Stress and Insufficient Rest Affects your Health and Weight

Posted by on May 6, 2011 in Blog | 685 comments

With irregular sleeping patterns and a constant stream of new beds and sleeping environments, it’s easy to see how the business traveler might be lacking some shuteye. This creates a vicious circle of constant tiredness that leads to stress, and stress can contribute to lack of sleep. You drink coffee to stay awake but then the caffeine keeps you awake and dehydrates you! Yet, getting the best sleep possible can make a tremendous difference to your quest for a healthy lifestyle. Scientists have been aware of a phenomenon known as First...

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Business Traveler and Exercise: Fitting YOU into your Suitcase

Posted by on Apr 29, 2011 in Blog | 62 comments

How do you incorporate exercise into your travels and keep it fun? Let’s face it. As business travelers we have business to do, which is why we left home in the first place. We focus on goals, accountability and execution. If you are the main breadwinner for the household, you carry enormous pressure on your shoulders just from that factor alone. Add the stress of performance to get paid and you have just increased the stress level tenfold. Add still more stress from having multiple employees reporting to you, and you have multiplied the...

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