What if our Dementia Care unit Looked, Acted and Felt like home? I watched this video today and feel so challenged by it: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=aYrMu3ujs-Y) Just watching it makes me ask myself a few … [Read more]
How to Counsel Someone Dealing with Dementia
How do you help someone who is slowly....very slowly....wandering into their own journey into dementia? They still see themselves as not being 'one of those people' who have it. They still see themselves as being who they once were, but sense that … [Read more]
The Power of Reaching
Hating What You Do I have a friend who has been stuck hating the same job for the past two years. He HATES what he does. Sadly though, it seems like every time we chat and the question of 'So, how are you doing?" comes up, I always get a flat lined … [Read more]
Taking Time To Matter
Work isn't meant to be empty. It's meant to connect our skills and passion to someone else's need, and when that happens, our work matters. It becomes meaningful in ways that engage us in mind, heart and soul! The Trap of Doing I see amazing … [Read more]
Build Relationships with an Information Interview
The job interview! Your resume makes it through the piled jungle of resumes in the hiring manager's office. You get THE CALL, and you feel elated! Finally! An interview! The big day arrives, but you're so nervous you find it hard to … [Read more]
Great Job Interview Questions: A Double Edged Sword
Secret of my success? Hire people smarter than me. Oleg Vishnepolsky Oleg raises some valuable points in his post. I liked his challenge to those hiring to look for people who ask questions you don't know the answer to. Then Oleg's next … [Read more]