The following are excerpts from an article by Eleanor Park in the Wall Street Journal on June 18, 2020. Juneteenth is an annual holiday observing the end of slavery in the U.S. and marks the day (June 19, 1865) when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas.
Article Contributed by Karen R. Koenig, MEd, LCSW During this COVID-10 pandemic, everyone’s stress has increased. Just how much depends not only on circumstance but on coping skills. There are better and worse ways to handle stress, including skills you can learn and practice which will help you reduce psychic and physical tension,
Article Contributed by Karen R. Koenig, MEd, LCSW Feeling stuck home right now with too much or too little to do and lots of food around can spell trouble. To avoid turning to food when you have the blues or the blahs, practice these three strategies. Decide who’s in charge (hint: it’s not
Article by: Graduate School of Stanford Business In a song from 1989, Laurie Anderson interrupts herself partway through to give a mini-lecture on wage parity between men and women. For every dollar that a man makes, she explains, a woman makes 63 cents. A half-century earlier, that figure was 62 cents. “So, with that
According to the University of Cambridge, one of the five key challenges that young people face today is the high demand for skilled people who can think creatively, work collaboratively, take responsibility, and handle uncertainty and challenge. I would argue that this is also one of the key challenges for employers and anyone
