{"id":8405,"date":"2019-10-31T10:32:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/?p=8405"},"modified":"2019-10-31T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:32:24","slug":"winter-is-coming-beating-seasonal-blues-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wellness\/winter-is-coming-beating-seasonal-blues-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter is Coming: Beating Seasonal Blues in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The combination of shorter days, less sunshine and colder temperatures have an affect on all of us to some degree.\u00a0 Even if you can&#8217;t wait to play some outdoor hockey, build snow forts with the kids or go snowmobiling, we still can all use a bit of support.\u00a0 It&#8217;s especially important in the workplace to ensure that everyone is OK.\u00a0 \u00a0 As Canadians, it can be a long winter so let&#8217;s face it together!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"0\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/ca\/news\/general\/winter-is-coming-beating-seasonal-blues-in-the-workplace\/190204?utm_source=GA&#038;utm_medium=20191031&#038;utm_campaign=HRDCW-Newsletter&#038;utm_content=1116943F-0EC0-4D62-AF69-6CF0303544DF&#038;tu=1116943F-0EC0-4D62-AF69-6CF0303544DF\">Winter is coming: Beating seasonal blues in the workplace<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>As Canada&#8217;s weather plummets from pleasant autumn chill to the sharp bite of winter, employee moods &#8211; and productivity &#8211; can drop right along with it. &#8220;When the weather turns cold and the days grow shorter and darker, it&#8217;s easy for energy in the office to decline,&#8221; says Dr. Vivien Brown, Vice President of medical affairs at Medisys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The combination of shorter days, less sunshine and colder temperatures have an affect on all of us to some degree.\u00a0 Even if you can&#8217;t wait to play some outdoor hockey, build snow forts with the kids or go snowmobiling, we can still all use a bit of support.\u00a0 It&#8217;s especially important in the workplace to make sure everyone is OK.\u00a0 \u00a0 As Canadians, it can be a long winter so let&#8217;s face it together!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn-res.keymedia.com\/cms\/images\/us\/036\/0223_637081172222948626.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Winter is Coming: Beating Seasonal Blues in the Workplace","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[370,126,63,6,145,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-8405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wellness","8":"tag-winterblues","9":"tag-employee_health","10":"tag-employee_wellness","11":"tag-happiness","12":"tag-productivity","13":"tag-workplace"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8407,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8405\/revisions\/8407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}