The title of this post isn’t just something that therapists ask ad nauseum (although it does make me chuckle when it happens) — it’s something that we don’t often think about in the most literal terms when analyzing our emotions. Generally, when someone asks how something makes us feel, we use adjectives such as sad,Continue reading “How does it make you feel?”
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Keeping the “Happy” in Happy New Year
You get off the metro, walk into the office, or go into Starbuck’s, and everyone is saying it: Happy New Year! We all are walking around for the first week or two with a glow, fresh from extended holidays, time off, stuffed with good food, and anxious to fulfill our resolutions and achieve our goalsContinue reading “Keeping the “Happy” in Happy New Year”
Remembering what’s important
Just three days before Christmas, everything is about peace and love and family and the true meaning of this holiday that has become so commercialized and in many instances, has lost its true meaning. Over the years, my family has slowly moved from all the traditional pieces of celebrating Christmas: we stopped putting out theContinue reading “Remembering what’s important”
Stumped on what to give this year? Try these ideas.
Ah, holiday shopping. Whether you have 10 people to buy for, or one, it’s never quite as easy as you expect it to be. For all the items that are plug and play on your Amazon list or in and out of the store, there are just as many that leave you clueless, runningContinue reading “Stumped on what to give this year? Try these ideas.”
It’s not personal
I don’t know if it’s more common for folks working in the nonprofit sector or not, but I know that I have a really hard time keeping work and personal life separate. And I don’t mean the work-life balance like not checking email at night or talking about work with friends. I mean more likeContinue reading “It’s not personal”