by Dr. Kim | Nov 2, 2019 | Anxiety, Fitness and Exercise, Mindfulness, resilience, Self-Care, Stress Management, Wellness
There are two ways to approach and manage anxiety–prevention and intervention. With prevention, we try to add elements to our lives that keep us mindful, relaxed, and help anxiety from rearing its ugly head. If anxiety does take over, however, we have...
by Dr. Kim | Nov 1, 2019 | Burnout, Families, Friendship, Purpose, resilience
What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? This was always a difficult question for me because I never wanted to think about the concept of failing. Honestly, my drive to prevent failure was so strong that I could only imagine things that would bring me...
by nwadmin | Oct 10, 2019 | Burnout, resilience, Stress Management, Uncategorized, Wellness
It’s Mental Health Awareness Day, which seems like a good time to write a few posts about being mindful. Research shows that practicing mindfulness can have a positive impact on mental health, including stress and anxiety reduction, emotional regulation, and...
by Dr. Kim | Aug 12, 2019 | resilience
I’ve always wanted to help. I’ve known since an early age that I wanted to get a PhD. When people would ask me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I gave 4 answers: Play baseball in Wrigley Field Become Han Solo’s sidekick on the Millennium Falcon (Sorry,...
by nwadmin | Feb 2, 2019 | Burnout, Education, Friendship, resilience, Uncategorized
Last year, my husband and I made a bucket list trip (for me anyway) to Punxsutawney to see the Phil, the celebrity groundhog. You see, Feb 2 is a special day for me for various reasons. It’s the birthday of my good friend, Dacia, who would be sad to know that I...