Dealing With Winter Blues: COVID Edition
Since countries around the world have entered a second lockdown, working from home is once again the only option for many. This time around the Norther Hemisphere also serves up the cold and dark months of winter. Last year, we rounded up some of the best ways to deal with the winter blues as remote […]
Moving forward: How to manage your mental health after COVID-19
With the lockdown restrictions slowly easing in some parts of the world, we’re finally on our way back to normalcy. Still, this doesn’t mean we can all forget the harsh reality we’ve come to live with. Right now it looks like there won’t be a world “after COVID” any time soon. Instead, we have entered […]
8 ways to deal with Seasonal Depression as a Remote Worker
With the temperature dropping and fewer sunlight hours, many of us are really feeling the need to succumb into hibernation mode. So at acework we have decided to share our experiences with seasonal depression as remote workers. You are not alone. What is SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder, seasonal depression, or SAD, is a form of […]
How Successful Remote Teams Manage Mental Health
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.” — Wendy Mass Mental health challenges for remote workers In Part I of our Remote Best Practices series, we mentioned how remote and dispersed teams have less opportunities for in-person or in the hallway discussions, which may hurt team cohesion and […]