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Managing Your Children’s Education While Working From Home

With many school districts closing for months, many parents are struggling with how to continue educating their school-age children while managing their job responsibilities.  This unprecedented time period, which for many means confined to their own household, is a learning… Continue Reading →

How to Cope With the Loss of a Loved One While Social Distancing During COVID-19

For those of us who’ve lost a loved one during this unprecedented time, the ability to grieve and move on with life isn’t as easy as it once was, as social distancing is making it harder to find closure and… Continue Reading →

Create a Judgement-Free COVID-19 Zone When Getting Back to Work

If you are going back to in-person work during the aftermath of COVID-19, it can be difficult to know how to act and react in your workplace setting. There will be people who prefer extra precautions and those who do… Continue Reading →

Chronic Stress and the Love of a Good Dog

When it was over, we left through a back exit designed especially for newly mourning pet owners, so we wouldn’t have to face those happy humans in the waiting room whose animal loved ones were still with them. When Fido’s… Continue Reading →

7 Practical Strategies for Workplace Conflict Resolution

The workplace can be a breeding ground for conflict. It is inevitable that there will be disagreements and struggles among co-workers and teams. Although conflict and confrontation can have tremendous negative consequences, they aren’t always a bad thing. When handled… Continue Reading →

Absence of Critical Thinking Is Harmful to Children and Other Living Things

Note that critical thought does not need to involve intellectual hoop-jumping or mental gymnastics that only lawyers, philosophers or Mensa members can understand. It is a simple method of processing information that includes examining biases and assumptions (within oneself and… Continue Reading →

Build Your Team With Team Sports

We know the following to be true: Movement can help maintain a healthy weight, lift one’s mood, prevent a slew of serious health conditions and promote sleep. Physical activity boosts brain health. People who exercise regularly are less likely to… Continue Reading →

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