By Michael Mooney — 2016
There’s something about [Robbins’] confidence that makes you believe you can be a better person.
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Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.
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We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
The definition of emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, differentiate, and manage our emotions and the emotions of others. The notion of emotions being important in our lives goes all the way back to the ancient Greeks.
Expectations surrounding Black masculinity, such as the requirement to be strong and stoic, have often prevented Black men from seeking mental health care. But it's possible to overcome this reluctance and make mental wellness a priority.
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According to the research of Stanford's Dr. Carol Dweck, both positive and negative labels, whether "gifted" or "seriously learning disabled," encourage a "fixed mindset," or the belief that nothing children do or think will change their intelligence.
An entire family can benefit from adopting a growth mindset, and it can help everyone shift their thinking about the challenges one of them faces every day.
The ongoing dialogue I have with my own perspective and emotions is the biggest job I’ve ever undertaken. Exploring this internal give-and-take forces me to grow in surprising ways.
The story of disability inclusion is incomplete. It is now time for C-level executives and management to take more of an active role and cultivate a new narrative to both augment and redefine disability in the larger context of business strategy.
Consider this – for children with ADHD, anxiety, learning differences, autism spectrum diagnoses, and other behavioral disorders, already innate negative thinking patterns have been reinforced by years and years of negative messages.
Often, disabled people have their disability treated, but they don’t have their emotional or spiritual needs addressed.