Twin Peaks is Being Revived: Let’s all Cue up our Eerie Mystical Dreams A few weeks back at a team business meeting, we were huddled around our portable heater device. I found it funny that some of us went around walking around with a heater. New York office […]
<blockquote>Thought I was a Cornflakes Girl and that is OK I get a wickedly rapid twitch when I hear people misuse or distort common words and phrases such as “irregardless” or “work/life” balance. Of course, I have my own word distortions. Growing up cereal was a luxury. I […]
How do we lean in if the glass ceiling still exists in most places? It is a lovely day in the neighborhood today. The air is crisp yet gentle. The sun is shining but not blinding. Derek Jeter came through in a clutch at the bottom of the […]
Autumn is almost here: The air may be turning crisp but my heart is warmed over In the wildly disturbingly awesome movie classic Apocalypse Now, there is the oft-repeated quote of “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” It is a quote that shows how the […]
Your celebrity-like employees: Gauging happiness and anger before they quit As a manager you have to be attuned to the emotional ups and downs of staff. At least the good managers are. Recently, I noted to another manager colleague that I believed certain people were unhappy and […]
It’s a Mad, Halargian World: no ketchup for you, crazy sea mushrooms and stinky aliens hanging out in deep Utah craters I woke up to the sound of fire fighters arriving yet again to investigate some odd, gas smell at my neighbor’s house. It was 5:30am and […]
Mirror, Mirror no longer on the wall: How will I know I am the fairest of them all? The psychological end of summer is here and it is time to take stock of a few things? Did we look good in that bathing suit? Did we […]
The Fray: Female Images Featured in Street Art It’s often said that women’s nerves are frayed. They fret and run to and from in a hurried frenzy bubble of worry. At times, it seems that women are thought of as in the following photograph (a photo of […]
Thelma and Louise in the Workplace: The Psychology of a Different Type of Female Friendship The workplace and in day-to-day life there are many labeled types of “unconventional” yet conventional relationships. We have the Will and Grace relationship-types that exist in day-to-day life and in the work […]
I need a robot to clean up my scattered mess – or not: The psychology of a messy free mind Without any doubt in anyone’s mind I am an extremely messy person. I take immense pride in that messiness. The messier the better in my view […]