Learning from our mistakes can be even more powerful if we keep in mind what moves us ahead: our core values. Reflecting on these principles helps guide our actions, especially in moments of pain and disorientation. Ethical reflection can ensure that our responses are grounded in integrity and purpose.
Category: Professional Life
My First Rally as a Union Member: Embracing Solidarity Organically
Our workplace is a microcosm of this complex structure. We are not interchangeable cogs but individuals with unique skills, needs, and circumstances. Our collective protest underscores our reliance on each other to maintain a productive environment.
Tackling Learned Helplessness in Your Team
Learned helplessness can reduce an employee’s involvement at work. Employees perceive their employer as a rigid organization that leaves no room for personal control or influence. This perception can lead to fatalism, when employees attribute their successes to luck or destiny rather than to skill or hard work.
Know Your Needs and Set Boundaries
Self-awareness empowers us to control our behaviors, manage our emotions, and make better choices. By understanding ourselves better, we can more easily identify our needs and wants. These are key elements for setting personal boundaries and to recognize when they have been crossed.
Thinking about Hope
Hope is a key ally in building resilience. It enables clients to face setbacks with courage and perseverance. It offers a counterbalance to the despair or anxiety that many experience, not by eliminating these feelings, but by providing a perspective that coexists with them. Hope offers a glimpse of light in darkness.
My Journey as a Dean
As I look to the future, I am hopeful. I envision a future where more individuals from minoritized communities ascend to similar positions of leadership in higher education, bringing a wealth of experiences that shape our departments and programs in impactful ways. Our backgrounds influence how we allocate funds, what we emphasize...
Beyond Accreditation: Transforming Mental Health Culture in Higher Education
Faculty and staff are the backbone of academic institutions, yet their mental health is often sidelined by a culture that perpetuates a cycle of stress and silence. To dismantle this, we must first recognize the unique pressures faced by those in academia, as well as the dire consequences of ignoring them.
New Beginnings: 2024!
This week marks not only the beginning of a new year but also the start of the Winter term at Palo Alto University, where I’m currently pursuing my second term in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program.
Reframing Job Seeking: Embracing the Joy of Missing Out
While job-seeking, it’s essential to remember that jobs come and go, but your unique identity remains. By embracing the Joy of Missing Out, job seekers can reclaim their sense of self, redefine their worth, and embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Roque Neto 