Welcome to episode 310 of Live Happy Now.

As businesses open back up, studies show that many workers are anxious about going back to the workplace.

So, to finish out National Stress Awareness Month, we decided to talk about it.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today we're talking with Darlene Marshall, a coach who

combines her master's in applied positive psychology with fitness and personal training

to create a well-rounded approach to well-being. She also hosts the Better Than Fine podcast,

and she's here to talk about why going back to work is stressing us out and what we can do about it.

Darlene, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you for having me, Paula.

Well, I'm excited to talk to you because you are one of the only fitness professionals to have a master's degree in applied positive psychology as well.

So before we start talking about anxiety,

I personally want to know how that came about because that is such a great fit.

Oh, thanks for asking. As many things are true of a fitness professional, it came out for

selfish reasons. I was going through a major life transition myself and one of my good friends seeing me start

to struggle within myself for one of the significant times in my 30s.

I suggested that I take a free online course out of Yale.

It's called The Science of Wellbeing.

It's with Lori Santos, who is this fantastic practitioner.

She's adorable.

And so I took Lori Santos's free course.

And the first book on the reading list, because the course worked great, I had a great

experience.

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