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Do you want to stop feeling body pain? Benefits of a Good Posture.

Having a good posture is an asset in life. It’s important to develop correct postural awareness at an early age as your muscles lengthen or shorten as a result of good or bad posture. Bad posture contributes to back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, knee problems and headaches. You can see posture affects a lot and it’s much easier to work on your posture than go through pain for your life.

Young people with bad posture will grow into elderly people that will struggle in life. The muscle groups of the body are like a pulley system and if one part is developed incorrectly, it affects the whole structure of the body. For a great posture start with the feet and develop core muscles. The pelvic floor and abdominal muscles for the body are like a support beam would be in holding up a ceiling in a building structure.

Here is a sequence to align your posture:
1. Stand upright with the feet and knuckles of the big toes together and the heels slightly apart.
2. Breathe in through the nose and look down at your feet (initially) and lift up your toes and spread them apart. Also now look up and gaze straight ahead. (This can be challenging initially as the feet aren’t use to this sort of movement). The balls of the feet and heels are on the floor.
3. Hold the breath for the count of 3 then exhale through the nose and connect the navel to the spine, lift the pelvic floor and bring the spread toes to the floor (notice the connection of the balls of the toes & heels on the floor.)
4. As you continue to align the posture, keep gazing straight ahead (or close your eyes for a meditative experience) and as you breath in through the nose slowly then holding the breath for the count of 3 and breathe out slowly through the nose focus on the tops of the feet, shins, knee caps, quadriceps muscles, engage your pelvic floor muscles and abdominals.

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5. Then, keep focusing and from the abdominals take your awareness up to your shoulders then lift up the shoulders and roll them back and draw the finger tips gently to the floor, feel a long neck. Then bring your awareness to the front of the face to the top of the crown of the head.
6. Next regroup and make sure your feet are grounded your centre is engaged and get a sense of a silver thread lengthening your spine through to the top of the crown of your head to realign the posture. Next bring your awareness to the back of your skull, neck across the shoulders to the lower lumbar buttocks, back of the legs and down to the floor. And there you are aligned and ready to go.
This is good to do daily .Make sure your shoulders are relaxed, the core is always softy connected when you’re walking and sitting. If at a desk, it’s important to get up and move every 15 minutes. Check your shoulders are relaxed and core is connected. A pain free body and correct posture is a key point for a happy, healthy balanced life.
Blessings,
Januta Ribinskas
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Are you fed up of  feeling exhausted? Lose Weight Naturally at any age by learning to be calm positive and creative

Being a mature woman myself, I understand the area of anti-aging naturally which includes weight loss and sustaining it. Just eating healthy food and exercising doesn’t guarantee weight loss. The number one area to look at is letting go of stress. Stress comes from a variety of areas- career, family and even the whole idea of aging or moving into any relative age group that society labels as a milestone. People worry from a young age, and there is so much fear around aging that individuals are often in the stress cycle without even realizing it. When you are  in that cycle the body produces stress chemicals including adrenaline and cortisol, which activate the fight or flight reaction within the body, this offers a burst of energy for quick reactions to danger and  it is ok short term. Prolonged stress chemicals in the body can lead to dangerous health conditions including lowered immune system, high blood pressure, weight increase and more.
So learning to be calm by understanding your  stress patterns and letting them go is number one so you can learn to apply positive techniques and balance from within. When you feel calm,sleep well are positive and accept yourself where you are then the body is generally functioning and producing your natural endorphins and serotonin, the feel good chemicals. Then when you eat well,drink water and exercise the body is more likely to naturally stay slim and balanced.
Another simple shift is to acknowledge what is going on, then  be conscious to remind yourself “all is well” and that you’ll get through the situation, and even say the words “calm, calm, calm” and before you notice it, that’s how you’ll feel no matter what is going on.
So learning to navigate from within and apply positive skills within each moment makes incredible difference…. Think, talk and breathe positively, stay empowered and look younger too. Stress ages you, being calm helps assist in natural anti-aging!
Blessings,
Januta Ribinskas
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Becoming Neutral to Stressful People and Stressful Situations

Life has been articulated to us all as stressful and hard, we have learned stress patterns. Every time you communicate you are telling your story, as with others they are telling theirs. Your reactions to others and the situation can activate or deactivate stress.

When you start listening and understanding the language of words, body language, and emotional language, you become empowered. By applying balanced emotions and inner awareness through these times it leads to a neutral state. Having a neutral state does not mean having no emotions. In adverse situations and with stressful people, you learn to very quickly realign and shift from stressful to neutral. As a result, you learn the skills to keep from absorbing other people’s negative projections. Once you understand and apply these concepts to activate this awareness, you become happier, healthier, more creative, and more resilient.

Olivia’s Story

Olivia was a very successful senior woman in the male dominant financial services industry. After a promotion, she became highly stressed. Her new role involved setting up and developing new business services in international markets across twenty-two countries.

The nature of Olivia’s role involved high level performance and accountability. Being a woman in a senior level position produced a lot of politics, competitiveness, and pressure. Female colleagues were often jealous of Olivia’s talent, making working with them as difficult as working with her male colleagues. Olivia was dealing with lots of people who had control issues. The power dynamics caused arguments and disagreements in management meetings. Olivia knew her asset was her knowledge in the field, she was highly capable and technically efficient, however, the politics were draining her.

Olivia was so stressed, she didn’t know who to turn to or trust. She was suffering headaches and losing weight. Her blood pressure and cholesterol were high even though she was very lean. She was unable to sleep at night, awake with worry about what others were saying and doing. Olivia would get sick with cold and flu symptoms constantly. Although she was earning a high figure income, she was losing her health and quality of life, and had started questioning her career path.

Olivia heard about Januta through her workplace. She had been practicing yoga, but it was not enough. Olivia met with Januta and attended the Management Team Workshop, “Being Neutral to Stressful People and Situations.” As she continued with Januta’s ongoing programs, everything began to change dramatically.

As Olivia applied her newly learned techniques, she gained greater awareness; her results were outstanding as everything changed and she was able to relate differently to her internal and external clients.

By aligning herself from within, Olivia became neutral to stressful people. By remaining neutral, she was more in tune with these people and she was listening to them differently and not getting caught up in their stress and stories. This helped Olivia because she was able to avoid fighting against them or reacting to their stress, which would have otherwise caused her more stress.

These techniques helped Olivia achieve her outcomes without feeling intimidated by her peers or clients. This was reflected in her relationships, job satisfaction, and business results as they changed in positive ways. Olivia’s career continued to evolve, she was able to create further opportunities and climb the career ladder. Her practice and application of her work with Januta produced great outcomes.

By applying the right positive techniques and connecting back to yourself, you have clarity and calmness. You become solution minded, and as a result, bring coherence. So now, being more empowered, you are more successful and you can let go of all the negative hype. You do better and can embrace the positive emotions when you start excelling.

Blessings
Januta