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Adaptogens are a category of non-toxic herbs that support a healthy stress response.† They offer holistic support to the immune, digestive, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, nervous, and endocrine systems. Although the term “adaptogen” wasn’t coined until 1947 by Dr. Nicolai V. Lazarev, adaptogenic herbs have actually been used for centuries in Chinese and Ayurvedic healing traditions. In 1998, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defined...

  Exercise isn’t just good for your body; it also helps train mental acuity and helps you combat acute stress. Additionally, physical activity is key in activating the parts of your brain that process your response to stressful situations. During a stressful situation, the rational left side of your brain turns off and the emotional right side of your brain takes center stage. In order...

  You know those days where your normal morning cup of coffee just won’t do the trick? You’re sitting at your desk with emails up to your eyeballs and you just can’t find the energy to complete your tasks for the day. Where does this fatigue come from? It doesn’t happen all the time and you usually eat quite healthy, but sometimes you really...

  Anxiety creeps up at the worst times. Sometimes you’re moving through your day with ease, and suddenly that cloud of doom and gloom appears, making you panic about things you weren’t even thinking about before. You might feel like you’re the only one going through this - but according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 40 million American adults are affected...

As of today, the Bluebird Botanicals team has been working from home for 222 days. That’s over 60 percent of the calendar year.  Whoa.  Whether your company is like Bluebird in keeping most of its workforce remote, it’s no secret that the remote work landscape exploded earlier this year when COVID quarantine measures took over. And this is at a time when remote work...