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We know getting back into the office after the shutdown is going to be challenging. But there are things we can do to ease this transition for ourselves and our coworkers or employees—and this is a prime opportunity to rethink what kind of work culture we are creating each day. We can let this time …

A new kind of workplace Read More »

A little while ago, I blogged about Rick Hanson’s Red Brain, Green Brain model and how it can help us to understand mental wellbeing and regulation. I suggested that this model is particularly helpful in understanding why so many people’s mental health is suffering during the pandemic. Briefly, Hanson suggests that it is helpful to …

Staying in the Green Under COVID-19 (Part 2) Read More »

Experiencing segregation in the 1960s When I was a child in the 1960s, I travelled with my parents and younger sister to spend summer holidays with our US family in Hampton, Virginia. My uncle and aunt worked at the Black College; one was a French teacher and the other the librarian. They were happy to …

An All Too Painful Déjà Vu and How White People Can Help Read More »

A couple of years ago, I blogged about American psychologist Rick Hanson’s Red Brain, Green Brain model and how it can help us to reflect on our mental wellbeing. I regularly use this model when coaching my institutional clients on how they can improve their workplace cultures and facilitate their employees’ mental wellbeing. But these …

All Systems Red: Mental Health Under COVID-19 (part 1) Read More »

This is the third in an ongoing series of posts exploring what might change over the course of this pandemic—not in terms of the virus, but in terms of our personal, professional, and cultural responses. In Canada and all over the world, this pandemic is showing a yawning and widening gap between those who have …

Pandemic Predictions Part Three: Compassion Read More »

This is the second in an ongoing series of Pandemic Predictions – posts  exploring what might change over the course of this pandemic—not in terms of the virus, but in terms of our personal, professional, and cultural responses. I think we may see a return to more simple values and simple lives. This can be …

Pandemic Predictions Part Two: The Simple Life Read More »

This is the first in an ongoing series of Pandemic Predictions – posts exploring what might change over the course of this pandemic, not in terms of the virus, but in terms of our personal, professional, and cultural responses. I know many people are already talking about how long this sudden shift toward working from …

Pandemic Predictions Part One: Work Read More »

My schedule is jam packed right now. What happened to the slower pace of working from home? Once the stunned first few weeks passed, things have picked up, but in a weird, time-warped way. Suddenly there is too much to do in too little time in the middle of a pandemic. Alice in Wonderland would …

Funny thing happened in the middle of a pandemic: Read More »

Today I had the exact kind of morning that I don’t like, and I’m wondering if it’s familiar to any of you. I’ve already written about moments of paralysis and anxiety, when you just kind of stop. I’ve written about the need to connect deeply with our own humanity and that of others despite our …

From Entrepreneur to Procrastinateur Read More »

Have you noticed that time is completely different now? I normally have a very well-developed sense of time, as though I swallowed a watch at some point. Years of facilitating workshops and moderating conferences left me confident in my ability to know how much time has passed and to make the most of each minute. …

Where Did the Time Go? Read More »

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