While studying for my MSW, the term, Meet your clients where they’re at, kept coming up again and again. The idea is that we had to be mindful of our client’s current state and our work with them should begin where they were, and not where we might have expected or wanted them to be. But after years of working…
Vulnerability doesn’t have a good rep. We often associate vulnerability with weakness, but interestingly enough vulnerability has been shown to be an important element of healthy relationships. Brené Brown, an expert on social connection, conducted thousands of interviews to find that vulnerability is at the center of social connection. So, being vulnerable can improve relationships. So what exactly is vulnerability?…
With 3 out of 4 people reporting that their boss is the worst and most stressful part of their job and research finding that people who believe their bosses to be difficult are more likely to have a heart disease event, like a heart attack or cardiac arrest, we can’t afford to ignore this issue. Years ago, I worked at an…
We spend a lot of time talking about improving our careers and our finances. This is largely how we define success and happiness. And we devote less attention on improving relationships. The funny thing is, advancing in our careers and making a lot of money hasn’t proven to really make us happy, according to an over 75 year long Harvard…