Category: Trust
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Trying to Feel Safe but Old Fears Keep Assaulting Me
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I like to think of myself as pretty fearless and gutsy but not so much with all the news of smash-and-grabs, assaults and shootings. My PTSD-like visceral response comes from old fears when I was a Child Protective Social Worker in San Francisco many years ago.
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Is Yahoo’s Ban on Telecommuting a Betrayal of Trust?
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Implementing Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s vision of exciting face-to-face “impromptu team meetings” may decrease productivity rather than increasing it – especially if people problems at work lead to dwelling on perceived slights, taking things personally and building resentment. Does Yahoo’s ban on telecommuting feel like a betrayal to staffers? Is the company adding more stress…
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Relationships Take a Lotta Work
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President Obama’s State of the Union address offers tips for building relationships, starting with respectful communication, honoring differences, cooperation and teamwork,
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What’s Going to Happen to Me? Facing and Overcoming Fear
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Fear is in the air and it’s contagious and debilitating. Fear brings up helplessness, uncertainty, worry, apprehension and anxiety. Put fear in perspective and get it under control by understanding how and why you are affected by outside events and what steps you can take to overcome the fear.
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Exploited! – Bamboozled By a Helium Balloon
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The Balloon Boy story brings up many memories of other exploitation, coercions and feeling taken advantage of in childhood experiences and in personal and professional present situations.
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Chasing Childhood Memories – Another Chapter
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Finding old friends and remembering childhood experiences recalls a safer, more secure time. A comforting feeling in the uncertainty of today’s complexities, insecurities and disequilibrium.