“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 […]
“Exploring the Mind’s Great Capabilities” by Kim Juhas
Whether you are trying to remember a large amount of information to add to your readily available storehouse of knowledge, or you want […]
“Let’s Talk about Peace”-by Patricia J. Terstenyak
Does peace affect our health? If so, in what ways? One immediate thought is without peace, there is stress and conflict, and we’ve learned stress is unhealthy, so peace must […]
“In Order to Start a Movement, You Have to Walk the Walk” by Kim Juhas
Girl Trek co-founders Vanessa Garrison and Tanya Morgan-Dixon wanted to address the health crisis that African American women face due to diabetes, heart disease and stroke. After a few […]