Good, Or Good For YOU?

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We’ve always been inundated online, in book stores, and in the newspaper with things that are aimed at improving our lives. It seems like it’s getting more intense lately. Walking along the street, every block has a fitness studio, or a juice bar, or holistic practitioner. They can all improve my health and wellbeing. They’re… Continue reading Good, Or Good For YOU?

Creating A Work Community

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I know I took for granted the importance of the community that I had when I was working.  I didn’t take the individuals for granted, I failed to appreciate the importance of my co-workers as a group, a community. We were people in the same industry, affected by the same whims of policy, and working… Continue reading Creating A Work Community

Living in the “in between”

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It’s an uncomfortable space to be in: the middle. With a career behind you and who-knows-what ahead, it is a place that feels lost and unsettling. Having retired from teaching over a year ago now, I’ve lived in this middle, liminal space. I thought it was a space to get through and get done with.… Continue reading Living in the “in between”