Summertime and vacations go together. And it’s great to get away, have a change of pace and leave all worries behind – at least for a little while. Yet transition always involves stress – wrapping up work and pulling back from technology, the rigors of travel itself. With increased terrorism in today’s world, we experience even more pressure. Now there are many emotional layers, like fear and worry, that make you wonder if it wouldn’t be better to stay home. But that would be giving in. We’re just back from … Continue reading
Relieving Stress – with Pokemon Go?
With news of terrorism, racial divide, partisan protests and Presidential politics added to already high levels of stress among Americans, rates of tension have skyrocketed. And there seems to be no let up in what we can expect in the foreseeable future. Millennials, who lead the other generations in the amount of stress they experience on a daily basis, have recently turned to an unusual stress reduction technique – Pokemon GO. Chasing little virtual icons in the real world and capturing them has become a way for Millennials to have … Continue reading
Healing and Resilience
Tragically, events across America seem to be defining these times as the summer of hate. Divisive rhetoric has spilled over into bloody violence and shootings on all sides during the long weeks. Where are we going as a society with this painful spiral of animosity? Healing, however difficult, can stop the cycle and become a positive response to the pain we feel. When we band together as a nation, we can find common ground and overcome our grief, moving towards peace and reconciliation. We saw such role models last summer … Continue reading
Searching For Role Models
In a week like no other in recent memory, we have seen horrendous bloody images daily of devastation and death around the world caused by radical terrorists: the bombing at the Istanbul airport, killing 45 and maiming many more; the stabbing death of an American-Israeli teenager sleeping in her bed in Israel; the cold-blooded shooting and murder of 20 at a restaurant in the capital of Bangladesh; the suicide bombing in a Baghdad marketplace, killing over 200 souls; suicide bombs exploding in attacks at three different cities in Saudi Arabia, … Continue reading
