The world’s COVID-19 response has certainly been a litmus test for how people treat one another. We have had wondrous examples of selflessness when people come together to help one another and we have had the glaring embarrassments of political egos running off the rails. All of these things together are what makes us truly…
Like so many other experiences growing up, I always thought that fear was something reserved for dangerous events and private thoughts. People in war and natural disasters were always excused for their understandably inappropriate behaviors while under duress. Aggressive and destructive words and actions, even to the extent of murder, were all in context. The…
The word Gratitude is bantered about almost as much as the word Sale at this time of year. There is something about the frequency and casual use of the word that certainly leaves one feeling slightly poorer for the experience. Words have become so weaponized by so many groups and individuals lately, often times to…
Have you ever had to make a public speech? A serious situation, right?
Butterflies-in-the-stomach, sweaty palms, sleepless night before. All classic symptoms of stress that thankfully resolve right after the dreaded event.
But what if you had a steady diet of stressors like this every day? Each day piling on more anxiety. You’d think something would have to give.
It does.
If Madison Avenue has their way, we will forever be trying to keep up with the Jones’. The secret is that the Jones’ don’t really exist – but you do. There IS a way to constructively handle stress.