So often, I find that the cause of work-induced stress is something my clients didn’t expect...

I treat many people in the so-called Millennial age group, and so I can say with some authority that they are completely exhausted with and bored by the continuous push and pull of the “woke” and “anti-woke” culture wars. 

As it turns out, the proverbial banter by the water cooler and the serendipitous hallway encounters not only held together the social fabric of company culture, they also filled our minds and hearts with their spontaneity and connection.

The Covid lockdown caused us to lose touch with our intuition, making it difficult for us to discern it from outside inputs and pressures. 

Whatever one might think of the old-fashioned 9-to-5 grind at the workplace, it had one significant advantage for social animals like us: it required us to be together and to work together, face-to-face. Post-Covid, we have lost that.

The path to recovery is deeply personal and fraught with challenges, and it is best if you find assistance. Since addiction is so personal, for some people having an advocate outside their social circle can be transformative.