Dianne Whitford
Heather Abbe
This month we’ve been talking a lot about growth mindset, and fixed mindset, and the various ways in which your life can be affected by each. In this post, we’re going to talk about material, concrete ways...
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Critical thinking, like any other set of skills, can be learned and developed. As you know from our series on growth mindset, one’s skill set and intelligence is not fixed. Whether you believe you have some innate...
Book Review: Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
The last few weeks we’ve been talking about critical thinking, and today is a new theme: resilience! In that spirit, I wanted to do a book review on a book called Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience...
Too Tired to Care: Emotional Burnout
Empathy is a great thing! We’ve been talking a lot about how to grow your empathic skill set, and how it benefits your relationships. We know that too much empathy or not enough empathy can be damaging to our...
It’s Inauguration Day!
Welcome to the official launch of the Coffee, Grit, and Inspiration blog! I have a confession to make. I had a post all ready to go for today, our first official day of the CGInspo blog, all about growth mindset. Which...
CBP S2E10: Listening With Respect and Engagement
Active listening is much more than just inserting “yeah” or “okay” at regular intervals in a conversation. Active listening also means listening with respect, with engagement, and listening with...
Journaling for Beginners
So, I’m going to admit, I don’t journal. As someone with mental health issues and a crazy life (well, it feels crazy to me), I know that I should. There are a myriad of health benefits associated with journaling...
CBP S1E6: How Journaling Helps with Self-Awareness
There are four pillars of emotional intelligence – self-awareness, self-management, relationship management, and social awareness. While journaling won’t necessarily help you with all of that, journaling and...
Review: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
Depending on who you ask, therapy can have a bad rap. People may tend to think that if you are “going to therapy”, you must have “major problems” or are depressed. The reality, as shown by Maybe...
