I was sitting in my hotel room in the Dominican Republic, looking out at the beautiful view of the resort's swimming pools and the ocean in the distance, and I was working. I was at the resort for
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Mental Health
Why You Need to Care for Yourself and How to Do It
The world is not always a happy place. You can look at the news on any given day and see stories about death, crime and
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It’s Normal to Feel Sad. Yes, Even for You.
I am not a doctor. I don’t even play one on TV. I am a social scientist. Most of you probably know or expect that
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How to Find Your Motivation When You ‘Just Don’t Want To’
We all have days when we just don't want to. I'm having one of those days today. It started with a text before 6
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Coping with Emotional Trauma in the Newsroom
I'll never forget the first rape I covered. I was a 21-year-old cub reporter at a five-day-a-week community newspaper. I
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Helping Students Cope with Trauma
My master's degree in higher education taught me all of the pedagogical basics necessary to be an effective professor.
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