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Archive for category: Worker Wellness News

Worker Wellness News

Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 30

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of April 30, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how one city is taking a different approach to addressing their area’s mental health crisis to how essential oils may impact your mood to the rise of fake nursing degrees. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of the Workers Memorial Day. Over 50 years ago, this nation passed a law to protect (most) workers on the job known as the Occupational Health & Safety Act of 1970. PLEASE take the time to review any or all of the first 4 articles in this week’s blog. There is something for every worker from those in the trenches to those in middle and upper management positions. We all have a duty to not only protect ourselves but our sister and brother workers as well. Nearly 20 years ago, fellow researchers from Washington University’s School of Medicine approached me to form an ongoing partnership to study safety issues on STL construction job sites. Their goal was to help improve conditions that would result in bringing our workers safely home to their families and communities…on a daily basis. In so doing, with the cooperation of BOTH labor & management, WE have done just that! In closing, I remain grateful that this partnership still exists to meet the ever-changing needs of work & society.

 

Source: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/oshact/completeoshact

 

Construction Falls resource

 

May 10th is Safety Professionals Day 

 

Workers Memorial Day

 

Deaths on the job

 

Community MH resources

 

Seattle / Tax / MH

 

Social media / Teens / MH

 

Suicides & Guns

 

Rural gun-related deaths

 

Trigger-happy America?

 

Walmart & Opioids

 

More on Sacklers

 

Lean into negative emotions

 

Body-shaming & Meditation

 

Allergies for Everyone

 

Hemorrhoids & Treatment

 

AI fitness coach

 

Mood & Essential Oils

 

Benefits of art therapy

 

Brazil / Poverty / Land Revolt

 

Garment factory tragedy: 1 decade later

 

Cheating the H-1B

 

America’s price for low wages? 

 

Rising cost of college  

 

Fake nursing degrees?

 

On being Voluntold

 

Women / Trades / Discrimination

 

Your digital life after death?

 

India’s population boom

 

Nearshoring 

 

NHL’s Alum / Social Worker / CTE

 

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Impact of opioids on rural workforce

May 1, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Worker Wellness News

Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 23

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of April 23, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how a US Senator confronted his mental health issues to how a nature hike can improve your well-being to when to retire and upon doing so how one can enter a 2nd (service) career. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of gun violence. To date, there have been more mass shootings in the USA than days in the 2023 calendar. In fact, this year’s number surpasses that of this time last year (131 v 113). Nearly 60 years ago, as I child, my school classmates and I practiced “duck-and-cover” drills in case of an atomic attack. Today, among other drills, 5 year olds are practicing “active shooter” drills. Meanwhile, we have state legislators across this country banning library books v confronting the proliferation of weapons! Just last week, I wrote about the negative impact of ACEs (trauma) on our children’s futures. We have a choice: Look towards a model like the one in Philly or sit on the sidelines while our kids continue to die from senseless violence!

 

Source: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1170987638/philly-schools-aim-to-lower-shootings-involving-kids-with-conflict-resolution-sk

 

Stressed workers looking for support from employers

 

MH & Time Out in the office

 

US Senator helps break MH stigma

 

Teen suicide & MH parity?

 

European model for addressing mental illness

 

US & Fentanyl traffickers

 

Mexico’s Fentanyl cartels

 

Prisons & Opioid treatment

 

Tranq & Animal vets

 

Backlash on telehealth scripts

 

Philly’s approach to Kids’ shootings

 

Why are kids getting shot for honest mistakes?

 

More on kids’ shootings

 

Micro stress & Burnout

 

Brain – Body connection

 

MH & Forgiveness

 

Yoga & Weight loss

 

Benefits of yoga

 

Exercise & Life stressors

 

Nature & Your health

 

Hiking in spring

 

Men & Longevity?

 

Micro-plastics & Your health

 

When to retire?

 

Your 2nd career?

 

On grandparenting

 

Vets & Mesothelioma

 

More on Child Labor

 

Nurses / Hospitals / Gig Work

 

Gen Z’s side hustle

 

On being a good manager

 

Kids / Sports / Concussions

 

Fletcher’s brain surgery

 

NHL on DEI & CTE

 

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Yoga & Meditation

 

Financial Literacy

 

Free Resume Headshot

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

April 24, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 16

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of April 16, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how Mental Health and Suicide have impacted the construction industry to the benefits of exercising outdoors to why the nursing profession needs more men. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of childhood trauma. Several years ago, a study came forth explaining the concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). And, how people who experience 4 or more of these types of trauma often have difficulty with related matters in adulthood. For people under the age of 18, issues like child abuse (i.e., sexual, physical, emotional), a family member going to prison or being killed, divorce, poverty, etc. can negatively impact kids for life. In general, some experts suggest that if a parent abuses a child, then it is likely that this child will abuse his/her children, and so on. Furthermore, since there is a correlation between trauma and addiction, by identifying ACEs early on healthcare professionals may be able to assist victims and communities mitigate their long-term effects.

 

Source: https://www.ncjfcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Finding-Your-Ace-Score.pdf

 

White House on Tranq (1)

 

White House on Tranq (2)

 

White House on Tranq (3)

 

Judge on Tranq

 

Philly’s harm reduction & Tranq

 

Marijuana & Addiction

 

Suicides in the Navy

 

MH & Suicide in the Construction Industry

 

ACE Scores / Kids / Trauma

 

MH @ Work

 

MH & AI

 

VR Therapy

 

White House & AI

 

Belonging Barometer

 

Finding Joy

 

Family Boundaries

 

Benefits of exercising outdoors

 

PTSD Treatment Guide

 

Guns & Kids

 

Gun Violence & Mental Illness

 

Louisville Bank Shooter & CTE?

 

EIU Faculty Strike

 

Medical residents unionize

 

Unions warn of Social Security collapse

 

Construction industry needs more workers

 

Cancer coverage for firefighters

 

Nursing needs more men

 

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Impact of opioids on the workplace

 

Chair yoga

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

 

 

April 17, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 9

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of April 9, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how one region in Canada is now requiring Naloxone (Narcan) to be present on various types of at-risk workplaces (i.e., construction job sites) to how oral hygiene impacts one’s health to how important apprenticeships are to the US energy sector. Today, I wish to shed some light on how AI (artificial intelligence) is being used to improve your health. Less than 2 weeks ago, I spoke at a national summit on suicide prevention in the construction industry, in KC, MO. My part as a panelist was to address “innovations” pertaining to the summit’s theme. My fourth and final bullet point focused on the use of AI in this space. And, just yesterday, the WSJ ran an article that really digs into the point I made. Doctors are turning to AI to help aid them in their decision-making processes. By no means are they turning over their responsibility to a machine. Let’s face it, no one professional can keep up with the vast amounts of data produced on a daily basis. In fact, when comes to adverse medication effects, about 70% of them are due to prescription errors. With the assistance of AI, doctors can meld deep learning with deep reasoning.

 

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-will-see-you-now-5f8fba14?reflink=integratedwebview_share

 

MH in the construction industry

 

Steps to help prevent suicide

 

New Canadian law requires Naloxone in at-risk workplaces

 

Couple helps Tranq victims

 

Non-opioids approach to pain management

 

San Fran’s new approach to Bupe (Suboxone)

 

The Good Sam Law?

 

Do financial wellness programs work?

 

Debt & Well-being

 

Not unplugging during time off

 

Breakfasts for beating stress?

 

Will this ancient herb clam your stress?

 

Oral hygiene & Health

 

AI & Doctors

 

Why try PT before surgery?

 

Colonoscopy / Under 50

 

Couples & Talking/Listening

 

COVID’s impact on church-going

 

Yoga & Golf

 

Deep water exercise

 

Your mood / Your skin

 

OSHA / SC / Black workers

 

Sexual assaults @ military academies

 

Layoffs during leave

 

NLRB & NDAs

 

Labor shortage impacts clean energy transition

 

Apprenticeships make US

 

Support in trade apprenticeships: Barriers

 

Supreme Court & Legal v Ethical

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

April 10, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights April 2

Wellness & Well-being Highlights for the Week of April 2, 2023                                                    

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the how some communities are addressing homelessness and Mental Health issues to the impact of the Adderall shortage to how pets may reduce allergies in children. Today, I wish to shed some light on how Narcan (The Lazarus Drug) will soon become an over-the-counter (OTC) drug. Because of the seriousness of the opioids crisis across the USA, several states, including Missouri, have had a standing order for anyone who can assist a person in opioids overdose to obtain “naloxone” at their local pharmacy without a prescription. As of this summer, this will be the case in all 50 states. Make no mistake, this is not a cure-all for the opioids epidemic! However, from a harm-reduction standpoint, knowing how to administer this life-saving drug is vitally important. Too often, when I ask people in the construction industry these 3 questions, I get concerned:

  1. How many have a First Aid kit in their workplace?
  2. How many have an AED in their workplace?
  3. How many have Narcan in their workplace?

The responses typically go like this: 100%, 80%, 10%, respectively. To those 90% in #3 above, I respectfully say: “It takes less than 30 minutes to get the proper training.” PLEASE reach out to your local providers for guidance and supplies. If you think drugs are NOT in your workplace, you are sadly mistaken. Regarding this issue, because of the private atmosphere, “restrooms” are often utilized to partake in related illegal activities and should be monitored on a regular basis. This reminds me of a motto from my time as a Boy Scout some +50 years ago: BE PREPARED!

 

Sources: https://www.npr.org/2023/03/30/1166969942/fda-approves-the-overdose-reversing-drug-narcan-for-over-the-counter-sales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7klB8Vza9ac

 

We need to TALK about SUICIDE

 

Care of the mentally ill in the USA

 

MH & Fingerprinting your brain

 

Exercise & Depression

 

Homelessness / MH / Compassion

 

Tranq wounds

 

FDA & Narcan (1)

 

FDA & Narcan (2)

 

Narcan soon to be OTC

 

Telemedicine & OUD

 

Fentanyl & Mexico’s border

 

Fentanyl / Michigan / DEA

 

Adderall shortage / Kids / School

 

Adderall shortage & DEA

 

Mass shootings / Trauma / Coping

 

Preventive care / ACA / New ruling

 

Needing to renew Medicaid?

 

Alcohol & Health risks

 

AIDS / Foreign policy / Saving lives

 

How vaccines SAVE lives

 

Pets / Kids / Allergies

 

Treating back pain @ home?

 

Tragedy to Triumph

 

Finland is THE Happy Place

 

More on child labor

 

Dysfunctional labor laws

 

Black Americans / Slavery / Census

 

STREIK

 

Losing faith in the college degree?

 

Prisons / Rehab / Education

 

Female athletes / Concussions / Lack of research

 

Ex-Pat’s star last moments

 

Upcoming webinar/seminars:

 

Black Maternal Health

 

Mental Health First Aid

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

April 3, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights March 26

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of March 26, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the underuse of mental health benefits to the connection between menopause and memory to the impact of a new stomach bug. Today, I wish to shed some light on how the construction industry is in the early stages of addressing head injuries. So, what is this new approach? It consists of switching out traditional hard hats for safety helmets (Think: Rock-climbing style). The CDC reports that between 2003-2010, over 2200 construction workers died from TBIs (traumatic brain injuries)…this represents ~25% of all construction fatalities during that period. While not all TBIs result in death, many lead to self-medication which can lead to suicidal ideation.

 

Sources: https://stlouiscnr.com/construction-industry-aligns-to-fight-brain-injuries-and-fatalities/

https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2022/11/10/construction-helmets/#:~:text=The%20construction%20industry%20has%20the,100%2C000%20full%20time%20equivalent%20workers

 

Construction Trades & Substance Misuse

 

Ted Lasso & MH

 

Unused MH benefits

 

Therapy during the workday?

 

MH meds / Apps / Safety

 

Lack of access to MH resources

 

Well-being & Remote Work

 

Gen Z / Stability / Burnout

 

Schools & Monitoring MH

 

Well-being & MH First Aiders

 

Dream techniques

 

Sleep & Cannabis

 

Addressing teacher shortages

 

Inflation & Housing Costs vs Health Care

 

Blacks Vets & VA benefits?

 

Menopause & Memory

 

The Rise of Colon Cancer

 

Mobile cancer treatments

 

New, resistant stomach bug

 

America’s Drug Crisis: The 4th Wave?

 

Sacklers & Overseas’ Opioids Profits

 

Retiring w/ less than US$1m

 

Construction industry’s attempt to fight head injuries

 

MI repeals RTW

 

LA school workers strike (1)

 

LA school workers strike (2)

 

France’s public protests

 

Google & Labor Rights?

 

UT & Workplace Violence

 

How HR ghosts workers

 

Child care / Costs / Worker shortage

 

Sex abuse & Youth sports

 

Upcoming seminars/webinars/podcasts:

MHFA courses

 

Suicide Prevention Training

 

Mind, Body, and Spirit

 

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

March 27, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights March 19

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of March 19, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the mental health of workers and students to Moms seeking work-life balance to how to grieve in a healthy manner. Today, I wish to shed some light on how apprenticeships are now being viewed by high school students as legitimate alternatives to the “college-for-all” mantra the US has hitched its wagon to for the past 30+ years. Having served on the US Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) from 2003-2010, I can attest that the seeds we planted 20 years ago are finally bearing fruit. If one reviews the details of the student debt issue, you will soon find that a good portion of this debt is from community college students…most of which never earned an Associate’s degree. While college may not be for all at the age of 18, I for one, do believe that most workers “eventually” gain much needed leadership skills by attending college once they hone in on their career choice. This is why I have advocated for emulating the European model of apprenticeships since 2004 (Google: Bayless Floor Layers Middle Apprenticeship Program). Wherein, the focus is on apprenticeships at the secondary level of education. Thus, graduating high school students with job-ready skill sets! In closing, I suspect with the rise of STEM at the secondary and post-secondary levels, it has become less bitter (and less costly) for many parents to accept the importance of hands-on education which, in turn, helps temper the age-old stigma of vocational education.

 

Sources: https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-students-are-turning-away-from-college-and-toward-apprenticeships-15f3a05d

https://www.wsj.com/articles/student-loan-bills-are-set-to-come-due-adding-pressure-on-younger-americans-1738b6e0

 

US-DOL seeks input on workers’ MH

 

Young women & MH

 

Students & MH

 

Trials of being young

 

MH guide for college students & families

 

Period products in MO schools

 

US maternal mortality rate

 

Toxic workplace culture: Men v Women

 

Canadian moms & Work-Life balance

 

Millennials & Unkept promises

 

COVID & What worked?

 

Meth forces new protocols for CO libraries

 

New CDC opioids guidelines / Too little, too late?

 

On solving our opioids crisis

 

Testing for fentanyl?

 

Opioids in the construction industry (14:38 min mark)

 

Finns / Death / Drug abuse

 

Marriage & Technology

 

Marriage / Long term health / Happiness

 

Women / Sex / Cancer

 

How to meditate?

 

On meditating before sleep

 

Embracing the “dark side”

 

A good death?

 

Healthy grieving

 

Feeling alive…again

 

On chiros & neck manipulation

 

Never getting together?

 

Meetings: In-person v Tech

 

Student debt & Added pressure

 

Apprenticeship v College

 

Promoting Canada’s skilled trades education

 

Local community colleges expand mfg curriculum

 

Fixing child care: A work-around

 

The anti-Girl Scout cookie

 

Build housing = Attract workers?

 

What’s your next career?

 

Why trust science?

March 20, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights March 12

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of March 12, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how perks in the workplace are about to change to how one religion has incorporated Yoga into their Lenten practices to the March 8th celebration of International Women’s Day. Today, I wish to shed some light on how a rare conviction in a Brooklyn court recently charged a (non-union) contractor with the (homicide) death of an immigrant construction worker. The district attorney made it clear that when contractors cut corners and allow workers to work in unsafe conditions, they will face criminal repercussions! To this end, I have 2 thoughts I want to leave you with: 1) I am thankful for the working relationship our unions and signatory contractors have with OSHA at the national and local levels; and 2) Hopefully, “Carlos’ Law” will reinforce the importance of the professional-level safety training delivered to our future workforce via our jointly-trusted US-DOL Registered Apprenticeship Programs across this great nation.

 

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/nyregion/brooklyn-homicide-construction-worker.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

New work perks?

 

Managing MH accommodations in the workplace

 

MH & Supportive workplaces

 

Gearing MH services towards our youth

 

The “Youth” MH great resignation?

 

Young women & MH

 

Mindful breathing

 

Sleep & Suicide?

 

Superpowers & Highly Sensitive People

 

Self-confidence vs Self-esteem

 

Self-care & Laughing more

 

Moods & Essential oils

 

Yoga / Religion / Lent

 

Update: Opioids & Sacklers

 

Update: Mexico & Fentanyl

 

Update: Long COVID

 

NY / Homicide / Construction

 

NY / Immigrants / Plans?

 

Unions & Scabby Rat

 

Migrants & Child Labor

 

Afghan Women & School

 

Iran’s Girls & Poisoning

 

International Women’s Day (1)

 

International Women’s Day (2)

 

Finding the “missing workers”

 

Surviving a layoff?

 

WARNING: Mexico’s Medical Tourism

 

Upcoming seminars:

Dementia 101

 

Brain & Body

 

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 13, 2023/0 Comments/by Braxton Payne
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Wellness & Well-being Highlights March 5

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of March 5, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from addressing if AI (artificial intelligence) can help treat Mental Illness to the benefits of sleep to how one should continue to exercise regardless of age. Today, I wish to shed some light on how one school district is now requiring ALL teachers to be trained in administering NARCAN. Since the beginning of the blog, nearly 2 years ago, I have included numerous articles pertaining to the opioids crisis in the USA. In fact, you may recall seeing an article a couple of months ago where I was part of a team of first responders on a SWA flight to Las Vegas that revived an opioids overdose victim…while 35,000 feet off the ground. Had my spouse NOT been carrying NARCAN in her purse on October 22, 2022, I fear, for him and his family, that young man would no longer be with us today. To this end, people from ALL walks of life—social standing be damned—are dying on a daily basis from opioid overdoses. As such, I have 2 “immediate” asks of you:

  1. Demand that your workplace stock NARCAN on site; and
  2. PLEASE check your local resources and get trained sooner rather than later!

 

Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/teachers-trained-to-administer-narcan-amid-opioid-crisis/#x

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/messenger-st-louis-man-who-saved-overdose-victim-pushes-airline-to-carry-narcan/article_54ced5c1-9d10-5867-9101-979b08e9bc3e.html

 

Training teachers to use NARCAN in schools

 

GA opioids trial

 

MH & Obstacles to Accessing Benefits

 

Improving Worker Well-being

 

Supporting MH Builds Resiliency

 

Update: Suicide Data

 

Insulin pricing?

AI / Doctors / Patients

 

AI & Treating Mental Illness

 

Are you a “fixer”?

 

Caregivers & Burnout

 

Kids & Screen Time

 

Sleep Benefits

 

Sleep Discipline

 

Loneliness / Workers / Costs

 

Grief & Ignoring Advice

 

Beating Brain Fog & MH

 

The 11-minute Walk = Longer Life

 

Aging & Exercise

 

The Ongoing Alzheimers’ Debate

 

Missing your work spouse?

 

Biden’s nomination for Walsh’s replacement

 

Supreme Court weighs in on Student Debt Relief

 

UMWA strike ends

 

STL nursing home closes

 

Firms losing worker w/o layoffs

 

5 Generations in the Workplace

 

Women & Title IX (1)

 

Women & Title IX (2)

 

Another NFLer passes: Stage 4 CTE

 

 

Upcoming Trainings:

QPR & MHFA (FREE – Onsite)

 

 

Past webinars:

Tale of 2 Surgeries

 

Opioid Risk Reduction & Minimizing Claims

 

Holistic Approach to Campus Mental Health

 

 

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.

 

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Wellness & Well-being Highlights February 26

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of February 26, 2023

 

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from the failure of the US War on Drugs to how a “phone call” can help cure loneliness to stories on the links between depression & inflammation as well as exercise & pain. Today, I wish to shed some light on the podcast touching on the Forgotten Mothers of Civil Rights’ Leaders. As Black History Month soon comes to a close it would be remiss on my part not to share such an impactful this piece. It reminded me that NONE of us are self-made! Most of us have had people in our lives who have been there to support & guide us through the good times and bad times during this journey we call life. PLEASE find 50 minutes during this coming week to listen to these three moving stories. You will NOT be disappointed!

 

Source: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ted-radio-hour/id523121474?i=1000597760729

 

On the USA losing the Drug War

Harm reduction in the USA

 

US resistance to effective treatments

 

More on harm reduction

 

Fentanyl / Smuggling / Mexico Border

 

Mexico / Law / Bribery

 

Emojis / Kids / Drugs

 

MH & 988 progress

 

Girls & Sadness: What parents should know

 

College / Discrimination / Depression

 

Depression & Inflammation

 

Are you at risk for loneliness?

 

A Loneliness Cure: The Phone Call?

 

When is best time to exercise?

 

Exercise & Pain

 

Lower back pain?

 

IBS & Anxiety/Depression/Suicide

 

Running out of time?

 

Slowing time down?

 

On “saving” others

 

Update: US COVID Death Toll

 

COVID & Kids’ Learning Loss

 

A School Counselor & Kids’ Anxiety

 

Spirituality & Well-being

 

Benefits of Music Therapy

 

MH Workforce Shortage

 

HC Apprenticeships

 

Labor’s Spring Rising

NLRB & Severance Packages

 

Forgotten Mothers of Civil Rights’ Leaders

 

Seattle & Banning Caste

 

Happiness & Work

 

Tailoring benefits to the employee’s needs?

 

MH in the Workplace

 

MH & Better Managers = Better Workers

 

The 4-day Workweek?

 

Tracking your brain @ work?

 

Does implicit bias training work?

 

Men’s Soccer joins AFL-CIO

 

MLS Union / FIFA & Concussion Subs?

 

Female athletes / Head injuries / Suicide

 

 

Upcoming webinars:

https://www.slcl.org/content/virtual-program-compassion-fatigue

 

https://www.slcl.org/content/virtual-program-chair-yoga

 

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