Category Archives: News and Support

Are These 5 Things Stressing Your Social Work Vibe

Everyone knows that social workers are “super” women. If only you really felt like one. [...]

Put The Sum of Us on Your Summer Reading List

My treadmill reading companion this summer is The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone [...]

Top Strategies for Introverts Who Need to Relieve Stress

Replenishing energy stores is the best way to manage stress. The stress response causes us [...]

20 Ways to Move More and Release Stress for Social Workers

Physical activity is a great way to release stress and tension. Many of us are [...]

3 Benefits of Getting Up and Moving

We are talking about movement and physical activity to reduce and manage overwhelming stress. Stress [...]

Wearing the Cape: The Superwoman Syndrome, Stress and Black Women

I help working women develop a personal plan to manage and lower their own overwhelming [...]

Stop Stressing Over Cooking: Save Time, Money and Stress with these Tips

When our daughters were young, it seemed as if time disappeared into our dryer, like [...]

[Feature] Social Worker Tamara Dopwell: Using Creativity to Help Homeless Families

Tamara Dopwell introduced herself to me about 6 months before the pandemic paralyzed the country. [...]

[Video] What Were You Thinking

Have you ever been asked “what were you thinking?” If so, you know the guilt [...]

[Video] Hazards of Ignoring Signs of Stress

Your life is complex and so is your body’s response to stressful events. Stress is [...]