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The Power of Teamwork
Teamwork: cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause. As the wife of a High School Basketball Coach, I spend A LOT of my time thinking about and cheering on good teamwork. It is...
Shifting Gears
We live in a world that invokes anxiety in even the most tranquil souls. A pandemic, social isolation, social media, job insecurity… the last 12 months alone have gone beyond the average social drama. Current reality is so far beyond the imaginable that even soap...
The Fake News Effect
“We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented. It’s as simple as that.” – The Truman Show Social and political polarization is at an all-time high. Conspiracy theories, strong opinions, and stereotyping are taking over social media channels. I don’t...
Ask Culture and Guess Culture
“In some families, you grow up with the expectation that it’s OK to ask for anything at all, but you gotta realize you might get no for an answer. This is Ask Culture.
In Guess Culture, you avoid putting a request into words unless you’re pretty sure the answer will be yes. Guess Culture depends on a tight net of shared expectations. A key skill is putting out delicate feelers. If you do this with enough subtlety, you won’t even have to make the request directly; you’ll get an offer. Even then, the offer may be genuine or pro forma; it takes yet more skill and delicacy to discern whether you should accept.”
Education and Race with Dr. Jackson
Intervention counselor, Dr. Tishara Jackson shares how race impacts the education system, how to start (and have) race conversations, and how we can educate ourselves.