“To Make or Not To Make a ‘To-Do’ List?” by Patricia Terstenyak
To make or not to make a “to-do” list? Write blog. Make dinner. Put laundry away. Get son to clean bathroom. Read. These are a few things I get to […]
“CVS to Stop Selling Cigarettes” by Julie Merker
CVS TO STOP SELLING CIGARETTES CVS Caremark Corporation is putting a lot on the line. Come October 2014, 7600 stores across the country will cease carrying tobacco products. This strategic […]
“Food Choices”-by Kim Juhas
Ann Thorndike and her colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital recently conducted a two-year study on the effects of food labels on choices made by hospital staff in the cafeteria. The […]
“A Reflection on: Housing as Health Care – New York’s Boundary-Crossing Experiment”-by Julie Merker
A reflection on: Housing as Health Care – New York’s Boundary-Crossing Experiment Kelly M. Doran, M.D., M.H.S, Elizabeth J. Misa, M.P.A., and Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H. New England Journal […]
“Not All Work Stress is Created Equal” by Kim Juhas
Not All Work Stress is Created Equal: The Difference Between Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout, and Compassion Fatigue For those in the helping professions, it is important to understand […]
“Happy Holidays” by Julie Merker
Tis the season for time spent with family, time away from work – you know – joy and happiness! This season seems to work a certain level of magic on […]
“Low Cost Intervention Yields High Rewards”-by Julie Merker
It’s been a year. It’s funny how 365 days can feel so different to different people. To my older daughter, it’s an eternity (seriously, today I was told that 20 […]
“A New Concept for Charitable Organizations: Let The Poor Decide How to Spend Their Money”- by Kim Juhas
A charity called GiveDirectly is trying to help poor people in Kenya in an unconventional way: by sending them money and then letting them do as they wish with it. […]
“Who’s Buying This Stuff?” by Julie Merker
We’ve all heard it…The best way to live a long life is to be healthy throughout life. So we eat the colors of the rainbow; we buy a treadmill; we […]
“‘Steps’ to Having a More Interesting Meeting” by Patricia Terstenyak
The other day at work I grabbed a coffee mug from the cabinet; the inscription reads “I’m on my way to a MEETING to discuss what we MET about […]