SAS Life
Telling the stories of our people, highlighting our culture, and sharing tips for work life balance.![Exercise & Depression: Why Fitness Leads to a Happier You](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2017/01/SAS-Culture-1.png)
Whenever I am feeling down, I can always guarantee that going for a run, horseback riding, hiking with friends, or teaching a group exercise class will instantly lift my mood. Can a few minutes on the treadmill make your emotional problems disappear? Most likely not. However, a regular exercise routine
![Managing Your Anxiety as Parents](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2017/01/SAS-Culture-1.png)
Next week I will begin facilitating a six-session class, “Preparing for the Teen Years”. I have taught this class more than two dozen times and each time I do it, I learn something about the topic of parenting teens…and about myself. One truth I have learned over the years as
![Revisiting "Lessons from Danny" and Gratitude vs. Grief](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2017/01/SAS-Culture-1.png)
Last month in Lessons from Danny I wrote about embracing the present. So naturally on Thanksgiving the universe decided to see if I practice what I preach. I had rented a beach house for my family. Thanksgiving morning we packed up the car: three adults, two dogs, and a full turkey
![Happiness, Children, and End of Holiday Vacation Travel](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2015/12/483595983-1024x6833.jpg)
Anyone with children knows that the trip home from a holiday vacation can be excruciating. Just like adults, the anxiety about getting back to school/camp/daycare or just normal life often seeps into that last travel day. Everyone is tired and cranky and full of sugar after days of being spoiled
![Holiday Musings](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2015/12/WL-Ornament_2015-768x1024.jpg)
Here goes - a title for this week’s blog. Hmmm – How about “A few of my favorite things?” Um, no. I think, for me – what would be more apt is “Self Care during the holidays”, or maybe – “Some ways I try to stay sane during the holidays
![Another Sweet Season for Giving](https://blogs.sas.com/content/efs/files/2015/12/12-days-of-books.jpg)
We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who donated their leftover (and excess) Halloween candy this year, you outdid yourselves!! We tipped the scales at just under 250 pounds of candy! So what happened to ALL that candy? Well, we are happy to report that we were able