Wellness shortcuts do more harm than good

Are you drowning in digital?

Are the company sponsored mental health tools helping you at all? They've become the norm as they're cheaper and easier to apply than traditional methods.

But research is showing that these applications and online tools aren't always cutting the mustard when it comes to improving our mental wellbeing at work; especially when they're applied as a catch all.

What makes you go ommmm? Lisa investigates.

And the Radio National Top 100 Australian Books countdown is underway - make your vote count! Our Work Book guest this week is Dr Stefan Volk! His pick for our This Working Life bookshelf is Outlive by Peter Attia.

Guests:

• Dr Julieta Galante, Medical Doctor, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Contemplative Studies Centre at the University of Melbourne
• Dr Stefan Volk, Professor of Management and the Co-Director of the Body, Heart and Mind in Business Research Group at the University of Sydney

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