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Back to Earth

Spices for a Healthy Winter

Rover Rescue

A Lesson in Gratitude

Healthy Morsels, II

A Holiday Season Like No Other

Power of Positive Thinking Rejuvenate Your Spirit ...and much more!

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Complete Streets Slow Tourism

by Kathleen Ebert

2020 has certainly been a year of slowing down. Most people’s lives around the world have been sidelined due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

We have been working from home, schooling from home, and in many cases, not traveling for work or recreation. We may all be feeling a bit confined these days or even feel deprived from exploration and travel with all of the restrictions that have been duly placed upon us. It is time to plan an escape!

Slow tourism is described by Dr. Hayley Stainton in her blog, “Slow tourism explained: What why and where” at tourismteacher.com: “Generally speaking, people tend to associate slow tourism with a slower pace of life. Many of the stresses associated with travel are alleviated or reduced. Slow tourism involves spending longer in one place, getting to know the area and the community. Slow tourism involves the tourist slowing down, and often doing less, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the surroundings, community, and authentic culture.”

Close your eyes, clear your thoughts, and imagine for a moment that you are reaching your travel destination - your favorite small town at the Jersey Shore. Hold on, forget imagining, just choose a local town, bike to or park near the business district, and walk the shops. It’s time to relax and turn on your exploratory mode. As you move along, physically slow down to the main street pace of life, a slower pace.

Embrace and immerse yourself in that small town vibe way of life.

Can you think of a small town where you can easily slow down life and just be in the moment? How about local areas like Arnold Avenue in Point Pleasant Beach, or Main Street in Manasquan? Both of these locations have a mature and developed main street feel. Can you tell the difference in comparison to other local towns? How about Point Pleasant Borough? It has a great community feel for the locals living in it, but lacks the main street feel for visitors along it’s faster paced arterial streets. One of these arterials, Bridge Avenue, offers a completely different and quaint experience at the very eastern end of it in Bay Head.

Have you ever thought about why tourist areas seem to operate at a slower pace than other areas? Have you noticed we are compelled to slow down while visiting destinations? This is done completely by design - slower road speeds, walkable areas, small seating arrangements or small parks. Slowing down the pace of life is a great relaxing mental exercise for us, as life gets so busy at times.

Not only is slowing down beneficial for our state of mind, it is also a huge benefit to the local businesses and economy. Towns planned with slow tourism in mind inevitably become an economic driver for the area. It is about experiencing the area and building relationships with the locals, or in essence, becoming a local during your visit.

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All Business

Best Practices for Virtual Office Leadership & Etiquette

by Rosalee Laws

In the first part of our four part series ”COVID COMPANY REGROUP & REBOOT” we discussed communication strategies. Here we dive into best practices for virtual office etiquette and virtual team tips that will inspire social connection and reinforce collaboration as one of the keys to recovery.

The old belief that our physical workspace is the center of a team’s productivity and even necessary is being challenged by the realization that work is increasingly about what we do, and about where we are. Technology advances, cost pressures, and globalization have joined forces over the past two decades to completely change how we work, resulting in a 24x7 business cycle with instant communications, more diverse and geographically dispersed teams without borders, and flatter organizational structures. This combined with COVID and the absolute necessity of quarantining whole working has forced this new reality that we are increasingly mobile and our workplaces increasingly virtual. This flood of change has caused many companies to reinvent the workplace. Some are doing it well, however many are not.

Increasingly, companies may need to adapt to the virtual mindset to stay afloat during COVID and to compete in the global workplace. As Charles Darwin said, “It’s not the strongest or most intelligent of the species that survives, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”

This chart depicts shifts in thinking from old “Work is where you are” concepts to “Work is what you do”.

Where We Have Been

Where We Are Going

Work is where you go

Work is what you do

Space defines status

Space as a facilitator for innovation Contribution and results define status

Command and control silos

Cross-team communities, collaboration

Out of sight, out of mind

Out of sight, in mind

Manage by being around

Manage by results

Flexibility as an accommodation

Flexibility as a choice and toolset for all

Territory = Identity Formal meetings

Contribution = Identity

Formal meetings, slow decisions

Flexible interactions, faster decisions

Traditional office space

Innovation centers and innovative uses

With old ways of thinking, for individuals working remotely has come with some challenges.

• Coach staff through challenges; and ask for honest feedback • Focus on what you and your team can do not voids.

• Create scenarios and contingencies for immediate term and longer-term goals, activities, and outcomes.

• Use key indicators of success in the job to think about clear and simple metrics for work done. (This might be shared work plans, mini weekly reports, group reports, or touchpoint meetings. ) • Consider asking your staff to use their calendars to time block as a metric for work done. (Note time worked is not necessarily a useful measure of work accomplished.)

• Organize a nerve center, for example, and enabling communities to work, and learn, remotely. This may be a virtual website, intranet or as simple as a folder on google drive.

• Don’t forget about team training and development. Adapt workplace learning to virtual environments.

• Lack of face-to-face supervision • Lack of access to information • Lack of adequate tech equipment & team knowledge of technology • Lack of - or spotty - WIFI (or competing with partner/children for bandwidth) • Distractions at home especially young children at home needing supervision • Work plans aren’t as relevant without face-to-face interaction • Social isolation and anxiety Despite all these challenges and an unprecedented reality, where information is inconsistent, and when people feel insecure about what they know (or anyone else knows), human behavioral and psychological science points to an increased human desperation for clear leadership weaved with transparency, guidance.

LEADERSHIP Secret to Leading a Virtual Team?

Do not assume your team will read your mind and just know your expectations of them, especially if some have never worked remotely. State clear guidelines for your teams.

Being a Great Leader can happen anywhere. The essence of good management doesn’t change when working remotely. So here are a few tips to getting your remote team on track.

Agree on Guidelines for Remote Work • Make sure you are communicating the guidelines for remote work to your team.

• Rally your team with a remote ‘mission statement’, which can reiterate common vision, goals, transparency, and trust. Use keywords that motivate your team: coherent, productive, and motivated.

• Your organization likely already has an HR policy handbook. Consider creating a remote version or a remote code of conduct so everyone is on the same page. Possible categories: • Values/Mission • Touchpoint meetings: establish structured check-ins and decide frequency • Expected behaviors • Unacceptable behaviors • Reporting a problem • Taking care of each other • Committing to improvement • Email policies

Management Essentials & Setting Expectations: • Set the tone and be an example for the team • Give very clear expectations especially transparency in productivity and what you expect, Making Work Visible and Create Clear Measures of Productivity • Communicate effectively and often and state expectations of how often your team should check in and communicate virtually. (Using tools like idonethis this, slack, and having email policies may be useful) • Make sure your team knows how their performance will be measured • Reprioritize during this time.

Create a Virtual Work Plan that Works with Your Team Structure • Keep in mind and remind your team the whole world is in triage mode and is working to figure this out.

• What kind of team(s) do you lead?

• Different types of teams (multi-site team, team with satellite workers, distributed team, small team, large team) will require different management strategies.

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Rover Rescue A Lesson in Gratitude

by Lauren Kehoe

One positive takeaway from the tragic pandemic is gratitude. When we experience times of great loss, it gives up the chance to realize what we have and what is truly important.

Material possessions and shallow aspirations lose their sparkle. The people and creatures in our lives are what make our hearts whole.

Our society has taught us to value things that are shiny and new. Working as an adoption specialist, I often hear how families want to get a puppy so they can mold it into what they want. There is nothing wrong with this, though it is worth it to point out that puppies’ personalities are still developing, and there is a genetic component that holds onto nature versus nurture. Adult dogs have already developed their personalities so we generally know what we are getting, remembering that a high stress environment such as a shelter can temporarily exacerbate certain issues.

Lauren Kehoe is an avid animal lover and dog owner.

This pandemic has taught us not to give up on our most vulnerable population and do everything in our power to protect them. In dogs, this may be the older faces with the gray muzzles and eyes that speak stories. Or the dog that is huddled at the back of the run, begging to be anywhere else but here. Or the dog that is lunging at the gate desperate for an outlet for its abundant energy. Or the dog that cannot stop barking, needing its voice to be heard. This is the population that is at risk everyday in our shelters, trying to prove their importance.

If you need a dog that is good with children, dogs, and cats, that is completely valid.

But if you don’t, it may be worth it to consider what special needs dog could easily slide into your life. Maybe you have extra money every month and can splurge on medications. If you live in the middle of nowhere, it might be no sweat to have an incredibly reactive dog. Perhaps you work from home and can accommodate a dog with separation anxiety. Knowing you don’t need to be around other dogs; your home may have space for a dog that prefers to live solo.

Or if you don’t have kids or a lot of visitors, there could be room for the dog that requires a little bit of relationship building before trusting people.

Bottom line is all dogs are individuals, and all dogs are important. This is not meant to pressure someone into biting off more than they can chew and taking on a dog that will cause extra stress and tension; that isn’t beneficial for human or dog. However, it can be interesting to acknowledge what your home has that another may not, or in some cases what it doesn’t have. It is amazing watch a dog that was a challenge and a struggle for one owner may be another owner’s soul dog. Every dog has its person and its place, and that is the beauty of animal rescue.

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The Power of Positive Thinking Rejuvenate Your Spirit

by Allison Feehan, N.D., D.Psc., CRMT

There isn’t much you can do to replace the soul you’ve been given but there’s so many things that you can do to rejuvenate your spirit. Want to make yourself feel brand new? Younger? The rare 2020 celestial happenings and intense energy shifts are leaving so many of us feeling anxious and unsettled.

And nothing ages you quicker than stress. Constant stress can lead to emotional turbulence, less energy, less patience, and less vitality.

The key to rejuvenating your spirit is detoxing through meditation. Meditation is one of the best ways to lower your stress and on a daily basis. I’ve talked about this time and time again that meditation and deep breath work is so beneficial to the human body. Meditation is also very beneficial to the human soul and spirit. Practice meditation in any form that you can just to detox your stress. You can walk, jog, lay down and meditate, sit in lotus (cross-legged), pray, listen to a guided meditation, and so on. Give yourself a challenge and see how long you can meditate for each day.

Work your way up to longer times each day. Be sure to cleanse your spirit daily after meditation. You can cleanse using palo-santo, sage or even take a salt scrub shower or soak in a Epsom salt bath.

Allison Feehan N.D., D.Psc, CRMT Owner of the Coastal Cottage 64 Bridge Avenue Bay Head, NJ 08742

Rejuvenate your spirit through rejuvenating your physical body. Nothing gets the spirit going quite like getting the blood going. Staying active through sweaty activities can rejuvenate the spirit and soul all while rejuvenating the physical aspect of the body. I always suggest that exercise be a long-term proposition with yourself. Listen to your body and mind, rest when you need to. Keeping the physical body in a healthy state will also allow the spirit to fall into alignment. This also includes eating healthy.

A temporary rejuvenation could be doing something as little as getting your hair colored. A sense of feeling pretty or put-together can invigorate you.

Some ladies may even indulge in Botox or plastic surgery to feel better. Whatever it is that restores your spirit, I say go for it. This may be a one-off event or a long term event but do what feels comfortable for you.

What’s your favorite hobby or pass time?

Indulging in a favorite pass-time is sure to rejuvenate your spirit. A lot of people fell back in love with their hobby once in quarantine because they suddenly found the time to reignite their favorite interest. Perhaps find a new hobby or interest, something you always thought about doing but just didn’t. What change are you craving that will rejuvenate your spirit?

Time to embark on this new journey now. Leave the negatives of what you didn’t like about 2020 behind you.

Show up for yourself in a new way. Small changes made in your daily routine can have positive lasting effects for the spirit and the soul.

Peace be with you, Allison

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Tips for The Individual Remote Worker

Since some team members may be new to this new way of working virtual check in meetings have become very important to all the above.

PRODUCTIVITY & Managing your workday • Begin your workday at your normal start time - Try to replicate your morning routine - Get internet and Harvard tools (VPN, email, Teams, etc.) up and running - Consider saying a virtual “good morning” to colleagues to signal that you are now “at work and online”

Here are a few:

Conference Call & Virtual best practices • Make sure teams know the technology being used before the meeting • Always have an agenda even if its a simple 3 bullet point sentence said in housekeeping at the beginning of your meeting • Dial in to meetings five minutes before start time - Put frequently used dial-in numbers on speed dial • Limit background noise by remembering some basics: - Let household members know you are beginning a call - Mute your phone when listening; unmute it for speaking - Remember: typing, coughing, whispering, etc., can be heard!

- Never put the call on hold – might turn on “hold” music • Speak up and speak clearly so everyone can hear you • Stay concise and on topic

• Take short, periodic breaks to stay energized throughout the day - Try walking, stretching, meditation, or chair yoga • Eat a healthy lunch and the right amount of snacks - Plan lunch in advance and take a break when you eat it - Stay hydrated to maintain focus throughout the day

Leading in a crisis is never easy, but hard times can make or break a company’s identity. During these times leaders must lead from the front. Part of this leadership process is getting even a remote team back on track which enforces recovery in itself. Remember yourself and your teams are human beings.

Individuals have a desperation to make sense out of what has happened. During this time a leader’s example, words and actions can be the difference between a total loss or lead to the ability to navigate toward greater resilience, leaving an even more positive imprint on the company’s whole future identity.

In part 3 we will dive into the transformation of business models and problem solving to change this crisis into opportunities.

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Back to Earth Spices for a Healthy Winter

by Natalie Berko

Festive spices fill our noses, taste buds and tummies with a warm glow that represents the winter season. These spices don’t just benefit the taste of your food, they also offer a wide array of health benefits. The recognition that spices and herbs can do good for human health is nothing new, they have a long history of use in traditional healing. However, its only recently that scientist have started to look more closely at their properties. This has led to the use of spices and herbs for therapeutic purposes becoming gradually more

evidence-based. Spices and herbs could help improve the health status of a person through different mechanisms. Most spices are known to contain high levels of micronutrients known as polyphenols, which are highly antioxidant, and thus seem to be good for anti-inflammatory conditions.

Each herb and each spice possess active ingredients that you don’t find elsewhere and have unique medicinal properties. Try one of these winter spices to give your mood, energy, aches and pains all a little extra boost this season.

Natalie Berko Certified Crystal Healer

1. Combat a Sweet Tooth with Cinnamon Temptation is everywhere during the holidays. Sugar spikes can wreak havoc on blood sugar levels, leading to over-eating. Cinnamon can help keep blood sugar on an even keel. Try infusing your water with a cinnamon stick to sip throughout the evening.

2. Drink Ginger Tea for a Cold Grate a bit of ginger root into a small saucepan with 1 tsp. each of cinnamon and dried thyme, cover with water and simmer for 5 minutes. Flavor with lemon and 1 tsp. of honey.

3. Boost Your Mood with Saffron Sipping a tea with saffron and other mood soothers could be the perfect way to east winter blues.

4. Soothe Your Stomach with Turmeric Traditionally, turmeric was used to strengthen the digestion and relieve gas and bloating. Try a delicious taste of India with a lassi tonic. A lassi tonic is made from pineapple, yogurt, turmeric, and cardamom blended together to help ease gastrointestinal discomfort.

5. Get a Good Night’s Sleep with Cardamom and Nutmeg When you need to unwind, the sedative qualities of cardamom and nutmeg are perfect. Try adding two cardamom pods to a mugful of almond or oat milk and heating it gently to just below boiling for a few minutes top with grated nutmeg.

6. Banish a Headache with Cayenne To help prevent headaches, add a 4 cm piece of fresh ginger root and ¼ tsp of cayenne to a daily meal or drink.

7. Ease Tired Feet with Mustard A traditional remedy for achy, tired feet was a mustard bath. Magnesium-rich mustard can help weary muscles, and ginger can help stimulate circulation. Create a reviving foot soak by adding 6 tsp of mustard powder and 3 tsp ginger to a bowl of warm water and soak for at least 15 minutes.

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Healthy Morsels, II A Holiday Season Like No Other

by Lynn O’Hara

We are in the midst of a pandemic. That is nothing anyone needs reminding of for sure. How many of you are just waiting for it to end to “get back to normal?” I know there is a part of me that is always waiting for what’s next. I can get so caught up in that part of me that I forget to be in the moment in front of me. That is the opposite of mindfulness for sure. But what do we do when we get caught up in the longing for things to be really different than they are now? Being in the here and now at this moment is difficult. Well, if we spend too much time longing for things to be different rather than how they are, we are in a place of suffering. The irony here is that our efforts to think of the future rather than the moment at hand is what we do to avoid suffering! What if we slowed down, stopped the rush to get somewhere and instead settled into the being here? When we can do that, we are no longer desperate to be somewhere else and that is the day everything changes. So, thanks to my book, “A Year Without Fear,” for the quote of the day...

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I think this is great advice especially for the holiday season. Many people are apart from those they love and almost all of us are finding that we cannot participate in some of the traditions that bring meaning to our holidays. How can we make this a special holiday season? Be mindful. Make it sacred. Pay deep attention to whatever you do whether it is gift-wrapping, cookie baking, listening to music or anything else you love at the holidays.

Slow down this year. Take advantage of the space we are supposed to be taking. Take advantage of a slower, more relaxed holiday season. Light candles. Call friends. Send out handwritten cards.

Make this a year to remember-not for the pandemic, but for the mindful, in the moment living that so many of us long for each year. This may be the year we actually get that! Stay safe, wear a mask, wash your hands and have a Happy Holiday season!

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