Read this article on Substack! Financial Freedom is a goal worthy of pursuit. Everyone, in a world where money is a key influencing factor on your quality of life, needs to be able to stay, and remain financially viable, up until and through death. If you are alive and have the ability to make money,…
Read this article on Substack! I just started this show, “All American” on Netflix. It checked all my boxes for my next dramatic series: it’s 7 seasons, so it’s long, it has a black leading cast, and there’s football. I bring it up because so far I have teared up twice in the first season……
Read this article on Substack! Dr. Gary Chapman is the author of “The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts.” This book incorporates biblical principles with human behavior and cultural implications, to articulate and explain the five common ways in which humans love one another. The five love languages are: words of affirmation,…
Read this article on Substack! I want to formulate my thoughts on The Roaring 20s because I think it is an interesting period of time with respect to the Great Depression. Also, as of my writing this, we are currently in a neo-roaring 20s era with us currently in the 2020s; so, with respect relevancy…
Read this article on Substack! Now more than ever quality of information is crucial. What kind of information are you getting, who and where is it coming from? What is their credibility, and are you getting diverse perspectives on various stories? How you arrive at the truth can sometimes be in the form of a…
Mindfulness was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He is a micro-biologist and American Professor who developed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 1979. His purpose for doing so was to aid in physical pain management. Kabat-Zinn was inspired by Buddhism and incorporated some of its principles into his practice. In the Buddhist teachings mindfulness translates to a…
I graduated from college with my master’s degree in Applied Social and Community Psychology in 2019. In school I studied mental health and the consequences of various individual interests and influences on organizations. I was straight lace. I wanted to do my part to make sure things were done right, and I wanted to make…
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest minds to ever live, said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Is that condition of existence ever, okay? Are there times in life when doing the same thing repeatedly in hopes of a different result, makes sense and is…
As a corporate professional I’ve encountered a sequence of behaviors on more than one occasion indicative of an active cognitive dissonance in the workplace. As it would turn out this revelation is not the phenomenon you may think it is. Cognitive dissonance can be a salient part of a workplace to the point where this…