AdvantEdge Workspaces Blog

To close out Mental Health Awareness Month, we are talking about how to feel your best at work. Mental health can be difficult to approach in a work environment, where often overworking is prized over taking care of ourselves. Feeling your best doesn’t have to come at the detriment of your work performance- in fact, you may even see an increase in productivity and efficiency. Here’s how to prioritize your mental health at work:

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and its important that we not only highlight resources for personal wellness, but also for the professionals who provide critical services and support. In-person services have dramatically decreased over the past two months, with many mental health professionals switching to telehealth. Despite the flexibility to work from home, one may still need (or want) workspace support. Whether you’re currently renting a space or have always practiced remotely, a virtual office can be the right solution to support your work, during these times and beyond.

Even before most people switched to working from home, the number of remote workers was growing rapidly. Nowadays, there are many easy ways to promote your business from home! Read below for tips on how to market yourself and increase your audience- all while staying on the couch.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. For the past month, the majority of us have been working from home and practicing social-distancing. This new world that we live in has brought a whole host of new challenges, and taking care of your mental health has never been more essential. With schedules out of wack, the inability to take part in most activities, and work life upended, we could all use a check-in with ourselves. Read below for five steps that you can take to improve your mental health while working remotely.

April is home to Earth Day and Arbor Day, two celebrations that implore us to be more mindful of mother nature and our personal impacts on the planet. Being eco-conscious can extend beyond our lifestyle and into the way we conduct our business. Read below for five environmentally friendly work practices that will help your business “go green”, from working from home to being back in your workspace.

Due to cancellations and other impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, some people are finding themselves with more free time during the workday. If you or someone on your team is in this category, now is a great time to work on long-term projects that used to fall to the wayside. Spending time on these will help set your business up for success after this period of quarantine ends. Don’t know where to start? We have you covered with five long-term project ideas that can benefit any business!

With all the distractions that come with working from home, we all could use a lift in our productivity levels. What worked for us in the office may not translate well to a home environment, where access to certain comforts and being surrounded by roommates, a partner, or family, can all aid in losing focus. We’ve created this guide of top productivity articles and tips from the AdvantEdge blog to help you stay concentrated from 9-5.

When forced to leave the comfort and routines of our offices, many of us are faced with less than ideal work set-ups at home. Couches become desks, and living rooms turn into conference centers. However, with the right tools, a home workspace can become just as user-friendly (or even more so) than the ones we have at the office. Keep reading for four ways you can upgrade your workspace at home!

Just because we are at home does not mean we cannot continue to hit our wellness goals! Take advantage of having more time to spend outdoors and a different daily schedule to stay fit while practicing social distancing and self-isolation. Below are three easy steps to moving more throughout your work-from-home day!

While at home, there are many ways to support others who have been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now more than ever, the DMV community is coming together to lift up small businesses, service workers, freelancers, and others whose stream of income has been eliminated. Below are seven ways you can contribute to your community during these trying times.