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Updated blog post by Linda Stone on screen and email apnea, Huffington Post, May 7, 2012. Eighty percent of us seem to have it. I broke the story about it in early 2008 on the Huffington Post, and called the phenomenon, "email apnea." Later in 2008, in talks and interviews, I referred to it interchangeably as "email apnea" and also, as "screen apnea." Definition: Shallow breathing or breath holding while doing email, or while working or playing in front of a screen. Excerpt: Recently, researchers, Gloria Mark, Stephen Voida, and Anthony Cardello, have made headway into formally validating the impact of email, using HRV. Why are we doing this? Our posture is often compromised, especially when we use laptops and smartphones. Arms forward, shoulders forward, we sit in a position where it's impossible to get a healthy and full inhale and exhale. Further, anticipation is generally accompanied by an inhale -- and email, texting, and viewing television shows generally includes a significant dose of anticipation. Meanwhile, the full exhale rarely follows. The stress-related physiology of email apnea or screen apnea is described in some detail in my 2008 post, linked to above. What's the remedy? A new way of interacting with technologies that I call: Conscious Computing. Technologies like the Heartmath emWave2, Huffington Post's GPS for the Soul, and a variety of optimal breathing techniques, can support us in using technologies in healthier ways. Instead of sending an email, call or walk over to your colleague's office. And there's always that other possibility: every now and then, just turn everything off. When you text or use email on your smartphone, when you check and respond to your email, are you breathing or do you hold your breath? Is it worse when you're using a laptop vs. an iPad? How might you incorporate some of the remedies?

Blog post by Arianna Huffington, 4/16/12 on GPS for the Soul "The Internet and the rise of social media have, of course, given us amazing tools to connect, and to effect change in ways large and small. At the same time, there's a snake lurking in this cyber Garden of Eden. Our 24/7 connection to the digital world often disconnects us from the real world around us -- from our physical surroundings, from our loved ones, and especially from ourselves. We see the effects of this in every aspect of our lives. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of the non-profit African Institution of Technology, notes how over-connectedness is actually bad for the bottom line. "We're also jeopardizing long-term productivity by eliminating predictable time off that ensures balance in our lives," he writes. Ekekwe also points to Professor Leslie Perlow, author of the forthcoming Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit and Change the Way You Work. Perlow presents research showing how deliberately disconnecting from their digital devices led to people feeling more satisfied in their jobs and their lives."

From the Huffington Post, by Emma Gray. Every woman has her own definition of success. But there are certain traits that most successful women share. "I spend a good part of my work day reading and writing about women who have achieved great things -- and I make it a point to surround myself with women who are well on their way to doing so. " She identifies 12 things successful women do.

From the Huffington Post, by Emma Gray. Every woman has her own definition of success. But there are certain traits that most successful women share. "I spend a good part of my work day reading and writing about women who have achieved great things -- and I make it a point to surround myself with women who are well on their way to doing so. " She identifies 12 things successful women do.

nice short blog post by Lisa Endlich in Next Avenue, featured on Huffington Post 50+

Huffington post from 5/15/14 about the role media plays in perpetuating gender roles and stereotypes. Several good examples

Linda Stone's key blog in Huffington Post on "Just Breathe: Building the Case for Email Apnea", 2/8/2008 Excerpt: Now I want to know: Is it only the Big Mac that makes us fat? Or, are we more obese and diabetic because of a combination of holding our breath off and on all day and then failing to move when our bodies have prepared us to do so? Can fifteen minutes of diaphragmatic breathing before a meal tune us in to when we're full? If, when we're doing sedentary work, and O2, CO2, and NO are optimally balanced, through healthy breathing, will we escape the ravages of an always-on sympathetic nervous system? Can daily breathing exercises contribute to helping reduce asthma, ADD, depression, obesity, and a host of other stress-related conditions? I predict, within the next 5 to 7 years, breathing exercises will be a significant part of every fitness regime. In the meantime, why not breathe while doing email? Awareness is the first step toward wiping out email apnea! *Email apnea - a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email (Linda Stone, February 2008)

Very nice article by Tom Vander Ark for Huffington Post, 9/4/2015 on how we can tackle professional learning goals for ourselves. via Jane Hart

Margaret Manning interviews John Tarnoff, reinvention guy who writes for Huffington Post Reinvention each week. Our initial challenge is our mindset and finding out who we are now after 55 or 50 years of living. Then reframing who we are to avoid or discard stereotypes of old-aging ideas.

from the Huffington Post Business, 1/20/15. Tips for using content curation for marketing, but also emphasizes that the value of content curation is in the quality of the seek, and the way it is shared. Recommends annotating and repurposing so you are viewed as a good resource by others.

Report on the Huffington Post on International Women's Day, 3/9/15 on the Q & A on Facebook that actress Emma Watson did on how critical it is for both men and women to come together in the fight for gender equality.

article by Dani Fleischer on making change in your life, 2/29/2016, in Huffington Post

good exploration of attributes and needs of introverts, Huffington Post, 8.20.2013

Lisa Earle McLeod posits that there is no work life vs non-work life, but that we have one life and creating congruence is the real key. "It's about living a life doing work that connects with the essence of who you really are."