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By Dan Witters and Sangeeta Agrawal, Gallup, November 3, 2022 Nearly one-fifth of U.S. workers (19%) rate their mental health as fair or poor, and these workers report about four times more unplanned absences due to poor mental health than do their counterparts who report good, very good or excellent mental health. Projected over a 12-month period, workers with fair or poor mental health are estimated to have nearly 12 days of unplanned absences annually compared with 2.5 days for all other...

By Fuschia Sirois, Greater Good Magazine, November 8, 2022 Procrastination is unfortunately something that most of us are familiar with. We’ve either experienced it firsthand or observed it in others: our students, children, employees, spouses, and more. It’s something they and we almost always want to stop. We would rather feel energized and productive when we make progress on a project or proud when a coworker or family member accomplishes what they set out to do. If procrastination is...

By Linda Poon and Amelia Pollard, Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images, Bloomberg CityLab, November 9, 2022 The results of local and state ballot initiatives put directly before voters are trickling in, with wins for supporters of reproductive rights and minimum wage increases, and mixed results on cannabis, guns and the environment. New York voters approved a $4.2 billion environmental bond , one of the biggest wins for environmental, social and governance infrastructure...

You can view the original post on Rise to Resilience from August 17, 2022 here . I named “reciprocal authenticity” to one of my closest friends, Leona, on December 11, 2021. I’ve thought about and referenced it a lot since then, in a number of contexts. I knew a blog was percolating in my mind, body, and soul, but the Just Right start to it hadn’t arrived yet. Then I received these messages from another close friend: If I had to pick three words to describe you, they might include Wholesome...

I first moved to rural Eastern North Carolina in 2011 as a Teach for America corps member. Up until then, I had only lived in cities and suburbs. My parents, both immigrants from India, always stressed the importance of education, so I dutifully attended the best educational institutions I could access, including Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. However, my first real American history lesson happened when I arrived in Northampton County to my classroom across from a peanut field. It felt like...

Former Principal Deputy Director and Chief of Staff of the National Institute of Justice at the US Department Howard Spivak says he feels empowered by The Stop Abuse Campaign to end ACEs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKEWkehsps&t=673s "THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF PEER SUPPORT" Frances pioneered peer services in Montreal, which are now unionized positions. She co-created peer networks with the rest of Canada, and internationally. During her journey, she encountered obstacles such as systemic racism and trust and boundary issues between herself and clinical staff.

By Naveena Sadasivam, Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images, Grist, November 7, 2022 Wealthy nations have long dodged calls to compensate the developing world for the loss and damage that it has suffered as a result of the 1.2 degrees Celsius that the earth has already warmed since preindustrial times. Developing nations have argued that they did little to cause climate change compared to early-industrializing countries, and yet they are hit harder by climate-fueled disasters and phenomena like...

By Anne Case and Sara Frueh, Photo: Unsplash, November 1, 2022 Anne Case, the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Emeritus at Princeton University, has spent her career studying health across individuals’ lifespan and its relationship to socioeconomic status. Together with fellow economist Angus Deaton, she identified the pattern of “deaths of despair”—what they call the unexpected increase in mortality rates among working-class Americans in recent decades. Case...

By Jill Suttie, Greater Good Magazine, November 7, 2022 Now and then, I give up my spot in the grocery line to a stranger. Or, if a friend is in the hospital, I’ll surprise them by sending flowers. These random acts of kindness—given without expectation of thanks or reciprocity—feel good in the moment and help connect me to my community. But, if random kindnesses spread so much positivity, why don’t we do them more often? Findings from a recent study conducted by Amit Kumar of the University...

By Elaine S. Povich, Photo: Steve Griffin/The Deseret News/Associated Press, Pew, November 4, 2022 Numerous websites promise to qualify any pet as an emotional support animal that the sites claim can go nearly anywhere — inside restaurants and stores, into “no pets” apartments and throughout college dorms. The easily obtained certificates are making it tough for states to crack down on fake support animals without running afoul of federal fair housing or anti-discrimination laws. Emotional...

By Bryce Covert, Photo: msppmoore/Flickr, The Appeal, November 7, 2022 Curtis Davis knows what it’s like to be forced to work while incarcerated. Davis, who helped place measures to ban forced prison labor on ballots in five states this year, served more than 25 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola. While there, Davis told The Appeal, he was forced to pick cotton, okra, and other crops but was paid only 2 cents an hour. It was grueling work: He was forced to...