Author: RITU A. GULABANI

Recently, while catching up with our extended family over dinner, I noticed a common thread running through every conversation. Someone spoke about never-ending deadlines. Another was frustrated with office politics. A young professional from one of the Big Four audit firms talked about sleepless nights before client presentations. Someone else confessed that even weekends no longer felt like weekends. Different companies. Different cities. The same story: stress. Having worked in a multinational bank myself and having watched my husband spend nearly three decades in the corporate world, I often wonder: Where does this stress really come from? Most of us…