Ep. 195.Erik Peper: Practical Tools for Coping with Tech Stress

Erik Peper, a professor in the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University, is an internationally known expert on workplace health, stress management and holistic health. His book, co-authored with Richard Harvey and Nancy Faass, is Tech Stress: How Technology Is Hijacking Our Lives, Strategies for Coping, and Pragmatic Ergonomics.In this episode, Stew and Erik discuss how to cope with ever-present technology in ways that reduce stress and strain. Erik describes and illustrates, with Stew as his subject, some ergonomic strategies -- how to position our bodies at our workstations, for example -- and ways of re-framing our thoughts and feelings about how we work with the aims of increasing energy and avoiding burnout. Here then is an invitation, a challenge, for you, once you’ve listened to the conversation.  For just one hour of your next work day, try stopping for a minute every 20 minutes or so, to breathe or stretch and to take stock of how you’re working.  What do you discover?  Share your ideas and any reactions to this episode by writing to Stew at [email protected] or via LinkedIn.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.