Who would have thought that COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination would become such mainstream concerns in 2021? Certainly a surprise to have firmly entrenched ideological camps violently pulling on either side of the American population. What started out as a Public Health measure has now taken on new scope and meanings that were never a part…
As we make our way back to school and the workplace, the Real World if you will, I am noticing how many of us are struggling with The Return. Trying to find our emotional and physical footing looks to be more of a challenge than we planned. It doesn’t help that the disruption advocated by…
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…
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…
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.