My brother in law does this thing that makes me crazy. Whenever we go to a show - not that I go to shows much, but he loves it and it becomes a family thing - he makes a big deal of the fact that, back in the Reagan years, I was a college drama …
Category: Self-Management
Start & Finish
I attended a webinar yesterday about how to avoid burnout in remote working. It was a great webinar but I doubt that I will share the recording with my colleagues - it was sponsored by a software company and while I use that software at work, the use-cases promoted during the webinar can all be …
A Life of Loneliness
After I was born, my next sister was born three years later, followed by my youngest sister 18 months after that. Because they were so close together in age, it always felt, when I was growing up, that it was them against me. They shared a room. My mother often dressed them alike. And, until …
A Meditation for Compassion
Sometimes it is easier to let go of panic if we think of others. I know that I am more grounded when someone else needs me; knowing that helps me hold it together through a crisis. Here is a simple meditation you can do to remember to care for others in a crisis: First, sit …
What We Can Do
We all respond in times of crisis differently. A woman I know is an infectious disease specialist. She has been called back from sabbatical early to take the lead for her hospital in preparing. Her husband, also a doctor, is treating people. Their daughter is home from Harvard, forced to evacuate with all her dorm …
