Balancing our personal and professional lives has never been more important to maintain mental wellness. With ever-increasing workloads, stress, and fatigue, how can we continue to feel connected to our purpose, to one another, and to our work’s mission?

Choosing to be mindful in our interactions and activities cultivates an environment for collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Being fully present allows us to notice any preoccupation, unconstructive thoughts, and negative emotions. Through mindfulness, we can be curious, focused, active listeners, and able to communicate with intention.

Whether you’re working on-site or remotely, here are tips to stay engaged and bring joy to our job — and to those around us:

Find meaning in our work. Truly enjoying what we do and pouring our energy into it increases job satisfaction and productivity. Exuding passion and fulfillment keeps us, and others, inspired.

Own our actions. Observing and adjusting our behaviors can help with self-development, build trust, and improve the workplace climate.

Be grateful. Showing appreciation for our teams and stakeholders fosters relationship building and strengthens partnerships in collective efforts.

Empower self and others. Repeating positive affirmations can boost our confidence to accept new challenges for growth.

Have compassion. Understanding and empathy create a safe space to take more risks so we can learn valuable lessons from failure.

So how do you enable or encourage happiness at work?