Caring is a Delicate Balance: Let’s Talk About Advance Illness Management
The goal is self-determination and a peaceful death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXRDGzGyKf8
Top 8 Activities For Caregivers to Enjoy With Those They Care For: A Guest Post by Anna
Being a caregiver means not only taking care for someone’s physical needs, but also communicating effectively with this person. No one wants to be sick and/or old and you need to cheer up the one you want to help. Since caregiving is not an easy task, here is a list [...]
Video Post: A Special Celebration of the Life and Advocacy of Jessie Gruman, the Founder of the Center for Advancing Health
For more than twenty years, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) had the privilege of adapting our friend and colleague, Jessie Gruman’s important work into the development of the cancer policy work that we engage in. Jessie’s vision of patient engagement was always ahead of its time, and her [...]
Meditation 101: A Beginner’s Guide Animation
Published on You Tube on Jun 24, 2015 and Narrated by Dan Harris Are you new to meditation, and interested in finding out how to start a practice? We'll walk you through the basics! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqoxYKtEWEc&w=560&h=315]
Things Smart People Won’t Say A Guest Post by Dr. Travis Bradberry
t There are some things you simply never want to say at work. These phrases carry special power: they have an uncanny ability to make you look bad even when the words are true. Worst of all, there’s no taking them back once they slip out. I’m not [...]
Save One Life You Are a Hero…Save One Hundred Lives You Are A Nurse
Not everyone has the ability to turn their compassionate nature into the action we call caregiving. It is a gift to be able to give generously of yourself to another. It is a NURSE who decides that this is how he or she wants to live their lives. Celebrate your [...]
The Importance of Ethical Leadership A Guest Post by Angela D. Pearson MBA, M.S.
Ethical leadership is described as “the demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions, interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such conduct to followers through two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision-making” (Brown, Treviño, & Harrison, 2005, p. 120). Ethical leadership brings credibility, respect, trust and fosters a positive environment. According to [...]
9 Factors Which Create a Stress Free Workplace A Guest Post by Carthage Buckley
t is better for everyone if stress can be prevented rather than managed. While stress may begin as an individual experience, problems in the workplace can be a major source of stress. Stress can have terrible consequences for organizations. There are many factors within the organisation which must be managed [...]
8 Examples of Passive Aggressive Behavior A Guest Post by Carthage Buckley
Passive aggressive behavior can be difficult to recognize at first. It is recognisable by the disconnect between what the person says and what they do. Passive aggressive people tend to express their negative feelings in an indirect manner, rather than state their disapproval directly to the person concerned. There tends [...]
7 Subtle Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Career Guest Post by Barbara Pachter
A colleague told me that she had to fire one of her employees because he hadn't shown any initiative in her fast-paced, creative work environment. I thought for a second and responded that he had committed one of the Workers' Seven Deadly Sins — the work traits that cause employees [...]
Understanding Passive Aggressive Behavior Guest Post by Carthage
Passive aggressive behavior has various traits and many ways of disguising the way a person with this behavioral problem truly feels at any given moment. This type of behaviour is reactive and is identified by non-verbal aggressive actions or reactions. Anger and frustration is bottled up instead of being discussed [...]
The Truth Will Set You Free Guest Post by Rubin Khoddam, M.A
Every week during a group counseling session I facilitate, people go around and check-in about their current thoughts and feelings. What I’ve been noticing since I started is not something so different from what happens outside of therapy, which is that people will say what they think you want to [...]
