By Dr. Gaby Cora - Executive Health & Wealth

The taboo of suicide prevails. People avoid what is hard to understand and try to make sense of what may have little sense when people feel cornered, embarrassed and frustrated to the point of no return.

As stress increases during times of recession, so does the potential for violence toward others or self.

Although suicide is connected to depression in many ways, impulsiveness plays a large role in these other situations related to company officials: suicide seems to be the only way out of what seems to be a road of no return.

To learn more about suicide prevention, please visit: Healthy Minds - American Psychiatric Association

For more information, visit my other blog: Screen for depression during financial stress and economic crisis.

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Executive Health & Wealth: The Power of Wellbeing

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Business owners and corporate warriors struggle to keep their companies afloat. Many were already working sixteen hour days and it now seems like an endless working day. Most of us try our best to row the rough waters till the crisis subsides. Most executives and entrepreneurs who were already stretched are now finding strength within to produce at their maximum capacity. At the same time, their families are not immune to the stress. Even children know of their friends’ parents losing their job or struggling to keep their teenager in college. How can you handle your own business needs as well as your stress and your family’s?

By Dr. Gaby Cora

Our current economy, soaring gas prices, debt stress and other challenges we face in 2008 made the reading of the Time article on How Much Sleep Do you Need? very timely.

Stress will affect your ability to sleep well at night: if you are stressed over the course of the day, chances are, you will carry your stress to your sleep.

I have discussed the significance of sleep regulation in other newsletters available in our Executive Health & Wealth site and also introduced sleep as one of the Pillars of Biological Health in Leading under Pressure. In Quantum Wellbeing, I offer additional resources to help relax and find better sleep at night. The following are additional tips that will hopefully enhance your sleep and help you de-stress.