but you’d be surprised how much laughter and amusement lightens your perception. When I say find the humor in the situation, I don’t mean laughing, belittling or mocking others (or yourself). Instead, I mean looking at the situation as a whole from a bird’s eye perspective...
bonuses, and promotions. “It is first and foremost a badge of honor,” saysPaula Davis, the founder and CEO of the Stress and Resilience Institute in Milwaukee. “We get a lot of worth and a sense of accomplishment and purpose from doing a lot of things. ...
In truth, I enjoy Thanksgiving as much as most, more than many and less than a few; being my first year away from family and friends during this festive period, I wondered how I would feel spending so much time with people I’ve only known for many months/a few months/a few weeks/...
Etienne Leopold Trouvelot arrived in the United States from France in the late 1850s and settled into his brand new house at 27 Myrtle Street in Medford, a suburb of Boston. A self-taught scientist and later an astronomer affiliated with Harvard, his interest alighted f...
This is what I will be personally focusing on this week. I have tried this a couple of times and I am convinced about how effective this technique can be. That said, it is not something I do very often, and it does not come naturally to me when I’m around my daughter, maybe beca...
The bottom line is that the magic age of 45 (according to this study) is the age when snow shoveling should be passed on to the next generation. <Insert collective Minnesota laughter here.> Clearly, this study was done by a bunch of softie Californians. ...
The stern façade of the chieftain crumbled and a roar of laughter erupted from him and spread to my so far silent audience who joined in. Baro was laughing too. A joke? I felt left out. They weren’t really going to put me in the children’s hut. Baro and the chieftain had, of...
topics, Biden knew full well what was important to this crowd, but he needed to hear it from them directly. Social Security and Medicare were perpetual topics of concern. Of course Biden has proposals on hand to discuss those. He’s for expansion of Medicare. But what does that mean for...
Stalks (I believe this is the ball of clay with three sticks across, saw a photo but never had a sim create it) Focused: Grid (no idea what it looks like) Geometric (I guess this is the star-like shape, it does give a focused aura) ...
Take “humanity” breaks.The bookThriving in Healthcare: A Positive Approach to Reclaim Balance and Avoid Burnout in Your Busy Lifesuggests taking short breaks to focus on human experiences, like positivity, fresh air, laughter, or even a pleasant errand. ...