Stop comparing yourself to others. Do you want to destroy your self-esteem? Do you want to make yourself anxious and depressed? A simple way to accomplish this is to constantly compare yourself to others. When you see something in others that you wish you had in yourself, ask yourself, “Do I want to trade my life for theirs?” Maybe they have a Porsche. What do you think it took to get it? Maybe it was bought with a large loan. …
Shakespeare said it best: “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble” Today, as we look around our country and our world, we can see more than double the trouble: Yes, we have fire. Yes, we have the delta variant. Yes, we have racial, gender and class tensions. Yes, we are already in the midst of global climate change. Yes, all of these and more are global problems. Often, our prevailing mindset about these is that they are too …
As we approach the fall of 2021, we have the promise of going back to the pre-Covid ways of functioning in our society. I have learned that we can never go back to the way things used to be. We are not going back to the past; we are going to create a new future. While we do not know what the future will look like, we have the power to shape the future as thoughtfully and positively as we …
Please plan to join us as we celebrate summertime freedom: the freedom that we can feel as the Covid epidemic diminishes. To mark this event and to bring back a live edition of Leaders Connect, we will be hosting an outdoor event at Zingerman’s Bakehouse on the southside of Ann Arbor on August 16 from 4 to 6 PM. In addition to partaking in the Zingerman’s good food and drinks, participants will have an opportunity to take the mic for …
With the world in chaos, I have noticed that many of us have become more distracted. I have discovered that practicing mindfulness is a good antidote for this distractibility. In many ways, mindfulness is the opposite of distractibility. From my experience and from numerous resources, here are a few tips on how to be more mindful. 1. Focus on doing one thing at a time, rather than attempting to multitask. 2. Learn some form of meditation that you can use …
Last week I was interviewed by Lisa Barry for a segment on WEMU and NPR. Below is a partial transcript of the interview. Listen to the entire interview on WEMU I’d be very interested to hear about your reaction on the topic and to learn if there are any mental health challenges you or someone you know has had as a result of the Covid crisis. Lisa Barry: As the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be fading, the emotional impact remains strong, …