A work stress and prevention expert has revealed how to get a healthy work-life balance - including removing work apps, changing clothes and using different scents.<br /><br />Nina Nesdoly, 28, revealed the best ways to achieve a healthy work-life balance - such as drinking different drinks when you're relaxing and when you're at work to differentiate between the two.<br /><br />Nina - who studied a master's in management at the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and is now studying a PhD in management at the University of Concordia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - and said it is "crucial" that employees leave work in the office.<br /><br />The expert said that people need to use sensory cues - thinking about the type of tea you're drinking, the lighting in the rooms, outfits you wear when you're off and at work - to be able to detach their home life from their working life are "crucial".<br /><br />Nina stresses the importance of psychological detachment - the ability to mentally disconnect from work and not think about job-related issues when you are away from your job.<br /><br />Nina, a work stress and prevention expert, from Ottawa, Canada, said: "When you're no longer thinking about or giving your mental energy to work, it's incredibly important because your brain does not know the difference.<br /><br />"So if you are sitting at your computer, and you are interviewing a guest or typing up a story, your brain is like, 'great, got it, we're at work'.<br /><br />"If you're lying on your couch, thinking through that story over and over again, editing it in your head, your brain is like, 'cool, we're at work'.<br /><br />"So from your brain and your bodies perspective, whatever you're thinking about, is what goes.<br /><br />"So even if you are not at work, if you're thinking about work if you're giving your mental energy to work, then you are kind of working.<br /><br />"You're giving that you're giving away your resources, whereas your time off work, is really for you to protect and use your resources for yourself."<br /><br />Nina said it if people are struggling to detach their work life from their home life, they should work with sensory cues.<br /><br />She said: "So think about all of your senses - what you see what you smell, what you taste, what you hear what you feel.<br /><br />"Look at what is in your work environment, and this includes working from home.<br /><br />"Is there a particular tea that you're drinking? You're looking at screens, lighting that you've got that goes with work, outfits that go with work, and when you're off work - switch those.<br /><br />"So for example, you might want to, if you're working from home, have a scent like a peppermint around which is very invigorating, very good for focus as a work scent.<br /><br />"Then when you're transitioning off work, you're going to light some kind of more relaxing lavender chamomile type scent. And make that association your brain loves cues."
