I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
While I often subscribe to the notion that “it is, what it is”, I do have pet peeves that drive me beyond batty. What is a pet peeve? It is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others […]
The sun was shining brightly this Sunday morning and I could not help but murmur to myself “and let there be light.” Just last night I changed time zones, returning to East Coast time, gaining an hour to just end up losing it again at 2am this Sunday. Why […]
The last few days, well, the last few weeks I have been mumbling to myself “this too shall pass.” The Urban Dictionary definition “A phrase that seems to simply state the obvious but actually implies helplessness.” Sometimes your workload can be so excruciatingly heavy that you cannot see […]
Do you ever get tired of calling people by their proper names? Have you worked with someone for over 5 years and you barely remember what their real, passport name is? Maybe you have never known it. Nicknames in the workplace are all the rage these days. Former President […]
Did you know that March used to be the first month of the year, way back in the BC era? The month of March was so named after “Ares” the Greek god of war (or rather the Roman equivalent “Mars”). And, that is because March was, as the […]
“I don’t know what everyone’s talking about, that outfit doesn’t make you look like a hooker.” – Xander (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) “Pretty girls” in the workplace has been a conversation headliner the last few months in different media sites and in office spaces. Just the other day […]
Hispanics are big dreamers; eating up every type of dream in all senses of the word. They dream of a better life. An overwhelming 78% of second-generation Hispanic adults say that they believe hard work pays off in success (Pew Research Center, 2013). Hispanics believe in the American Dream: Hispanic Americans […]
Was one of your New Year’s resolutions to find a new job; to work at a new place? Do you feel that it is time to move on, but can’t even bother looking at the LinkedIn job recommendations that flood in everyday; let along put your résumé together […]
Growing up in the South Bronx, where I was constantly reminded (or admonished depending on your point of view) that I needed to learn to cook in order to be a good wife in the future, I became a feminist as a point of rebellion. But I was […]
Dear Inconsiderate Powers That Be: After receiving what I consider to be substandard karmic customer service, I would like to escalate my complaint all the way up the powers-that-be management ladder. Have you ever had a Sunday morning where you got up with dread knowing full well that […]
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