The existence of effective, ineffective and incorrect communication implies the existence of effective, ineffective and incorrect listening. The existence of effective, ineffective and incorrect leadership implies the existence of effective, ineffective and incorrect following. The latter sets are the foundational skillsets for “communication skills”. Teaching this in the wrong order leads to many of the …
life skills
Toughness and Empathy
If you were able to mind-over-matter something, to push your body’s limits, perform some feat of resilience or training, overcome great pain, then your body was always capable of it. You were gifted with it, it’s not something you should take full credit for. If you are disabled, and you managed to overcome that by …
When The Brain Betrays You
This is a difficult article for me to write, because avoiding talking about the fact that my own mind can betray me so terrifyingly helps me cope with the fear of it happening again. I still don’t know where the line is between keeping stories to yourself for your self-preservation vs putting it out there …
We’re Overthinking Health
A Heuristic Approach for the Info-Weary For a TL;DR, scroll down to the bottom of the post. To understand my reasoning, read the article. When it comes to health, it is better to be sane and smart at the cost of not being current, rather than confused and gullible as the cost of being “knowledgeable”. …