Depressed? You’re Not So Special After All. Photo credit Depression gnaws on the brain like a mouse nibble cheese. Or it festers like an open wound. We’ve been there. We understand. It’s terrifying. It might be hard to get some perspective right now but know this: What you’re going through is far more common than you […]
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Mental Illness Probably Affects Us All
Photo credit Remember that time you couldn’t get your laptop to work? Perhaps it overheated. Or the screen went black. Whatever the problem, it persisted, and there was nothing you could do about it. Or so it seemed. We bet you found a solution. Eventually. Maybe you installed a security update, and things went back […]
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OK, So We Really Need to Talk Photo credit It’s been a topsy-turvy year. From the ongoing health crisis (and its economic impact on the motion picture industry) to the countless social and cultural shifts, many of us have experienced darkness, depression, and a general feeling of blah. It’s no surprise that a mental health pandemic, exasperated […]
Continue readingBe More Resilient at Work — Even in a Pandemic
resilience /rɪˈzɪlɪəns/ noun the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. Are we born resilient? Or do we build resilience over time? The most resilient of us somehow cope with life’s little crises, surviving setbacks without breaking a sweat. The rest of us need to work on our resilience skills more than ever. Most people who work […]
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