Facilitator’s Corner: Volume 2, Issue 7
April 19, 2010
Legacy Business Cultures Facilitator:
Welcome back. We hope you enjoyed the last issue of Facilitator’s Corner. The suggested readings for this issue touch on different topics related to the mental management aspects of both personal resiliency and respect. Specifically covered in this issues’ recommendations:
- Why self-esteem declines in older adults and middle-aged adults remain confident
- If you’re ever faced with racism, your coping method may influence the amount of distress you experience
- How the brain processes words that trigger painful memories
This issue’s book selection is a timeless classic for all those with hectic lives (me included). Since I am re-re-reading it myself at present, I wholeheartedly recommend Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff by Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
Happy reading and best of luck with all of your future facilitation efforts!
Warm regards,
Paul Meshanko
Managing Partner
Legacy Business Cultures
(216) 674-1085
Self-esteem declines sharply among older adults while middle-aged are most confident
ScienceDaily
April 3, 2010
Self-esteem rises steadily as people age but starts declining around the time of retirement, according to a longitudinal study of men and women ranging in age from 25 to 104.”Self-esteem is related to better health, less criminal behavior, lower levels of depression and, overall, greater success in life,” said the study’s lead author, Ulrich Orth, PhD. Read entire article
Words easily trigger painful memories
ScienceDaily
March 31, 2010
“Watch out, it’ll hurt for a second.” Not only children but also many adults get uneasy when they hear those words from their doctor. And, as soon as the needle touches their skin the piercing pain can be felt very clearly. “After such an experience it is enough to simply imagine a needle at the next vaccination appointment to activate our pain memory,” knows Prof. Dr. Thomas Weiss from the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. Read entire article
In the face of racism, distress depends on one’s coping method
ScienceDaily
April 2, 2010
The way people choose to cope with personal experiences of racism influences the distress caused by the encounter, according to a new study of Filipino-American men and women. Published today in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, the study finds that denying or ignoring racial discrimination leads to greater psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, and lowers self-esteem. Read entire article
Featured Book
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…and it’s all small stuff
by: Richard Carlson, Ph.D.
Got a stress case in your life? Of course you do: “Without question, many of us have mastered the neurotic art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things all at once.” Carlson’s cheerful book aims to make us stop and smell–if not roses–whatever is sitting in front of our noses. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… offers 100 meditations designed to make you appreciate being alive, keep your emotions (especially anger and dissatisfaction) in proper perspective, and cherish other people as the unique miracles they are.