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		<title>How Do You React to Stress?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress can be managed.  When you allow yourself to feel the stress, if you are mindful of the causes, you are actually taking the first step towards making the changes necessary to more permanently alleviate your angst.  Don't run from stress or you'll be stuck in the status quo.]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving from Working Nights &#8211; an Idea for Getting Through Dinner!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving dinner can be stressful and sometimes no one has fun.  Play charades to keep everyone happy, focused, and having fun.  It's good for all ages!]]></description>
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		<title>Shift Work and Divorce &#8211; Does the Work Schedule Really Make a Difference?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies have found that people working shift work tend to experience greater marital instability.  This post gives some ideas about why and what to do about it.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan Ahead for Ghosts and Goblins When Working Shift Work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ideas for celebrating Halloween when you have to work that day.]]></description>
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		<title>Working Night’s President Featured on WBZ 1030 Call-in Program – Friday, October 23, 2009 at Midnight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working Nights President Betsy Connolly will comment on shift work and take questions from workers on the Jordan Rich show this Friday, October 23rd, at Midnight.]]></description>
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		<title>Serotonin, the Happiness Holy Grail</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shift workers have less serotonin that day-time workers so their sleep, appetite, mood, body temperature are impacted. ]]></description>
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		<title>Families and Friends of Shift Workers – How to Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With over 55 million Americans working nonstandard work schedules, up to 150 million people are directly impacted by shift work schedules, based on US census statistics of household size. But many more people are actually impacted by shift work because, while household size has been shrinking, extended families (e.g. extended relatives, neighbors and friends, co-workers) are becoming more important. Shift work can cause difficulty creating and maintaining relationships, and often it's hard for others to realize special challenges shift workers face. ]]></description>
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		<title>Merry, Merry Shift Work: Reducing Holiday Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.workingnights.com/blog/2008/10/31/ideas-to-help-your-employees-reduce-holiday-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holidays, and the stress they bring, can be difficult to integrate into a shift work schedule. Even if you manage to pencil in Fun between two eight- or ten-hour shifts, stress and holiday errands can quickly override your best laid plans. ]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for the Holidays: HoHoHoooh No, I Have to Work the Night Shift&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning ahead along with using a calendar can alleviate stress around the holidays.  Make sure to save time for fun.]]></description>
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