Articles from August 2022
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Threat or opportunity? How has the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic changed you?
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Disruption. No other word characterizes the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic better for me than disruption. Disruption has brought radical change to the ways in which we live, learn, work, and play.
Emotion and Stress Do Not Equal Distress and Crisis
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
When we experience a colleague, student, friend, ourselves, or anyone else who is “upset,” we can jump quickly to "this person needs help.” When someone experiences upset emotions, it is important to differentiate along the continuum between stress and crisis.