How to Support a Team Member During a Big Life Event
It’s Wednesday morning and Melissa walks into the office. “Sabina, why are you staring at me?” -twitch– unintelligible string of words – “proofread crossword. Travel Tom, ring bearer gift” – twitch– Somehow, some way, she understood me. This is what happens when your wedding is four days away, and your team is the best ever. […]
How My Professor is a Part of #TeamHuman
For the past week, I have been studying for my psychology exam. I didn’t do so great on the first one, so I was determined to do amazing on my final. When driving to class, I was jamming out to some awesome 90s music and enjoying the traffic that came along. After arriving at Kutztown, […]
Open Letter To My Anxiety: Meet Support and Self-Confidence
Dear Anxiety, I sincerely hate you. You make me self-conscious and afraid. I don’t like who I am with you around. If you struggle with these feelings, take a look at ohio dispensaries or those closer to home. It’s an awful feeling when you convince me I need to shut down. You tell me people […]
Motivation: How To Inspire Yourself
How many times within our lives do we lack motivation, and we tell ourselves, “I’ll get to it tomorrow” or “I’m just too tired”? We sacrifice opportunity because of this motivational vacuum we create for ourselves, but where’s the line? Of course, self-care is important. Sometimes we’re smart to not only take our time on […]
Why ‘Disney’s Lion King’ Perfectly Explains Life
Outside of the brilliant animation work and the lovable characters, The Lion King (the first one primarily), highlights valuable lessons people, particularly leaders, should always work to remember. Yes, it might be a Disney movie, but these African animals represent so much more. WARNING, SPOILERS AHEAD. The Future Simba, the future king of Pride Rock, has […]
How I Pageant Waved My Way to a Family
Last week was Miss New Jersey week! For most people reading that, it will mean nothing, but for me, it’s an annual family reunion… At the age of 11, I competed in my first pageant. My sportswear outfit was magenta, my gown was teal, I tap danced to “This Joint is Jumpin’” in a red and […]
Know That You Are Not Alone – Seeing Support That is Already There
“Only 30 more days, I can do it!” My fellow cohort members and I are on the home-stretch for the last official month of our first semester of graduate school, and at first I had no idea how I was going to push through it. First I went with a count-down, but I found myself […]
Noticing Types of Encouragement for Success in Your Environment
“When I get older I want to be an astronaut.” When we were younger, our main source of support rested on our parents telling us that if we really wanted to be an astronaut we could achieve that goal. As we got older, not only did our goal for our future career change and become […]
So Close, Yet So Far Away…Make Your Support System a Solid One!
So now that I’m in my second semester of graduate school, it has become apparent to me just how much a solid support system can become a great ascent. In college an individual can find multiple means of support through their department, friends, family, professors, faculty, adviser of organizations, etc… However, in graduate school, I […]