Companies are engaged in an all-out battle to win the minds and hearts of their employees. They’ve bumped up perks such as hybrid work options, retention bonuses, better food offerings, and expanded mental health support with recognition towards honoring life balance. Managers are doing their best to respond to this new workplace, and I’ve heard […]
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Our Pittsburgh neighbor, Fred Rogers, shared that when he was a child and saw tragic or catastrophic events on the news, his mother reminded him to “look for the helpers.” She wanted him to know that people respond and run to help others in the face of tragic events. He shared this message with the
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We saw a juvenile red hawk in our neighborhood a few weeks ago and tracked his stay. I wondered if our pup, Cody, was vulnerable to his claws, but a little research indicated that the hawk would leave him alone. However, a few days later, Cody found a half-eaten rabbit in the snow and started
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A friend of mine is obviously “covided out.” I spoke with him over the weekend, and he perseverated on a negative experience he had when he went out and “didn’t mask properly,” according to the people sitting around him. He was at his favorite college’s women’s basketball game, which the team won, and where there
Six months ago, Captain Joe Manning of the Wayne County Police force in Georgia died from Covid. Captain Manning refused to take the vaccine and even posted anti-vaxx messages in social media. Instead, he took Ivermectin. He was 57 years old. I had 3 reactions after reading of his death. First, I felt bad that
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A friend of mine called me the other day and told me she was going to leave her job and venture out into an entrepreneurial adventure with a colleague. I asked her why she was leaving her corporate job that provided great security and a good future, and she told me that it had “lost
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Among the many trials from the Long Tail of Covid has been how disconnected we’ve been from family and friends. Recently, there has been a spate of research, articles and discussions about loneliness. Even terms that we’ve used to discuss Covid prevention strategies seem to stoke the loneliness epidemic, such as “social distancing,” “shelter in
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My mother made the unfortunate mistake of smoking up until her mid 50s. In her era. knowledge about the dangers and risks of smoking, while probably known, were not publicized. It wasn’t until she couldn’t carry her baby granddaughter up a hill that she decided it was time to quit. It was a bit too
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I’m seeing more and more of the power of positivity in the world as if, even in the challenges that are Covid, we’re taking action to make the world a better place. One of the benefits of the Long Tail of Covid? Just the other day, I saw a customer at my neighborhood Rite Aid
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Note: This Resilient Wednesday is a modified version of the same end of year message from last December. Giving the current state of our lives, I felt this message is worthy so that we may recognize the enormous successes we’ve had this year and how we can move forward with our heads held high. 2021,
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