We all have known someone on a figurative sinking ship (or boat) whose inability to save themselves threatened to take us down with them if we jumped aboard. We consider ourselves being empathetic when we identify with someone else’s pain. Simply commenting, “I know...
Kindness – One of the Best Gifts of All Kindness in words creates confidence Kindness in thinking creates profoundness Kindness in giving creates love ~ Lao Tzu – Chinese Philosopher In December, our minds are typically focused on the holidays… often referred to as...
The literal meaning of highjacking involves stealing by stopping a vehicle or aircraft. To highjack someone’s ideas is to steal them and promote them as your own. In this entry, we will expand the concept of highjacking to include individuals, groups or businesses...
According to the Oxford Living Dictionaries, to listen is to give attention to sound or action. When listening, one is hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means. The act of listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral...
Recently, the word cancel is getting new usage. Standing alone, it simply means to get rid of something. In a Words We are Watching article on the Merriam Webster website, in the latest use of the word, you can cancel people—in particular, celebrities, politicians, or...
When it’s hard to breathe, it’s hard to be strategic. America is in a state of hyperventilation and is breathing too fast to think! Hyperventilation is a condition in which you start to breathe rapidly. To restore the balance, you must take in a deep breath to counter...
This year two overlapping events created monumental stress and anxiety throughout the country and across the nation. At the beginning of the year we learned of the coronavirus (COVID-19), which at that time we had no idea how severe its impact would be. By mid-March,...
Metaphorically speaking, the effects of physical distancing have caused humans, whose interpersonal habits resemble those of canines, to adapt to the isolation habits of felines. Until mid-March of this year, people went to work outside of their home; students...
In her response to the United Kingdom on the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, Queen Elizabeth recommended that people, “Slow down, pause, and reflect.” This is a powerful message and is exactly what quarantines and shelter-in-place orders are forcing people to do! One...
In our last blog entry, The Shrinking World and the Growing Need for Social Workers, we discussed how as the problems of the world increase, people feel less in control, thus experiencing anxiety. Also in that entry, we mentioned the coronavirus as an example of such...
