Keeping Burnout at Bay, One Holiday Tree at a Time
“Is that a Christmas tree?” the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters asked me during a Zoom call. “Absolutely not,” …
11 tips for taking the stress out of airport security
Airport Security. Yep. Photo credit. I hate being late. Hate. And the thought of being late for a flight? The pinnacle of …
Grief, accumulated: Thoughts on secondary trauma, writing and resilience
It started with Sean’s suicide last April. And then a few month’s later, Bud’s lost battle with pancreatic cancer. And then John’s …
Gnomes-be-gone and other things
Designed by Fred Conlon Sour stomach, pounding heart, butterfly bombers, pinched shoulders, fitful sleep… Can you say anxiety? Welcome to the physiological …
Laptops don’t get thirsty
Don’t mind if I do. One of the ironic things about studying organizational tension, stress, and burn out is not recognizing the …
Thursday 13: Battling stress
Thump, thump…THUMP…………..Thump……….thump, thump…THUMP………….thump………thump, thump. That would be what my stress sounded like during the months I finished up my master’s thesis. After …