Monthly Archives: July 2018
The issue of violence is a glaring item in news articles today. As I research the topic I am often lead back to the item of “parent-child” bonding. Someone said to me, “All incarcerations include a story of the interruption of parent-child bonding early in the child’s life.” Even though this statement seems intense, there is a hidden kernel of truth traveling throughout the words. A parenting enhancement program called The Family Thriving Program (FTP) uses a re-framing approach to…..
A collection of feelings, thoughts, and memories is formed by our interactions with our extended family, co-workers, and social acquaintances. This collection, this Lines of Listening, is our story of our life from our perspective. These lines may be weak and barely visible in our mental reasoning. They may pass through our life as a far-off, delicate whisper. However, at times they may be intense and offer a strong, intense influence on every action in our life and be at the…..
The best way to leave a lasting impression is to make eye contact. “Secrets to Making Non-Awkward Eye Contact” The Muse – Tools & Skills – 2018 Lily Zhang – Career Development Specialist at MIT. Obviously, this is something we all understand but it’s satisfying to know that the professionals who work in the field also verify our hunches. The Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus (2007) defines the EYE as an organ of sight, a faculty of discrimination; something having an…..
“Doctors who partner with (AI) artificial intelligence as a decision-making aid will see their healing powers expand more than they have in the past 100 years” (Men’s Health, p. 42, May 2018). Mr. Greg Corrado, Ph.D. was making a TedMed presentation about artificial intelligence this past year when he stunned his audience of medical professionals. Well, Dr. Corrado should know the field well since he is a principal scientist at Google AI and an expert in machine learning. He went…..
Like Social Security, Social Health affects everyone in some way. According to Michael Jones, PhD, RN, MSN, MBA, “social health is expressed when each individual is able to put into practice the information he or she has been provided by their healthcare provider.” This idea is burdened when 9 out of 10 of us struggle with understanding our health information, (The Mississippi RN – Summer 2018). Within this context, the CDC’s (Centers for Disease Control) definition of social determinates of…..