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When my kids were young, I watched Winnie the Pooh videos countless times. The character, Eeyore, always reminded me of the importance of having a positive attitude.  If you don't remember, Eeyore was a donkey who was pessimistic and depressed. He viewed most things negatively.  According to workplace mental health studies, I believe we have ... The post Encouraging the Eeyores appeared first on Unconventional Business Network.

Listen to ASCO's Journal of Clinical Oncology Art of Oncology article, "Humor Me” by Dr. Stacey Hubay, who is a Medical Oncologist at the Grand River Regional Cancer Center. The essay is followed by an interview with Hubay and host Dr. Lidia Schapira. Dr Hubay share how even though cancer isn't funny, a cancer clinic can sometimes be a surprisingly funny place. TRANSCRIPT Narrator: Just Humor Me, by Stacey A. Hubay, MD, MHSc   Most of the people who read this journal will know the feeling. You are lurking at the back of a school function or perhaps you are making small talk with your dental hygienist when the dreaded question comes up—“So what kind of work do you do?” I usually give a vague answer along the lines of “I work at the hospital” to avoid the more specific response, which is that I am an oncologist. I have found this information to be a surefire conversational grenade, which typically elicits some sort of variation on “wow, that must be so depressing” although one time I did get the response “Great! I'm a lawyer and a hypochondriac, mind if I ask you some questions?” After I recently dodged the question yet again, I found myself wondering why I am so reticent about telling people what I do. While discussing work with strangers in our hard earned free time is something many people wish to avoid, I think for me a significant motive for this urge to hide is that I do not actually find the cancer clinic to be an overwhelmingly depressing place. Admitting this to others who are not engaged in this work can lead to at the very least bafflement and at worst offense to those who believe that laughing while looking after cancer patients is a sign of callousness. I am an oncologist who laughs in my clinic every day. Of course, the oncology clinic is sometimes a bleak place to work. Cancer has earned its reputation as a fearsome foe, and the patients I see in my clinic are often paying a heavy toll, both physically and emotionally. Many are grappling with their own mortality, and even those with potentially curable cancers face months of challenging treatment and the torture of uncertainty. Yet somehow, perhaps inevitably, the cancer clinic is not just a place of sadness and tears but also a place of hope and laughter. Although most of us recognize humor and use it to varying degrees, few of us consider it as an academic subject. A few lucky souls in academia have taken on the task of developing theories of humor, which attempt to explain what humor is, what purpose it has, and what social function it serves. Although there are almost as many theories of humor as there are aspiring comedians, most explanations fall into one of three categories: relief theory, superiority theory, and incongruous juxtaposition theory.1 Relief theory holds that people laugh to relieve psychological tension caused by fear or nervousness. I suspect this is the most common type of humor seen in a cancer clinic given the weight of fear and nervousness in such a fraught environment. The second category, people being what we are, asserts that sometimes we laugh out of a feeling of superiority to others. It goes without saying that this sort of humor has no place in the clinician patient interaction. Finally, we laugh at absurdity, or as Kant put it, at “the sudden transformation of a strained expectation into nothing.”2 This last category is also surprisingly fruitful in the oncology setting. Laughter in the cancer clinic is still to some extent considered taboo. Near the start of my oncology training, I remember laughing until my stomach hurt with my attending staff in the clinic workspace between seeing patients. What we were laughing about escapes me now, but what I do clearly recall is an administrator in a buttoned-up suit striding over to us in high dudgeon. “Don't you people realize this is a cancer clinic?” she admonished us. “This is not a place for laughter!,” she added before striding off, no doubt to a management meeting or some other place where the policy on laughter is more liberal. At this point, my attending and I looked at each other for a beat and then burst into helpless gales of laughter. We do not tend to think all that much about why we are laughing at something, but looking back now, I think at least part of the reason was the absurdity of a person so unfamiliar with the culture of the cancer clinic presuming that physicians and nurses somehow park their sense of humor when they arrive at work and turn into a herd of gloomy Eeyores.  We oncologists are starting to come clean about the fact that we laugh in the clinic and there is now a modest amount of work in the medical literature addressing the use of humor in oncology. One survey of patients undergoing radiotherapy in Ottawa found that a stunning 86% of patients felt that laughter was somewhat or very important to their care, whereas 79% felt that humor decreased their level of anxiety about their diagnosis.3 If we had a drug that decreased anxiety levels in 79% of patients, had minimal to no side effects when used correctly, and cost the health care system zero dollars, should not we be using it?  Sometimes, it is the patient or their family member who introduces an element of humor into an interaction as on one occasion when my patient was filling out a pain survey which included a diagram of the body on which he was asked to circle any areas where he was having pain. As his wife ran through a detailed list of his bowel habits over the past few days, the patient circled the gluteal area on the diagram he was holding, pointed to his wife and said “I've been suffering from a pain in my ass doctor.” His wife looked at him pointedly for a moment before the two of them started laughing and I joined in.  Sometimes, a patient's use of humor serves to level the playing field. Patients with Cancer are vulnerable, and the physician is an authority figure, meting out judgments from on high. My patient from a few years ago was having none of that. I met him when he was referred to me with widely metastatic lung cancer, a diagnosis typically associated with a dismal prognosis. The patient, however, was not buying into any of the usual gloom and doom that is customary for these interactions. As his daughter translated the information I was providing, he tilted his chin down, fixed his gaze on me, and proceeded to smile at me in a disarmingly friendly way while simultaneously waggling his generous eyebrows up and down throughout the interview. Over the course of 45 min, I became increasingly disconcerted by his behavior until eventually, I was unable to finish a sentence without sputtering with laughter. If you think you would have done better, then you have clearly never been on the losing end of a staring contest. By the end of the interview, all three of us had happily abandoned any hope of behaving with more decorum. Laughter and the use of humor require a certain letting down of one's guard, and the fact that all three of us were able to laugh together in this interview took me down from any pedestal onto which I might have inadvertently clambered. One study from the Netherlands noted that patients used humor to broach difficult topics and downplay challenges they faced and concluded that “Hierarchy as usually experienced between healthcare professionals and patients/relatives seemed to disappear when using laughter.  If applied appropriately, adding shared laughter may help optimize shared decision-making.”4 Although it could be a coincidence, it is worth noting that several years after meeting this patient, I discharged him from my practice because he had somehow been cured of lung cancer. Perhaps laughter really is the best medicine.  On other occasions, it might be the physician who takes the plunge and uses humor during a clinical encounter. The same Dutch study by Buiting et al noted that 97% of all specialists used humor in their interactions and all reported laughing during consultations at least occasionally. One of my colleagues, a generally serious sort whose smiles in clinic are as rare as a total eclipse albeit not as predictable, managed to win over his patient with a rare outburst of humor. During their first meeting, the patient listed off the numerous ailments he had experienced in the past including his fourth bout with cancer which had prompted this appointment. As he finished reciting his epic medical history, my colleague looked at him somberly over the rim of his glasses for a moment and asked “Sir, I must ask—who on earth did you piss off?” The patient was so tickled by this interaction that he recounted it to me when I saw him a few weeks later while filling in for my colleague. Although humor is a powerful tool in the clinic, it is of course not something that comes naturally to all of us. Attempts at humor by a clinician at the wrong time or with the wrong patient do not just fall flat but can even be damaging to the physician-patient relationship. Even if a physician uses humor with the best of intentions, there is always the possibility that they will be perceived by the patient as making light of their situation. As Proyer and Rodden5 point out, tact is essential and humor and laughter are not always enjoyable to all people, or to borrow a phrase frequently used by one of my patients, “about as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit.” Socalled gelotophobes have a heightened fear of being laughed at, and with them, humor and especially laughter must be wielded with great care if at all. All I can say in response to the legitimate concern about the use of humor being misconstrued is that as with any other powerful tool physicians learn to use, one improves with time. As far as PubMed knows, there are no courses in medical faculties devoted to the fine art of the pun or the knock-knock joke. But even if we physicians cannot all reliably be funny on command, perhaps there is something to be said for occasionally being a little less self-serious. One must also be mindful of patients with whom one is not directly interacting—to a patient who has just received bad news, overhearing the sound of laughter in the clinic corridor has the potential to come across as insensitive. Moments of levity are therefore best confined to a private space such as the examination room in which physicians and patients can indulge in anything from a giggle to a guffaw without running the risk of distressing others. The final reason I submit in support of laughing in a cancer clinic is admittedly a selfish one. While humor has been shown to have the potential to reduce burnout,6 the real reason I laugh with patients in my clinic is because it brings me joy. The people at parties who think my job must be depressing are not entirely wrong. I have noticed that when I have a positive interaction with a patient based on humor or laugh with a colleague about something during a meeting, I feel better. Surprise! As it turns out, this is not just an anecdotal observation. In 2022, a study was published whose title was “Adaptive and maladaptive humor styles are closely associated with burnout and professional fulfillment in members of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology.”7 The SGO has not to my knowledge been widely recognized up to this point for their sense of humor, but I have a feeling that might change. Humor is an essential part of the way I approach many situations, and given that I spend the majority of my waking hours at work, it is neither possible nor I would argue desirable for me to leave that part of myself at the entrance to the cancer center. So to the administrator who admonished my mentor and me to cease and desist laughing in the cancer clinic, I respectfully decline. My patients, my colleagues, and I will continue to laugh together at any opportunity we get. Joy in one's work is the ultimate defense against burnout, and I for one intend to take full advantage of it.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: Hello, and welcome to JCO's Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology, which features essays and personal reflections from authors exploring their experience in the field of oncology. I'm your host, Dr. Lidia Schapira, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Today we're joined by Dr. Stacey Hubay, Medical Oncologist at the Grand River Regional Cancer Center. In this episode, we will be discussing her Art of Oncology article, “Just Humor Me.”  Our guest disclosures will be linked in the transcript.   Stacey, welcome to our podcast, and thank you for joining us. Dr. Stacey Hubay: Thank you for having me. It's a pleasure to be here.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: It is our pleasure. So let's start by chatting a little bit about what humor means to you and what led you to write this piece and share it with your colleagues.  Dr. Stacey Hubay: I didn't realize how important humor was to me until recently. I just finished a Masters in Bioethics, which was 20 years in the making, and this was the first time I'd been writing anything that wasn't a case report for many, many years. And there was actually specifically a course called “Writing in Bioethics,” and this was the first thing that came to my mind. And I realized sort of how much humor there is in my day to day work life, which, because none of the other people in this bioethics class of 10 or 14 people were working in oncology, they were surprised. So I thought it would be interesting to write about that. And then when I started thinking about it, I realized how integral it is to most of, I guess not just my practice life, but the way I deal with life. And then I could see a thread going back all the way to the beginning of my practice in oncology, and I'm like, “I should write about this.” And I don't think it's unique to me either. I think it's probably many of us in this field. Dr. Lidia Schapira: It is. So let's talk a little bit about humor in the practice of such a serious specialty as we tend to think, or people tend to think of, as in oncology. You talk about humor also connecting you with joy and practice, can you tell us a little bit more about that? Dr. Stacey Hubay: I'm just as surprised, probably as anybody, at least when I first went into this field, which is now more than 20 years ago, how much happiness I found in the field. I meant what I said in the beginning of this essay. When I run into people or strangers, you're getting your hair cut or you're at your kid's volleyball practice, and people always say, “Oh, so what do you do?” And I always say, “I'm in healthcare.” And if they start drilling down, eventually I have to admit what I do. And I say, “I'm an oncologist.” And immediately the long faces and people say, “That must be so terrible.” And I'm like, “Well, it can be, but it's not as bad as you might think.” And they're like, “Oh, it must be very difficult.” And I know that avenue of conversation is closed once or twice. I think I did try saying, “You know what? I have a surprising amount of fun in my clinic with my patients.” And they were aghast, I think is the word I would use. And it made me realize sort of what a taboo it is for many people, including maybe some of us in the field, to admit that we sometimes enjoy ourselves with our patients in our clinics. Dr. Lidia Schapira: So let's talk about that. Let's talk about joy, and then from there to laugh. I think the reason why laughter seems sort of stranger than joy is laughter assumes that we see some levity, humor. And some people would say, there's really nothing funny about having humor. And yet you seem to see it and find it and share it with your patients. So take us into your exam rooms and tell us a little bit more about your process. Dr. Stacey Hubay: It's funny, when I think about the humor in my clinics, I don't see myself as the one who's necessarily sort of starting it, although maybe sometimes I do. I think perhaps it's just that I'm more open to it. And I think it's frequently the patients who bring it in with them. Obviously, we know patients in the oncology clinic, they're often very nervous. It's a very anxious time for them. And we are in a position of power compared to our patients, they're very vulnerable. And so sometimes the patient makes a joke, sometimes I wonder if it's a way of testing if that kind of relationship will work with you. They're kind of testing you to see if you will respond to that. And it's also a way of them relieving their own anxiety, because one of the theories about humor is just a way of alleviating tension. It makes sense that oncology is a place where humor would be welcome, because it's one of the most tense places, I think, in medical practice, although I'm not sure it's present in other places like at the ICU.  So the patient often brings it in, and then you respond to it, and if you're on the same wavelength, it sort of immediately establishes this kind of trust between you and the patient. It's not something you can do with everybody. Sometimes some people will not be open to that at any time. And some patients, you have to get to know them quite a bit before that starts to come into the mix. But I find with most people, if you follow them for long enough and you have a good working, therapeutic relationship with them, just like you would the people you like, your friends, your family, that comes into a relationship almost unavoidably. And I used to think, “Oh, I'm not supposed to do that,” when I first came into practice. I'm a serious oncologist, which I am, and I can be a serious oncologist. And I also just didn't have the bandwidth for it. I think I was so kind of focused on, I have to know what I'm doing. Early in my practice, I didn't have the mental energy to devote to that. And then as that part became easier, I became kind of more open, I think, to that, coming into the interactions with my patients. And over time, I started realizing that was probably what I enjoyed the most about my working day. At the end of the day, I'd come home and tell stories, and my kids would be like, “It sounds like you have fun at work.” And I go, “You know? I really do. Surprisingly I do.” Dr. Lidia Schapira: That's so very cool. I think there's so much wisdom in what you just told us, which is that at the beginning, especially when in the first few years of your practice, you really are so focused on being clinically competent that you may be just very nervous about trying anything. And then as you relax, you actually say in your essay that for some people, this may bring relief and may level the playing field. So if there is an opportunity and you're loose enough to find it, you may be able to keep that conversation going. It made me wonder, I don't know if you've had any experience yourself as a patient or accompanying a family member as a caregiver to a medical visit. Have you used humor when you are the patient or when you're accompanying the patient?  Dr. Stacey Hubay: That's an interesting question. I haven't been a patient apart from my routine family medicine visits for quite a long time. But when I was much younger, I was a teenager, I did have that experience. I was maybe 15 or 16. I had some parathyroid issues. And I remember seeing these specialists in Toronto, and they were very serious people. I remember thinking, if I want to become a physician, because it was at the back of my mind at that time, I'm going to be a lot more fun than these people. I'm going to enjoy myself a lot more. And little did I realize how difficult that actually was at the time. But I found them kind of very serious and a little bit intimidating as a 15-year-old kid. I hadn't reflected on that before. I'm not sure if that's something that I'm deliberately pushing back against. I think now if I see a physician as a patient, I probably am much more willing to bring that in if the physician is open to it. But you can usually tell many physicians, you meet them and you're like, “You're not going to even try that kind of thing.” But if they're open to it, I think it would bring me much more fun as a patient as well.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: Yeah. Do you teach your students or trainees or members of your team to use humor? Dr. Stacey Hubay: That's a very interesting question. How do you do that? So I mentioned, I just finished this Masters of Bioethics, and one of the excellent courses in it was how to teach bioethics, which really was a course about how to teach anything. And most of us who are in medicine, we've spent a lot of time teaching without being taught how to teach. In my own practice of teaching, we mostly use one on one with people coming into our clinics and seeing patients with us. And I think mostly some of it's through observation. I will say to people who work with me that we all have to find our own style. It's important, no matter what your style is, to try and connect with patients, because you're trying to create a therapeutic alliance. You're on the same side. The way that works for me is you don't laugh with people you don't trust. When you're trying to make a plan with people in these difficult situations, I think if you've already formed this alliance where they realize you're with them, they're more likely to believe you and trust your recommendations. I tell trainees, I'd say, “This is my way of doing it. And if it works for you, that's wonderful.” But I can see that for some people it's difficult.  Although even the most serious clinicians, one of my very good friends and colleagues who I mentioned in my essay and I talked about, he doesn't make a lot of jokes with his patients, which is perfectly reasonable, but the occasional time he does, the patients were so struck by it because they knew him as such a serious person. They bring it up, “Remember that time my doctor said this,” and they thought it was a wonderful thing. So it's difficult to teach. It's just how would the Marx Brothers teach someone else to be the Marx Brothers? It can't be done. Only the Marx Brothers are the Marx Brothers. Not that I'm comparing myself to the Marx Brothers by any means, but I think you find your own style. Maybe what I'd like to show trainees who come through with me is that it's okay to enjoy the patients, even in a very serious discussion. Dr. Lidia Schapira: Yeah, I would almost say that it speaks to the fact that you're very comfortable with your clinical persona in that you can allow yourself to be totally human with them. And if human means that you can both sort of align around seeing some humor or cracking a joke, that is perfectly fine. I have a question for you, and that is that a lot of my patients in my practice, and maybe some of our other listeners come from completely different cultural backgrounds, and many don't speak the same language as I do. So for me, thinking about humor in those situations is impossible just because I just don't even know what we can both accept as funny. And I don't want to be misunderstood. Tell me a little bit about how to think of humor in those situations. Dr. Stacey Hubay: That's a good point you make. It makes me think about how when I read Shakespeare's plays, we all think his tragedies are fantastic. And when I read his comedies, I'm like, “This isn't very funny.” Or if even when you watch sort of silent movies from the 1920s, I'm like, “Did people really laugh at this?” So you're right. Humor is very much of its time and place and its culture. And even people from the same time and place might not share the same sense of humor. That being said, somehow it still works with the people who are open to it. Somehow it's not necessary, because you've made a very witty joke, or vice versa, that we all understood all its complexities. It's more the sense that we're laughing together.   And I talk about a gentleman that I met in my practice in this essay, and he didn't speak English, so his daughter was translating for us. And nobody was making any kind of verbal jokes or humor. And this was the first time I was meeting him in consultation, and he just kept making funny faces at me the whole time I was talking, and I didn't know what to do. I was completely bamboozled by this interaction. And it actually ended up being sort of one of the funniest visits I'd had with a patient. By the end of it, I could barely get a sentence out. And I thought, this is absurd. This is a very serious situation. This poor gentleman has stage 4 lung cancer, brain metastasis, but he just wouldn't let me be serious. So I think that humor can transcend cultural, linguistic boundaries amazingly enough. Again, if the person was open to it, this person was almost determined that he was going to make me laugh. It was like he'd set out that by the end of his visit, he was going to make sure that we were having a good time. And I was just, “I'm helpless against this. We're going to have a good time.” I remember coming out of the room, the nurses I was working with, they're like, “What was going on in that room? Is he doing well?”I'm like, “Well, in a way, yes, he is doing well.”   At the end of this visit, we were all in a very good mood. But I'll sometimes use sign language, or I'll make some stab at French or whatever it is that the patient speaks, and then they just laugh at me, which is also fine, because they can kind of see that you've made yourself vulnerable by saying, “You know, it's okay if I can't speak your language.” And they just smile and laugh with me. So it's not that it's a joke so much, it's more that they just feel comfortable with you. But you're right, it is more challenging. It's something I wouldn't usually do in such a situation unless I had gotten to know the patient, their family, reasonably well.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: Let's talk for a moment about wellness and joy in practice. What gives you the greatest joy in practice?  Dr. Stacey Hubay: Undoubtedly the people that I see and I work with. When you go into medicine and you train, we all train in academic settings. And I had excellent mentors and academic mentors, and the expectation, because you're trained by people who are good at that kind of work and succeeded, is that you might want to pursue that, too. And it took me a while to realize that that's not where I get most of my joy. I like being involved with research and I appreciate that people are doing that work and I love applying that knowledge to my practice. But I get my joy out of actually seeing patients. That wasn't modeled a lot necessarily to us in the academic setting. It's taken me quite a long time to realize that it's okay to lean into that. If that's what I like about my practice and that's what I can bring to the interaction, then that's what I'm going to do. And I started looking back, it would have been nice to realize, it's okay. It's okay to be a clinician who really enjoys seeing patients and wants to do a lot of that. Again, different kinds of people become physicians, but a lot of the people we had as mentors, they had chosen academic careers because, not that they didn't like patients, they often did, but they really wanted to pursue the research aspect of it. And they would try to cut down on their clinical work and say, “It's nice if you don't have two clinics, you can focus on the research.” And I think to myself, but I like doing the clinics and I like seeing the patients, and it would be a shame to me if I didn't have that.  It's not just the patients, but my colleagues as well, who are also great fun to have around, the nurses we work with. Really, it's the interactions with people. Of course, we get joy from all kinds of other things. In oncology, it's good to see patients do well. It's wonderful to apply new knowledge and you have a breakthrough coming from immunotherapy to lung cancer, melanoma. That sort of thing is fantastic, and it gives me joy, too. But I have the feeling that when I retire at the end of my career, I'm going to look back and go, “Remember that interaction with that patient?” Even now, when I think of when I started in clinical settings as a medical student, I remember, I think it was my first or second patient, I was assigned to look after an elderly woman. She had a history of cirrhosis, and she was admitted with hepatic encephalopathy and a fractured humerus after a fall. I didn't know what I was doing at all, but I was rounding every day. And I went to see her on the third day, she was usually confused, and I said, “How are you doing?” She looked at her arm and she said, “Well, they call this bone the humerus, but I don't see anything particularly funny about it.” I thought, “Oh, she's better.” That's actually one of the earliest things I remember about seeing patients.   Or the next year when I didn't realize I was going to pursue oncology. And I was rotating through with an excellent oncologist, Dr. Ellen Warner at Sunnybrook, who does breast cancer. We were debriefing after the clinic, and she said, “Someday, Stacey, I'm going to publish a big book of breast cancer humor.” And I thought, “I wonder what would be in that book.” And that's when I got this inkling that maybe oncology had just as much humor in as every other part of medicine. And that proved to be true.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: What was it, Stacey, that led you to bioethics? Tell us what you learned from your bioethics work. Dr. Stacey Hubay: I think it's because basically I'm a person who leads towards the humanities, and for me, bioethics is the application of philosophy and moral ethics to a clinical situation. And I think medicine, thankfully, has room for all kinds of people. Of course, you have to be good at different things to be a physician. But I always imagined myself, when I went to school, that after a class, you'd sit around a pub drinking beer and discuss the great meaning of life. And I thought, this is my chance to pursue that. And I was hoping to kind of– I didn't think of it as that I was going to this because I was interested in humor and joy in oncology, although I obviously am. I was thinking that I would be able to make a difference in terms of resource allocation and priority setting, and I still want to pursue those things. Things often lead you down a side road. And bioethics, for me, has sort of reminded me of what I like about this work. And because I was surrounded by many people who are not doing that kind of work, who were surprised how much I liked it, it made me think very carefully about what is it that I like about this. So the bioethics degree, it's finally allowed me to be that person who sits around in pubs drinking beer, discussing Immanual Kant and Utilitarianism and whatever moral theory is of flavor that particular day. Dr. Lidia Schapira: What led you to write this particular story and put it in front of your medical oncology colleagues? Is it your wish to sort of let people sort of loosen up and be their authentic selves and find more joy in the clinic? Dr. Stacey Hubay: That's a good question! The most immediate impetus was I had an assignment for my degree, and I thought, I have to write something. But I'd been writing down these sort of snippets of things I found funny. Occasionally, I just write them down because they were interesting to me. And because we often relate stories to people, “What did you do today? What was your day like?” And because you tell these stories over and over, they develop some kind of oral, mythical quality. You're like, “Here's what I remember that was funny that happened, and it might have been many years ago now.” And I think I'd been thinking a long time about writing it down and sort of organizing it that way. And I guess having to produce something as part of this degree program was an impetus for me. But I'd always wanted to do it. And I think the main thing was I wanted to make it clear to myself what it is I like about it. It's actually made it, for me, much more clear. It was sort of a nebulous thing that I like my work and what is it like about it. And this is what I like. I like the joy I get from patient interactions. And then a secondary goal is I hope that other people, if they were to read this, they realize it's okay for us to have joy in our work as oncologists. And there is a lot of doom and gloom in the world and in our practices, but there's always, always a chink that lets the light in, there's always some humor in what we do. And so I hope that if other people can find that, too, that they enjoy their practice and they last a long time and ultimately help patients through this difficult journey. Dr. Lidia Schapira: Are you somebody who likes to read stories? And if so, what stories have you read recently that you want to recommend to our listeners? Dr. Stacey Hubay: Oh, I am reading The Master and Margarita because three different people recommended this novel to me over the last three years. When a third person did, I thought, “That's it. Got to read it.” It's a Russian novel from the 1930s that was banned until, I think, the ‘60s or ‘70s. It's like a satire of Russian society in the ‘30s. And actually, what I like about it, I haven't finished it. I'm a third of the way through, as I think it's one of the so-called classic novels, people tell me, but that's funny. A lot of the classic novels are kind of tragedies or romances, and this one is sort of absurd black humor in the face of a difficult situation, which I guess is related to oncology, again. So this sort of oppressive, difficult society, the 1930s and Soviet Union, how do you deal with that? With humor. So I'm quite enjoying it, actually. So I recommend that one.  Dr. Lidia Schapira: Well, you're an amazing storyteller, and I really enjoyed our conversation. Is there any final message that you want to convey to our listeners? Dr. Stacey Hubay: If you have a chance to become an oncologist, you should do it. It's just the best career I can imagine. Dr. Lidia Schapira: Well, with your laughter and with that wonderful wisdom, let me say, until next time, to our listeners, thank you for listening to JCO's Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology. Don't forget to give us a rating or review, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode. You can find all of the ASCO shows at asco.org/podcast. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions.   Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement.   Show Notes: Like, share and subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a rating or review.   Guest Bio: Dr. Stacey Hubay is a Medical Oncologist at the Grand River Regional Cancer Center.

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Are you tired of being bogged down by the perpetual grumps in your life? Does it feel like you're being pulled into the quicksand of negativity that surrounds you? Tune in to this week's episode, where I share my personal anecdote of turning into the "grump" and how my husband's remarkable response sheds light on dealing with the Eeyores in our lives. Whether it's the negative husband, the grumpy teen, or the ever-complaining mom, you don't want to miss the insights share in today's episode. ⭐️Find all links and resources mentioned in the show notes here: https://smbwell.com/299 ⭐️See if the Love Your Life School is open for enrollment here: http://theLoveYourLifeSchool.com ⭐️Did you love this episode? Make sure you've listened to all the foundational episodes of the Love Your Life Show. Get the free Podcast Roadmap here: https://smbwell.com/roadmap ⭐️Do you get my weekly Wednesday email? I share a whole bunch of fun things, things that are happening in my life, products I'm using, books warriors are reading, etc! Come join the fun here! http://bit.ly/2gYQMlA ⭐️Are we friends on Instagram? Let's catch up! https://instagram.com/smb.wellness ⭐️I've been sharing videos of my life in Australia on Facebook - I'd love to be friends with you there too! https://facebook.com/strength.mindandbody ⭐️Grab some of my favorite books and products here: https://amazon.com/shop/smbwell ⭐️For the price of a coffee, Support Susie and the Love Your Life Show: https://patreon.com/susiepettit ⭐️Have a child between the ages of 9-25? Learn the basics to support your changing child here: https://smbwell.com/parenting The post How to Deal With Grumpy People appeared first on Susie Pettit.

Jesus has a way of showing up in his own and evoking a Thomas like “my Lord and my God.”Sermon preached by the Reverend Dr Reggie Kidd, Dean of the Cathedral Church of St Luke, Orlando on 7 APRIL 2024.Psalm 133; Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 1:1-2:2; John 20:19-31

In this Mailbag installment of the FTC Podcast, Jared Wilson and Ross Ferguson answer listener-submtted questions on life and ministry. This episode includes topics like the challenge of AI to ministry, how bivo pastors can manage preaching load, what to do with those “unteachable” members, how you shouldn’t discipline your church Eeyores, and more.

Stay away from the EEYORES & the people who feed off it... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/marquisyoung/message

In our lives, whether it's in our practices or in our personal lives, we encounter two types of people; Eeyores and Tiggers.Tiggers are those people who are energetic, happy, and great to be around. They always get us motivated and feeling good.Eeyores, on the other hand, are always gloomy, pessimistic and suck the energy out of the room.We want to surround ourselves with the right people who will make us happy and bring out the best in us. Remember, you become the average of the people you spend time with.We should seek more Tiggers in our lives and limit our time with Eeyores.You can never surround yourself with enough good people in your professional and private life. Tune in to this 5-Minute episode!Key Takeaways- Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore? (00:50)- Life is like a grindstone (01:51)- You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with (02:41)- How to eliminate Eeyores from your life (03:36)- Surround yourself with remarkable people (06:17)Additional Resources

Hi, everybody.  Disneyland castmember Rob Shade and astronomy professor Amy Fredericks return to the show to talk about their experiences at this year's World Science Fiction Convention, The Hugo Awards, and D23. We know that sounds like a lot but, believe us, we squeezed in even more! Follow Rob on Twitter @TempusFutile Follow Amy on Twitter @etacar11 Don't forget Rob appears on the Libertalia and Toxicology episodes of Twelfth Doctor Fan Audios. Follow them on Twitter @DWFanAudios and subscribe to Twelfth Doctor Fan Audios on your podcast apps and subcribe to their YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDV9oun8Uvxxq7RLDPXVp2A Rob was randomly recorded on the Adventurez With David YouTube channel in his castmember role at Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure Park demonstrating the Doctor Strange WEB Tech Enhancement for WEB Slingers. The episode posted May 9, 2022 and you can view it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9neo6AwfHBc Thank you for listening. Connect with Meanwhile At The Podcast on social media. We love it when you #livetweet. Share the show, subscribe so you don't miss an episode, and rate us on your podcast apps. Those much coveted five stars are always appreciated. Stay safe out there. https://twitter.com/@MeanwhileATP https://www.instagram.com/meanwhileatp http://www.meanwhileatthepodcast.libsyn.com  https://www.facebook.com/meanwhileatthepodcast Rodney (AKA Art Nerrd): https://www.instagram.com/theartnerrd https://twitter.com/@artnerrd https://www.facebook.com/artnerrd https://shop.spreadshirt.com/artnerrd Kristin: https://www.instagram.com/klu4973 https://twitter.com/@klu4973 Rich: https://twitter.com/@doctorstaypuft

After a brief glimmer of hope as the season kicked off with the thrill new possibilities, the Panthers have Panthers'd and converted optimists to Eeyores. When will the Panthers be good again? “Days. Weeks. Months. Who knows?”

Cheerleaders and Eeyores, they walk amongst us.  Want to know what I'm talking about? Listen in.  What is thyroid disease? What's a thyroid even do? Why do we automatically get labeled high risk if we have dysfunction? We would love to explain and debunk the high risk category. 

Do you ever get tired of the advice to just "be yourself?" Of course we want to be authentically ourselves as creatives, but what does this really mean? In this episode, Maria is sharing a new way of thinking about this concept that has the potential to be way more actionable and helpful. We discuss inner critics, inner wisdom, outer socks, and the mopey Eeyores lurking inside our brains. Maria also shares some of her favorite tools for tapping into the most wise, confident, fully expressed version of yourself, and why this is important for artists. Get access to *free* creativity resources Work with Maria Website: thephilosophersstem.com Instagram: @thephilosophersstem Email hello(at)thephilosophersstem.com Episode transcript

On this episode of The Ampersand: Unplugged, we sit down with Deborah Yedlin, President and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. Deborah shares with us her views on why “silence is violence,” why you can never take no for an answer and the irrevocable gift of education. We talk about breaking the “pale, stale and male” stereotype as both a Chamber and as a city and we talk about the future of talent in Alberta. And once we source that talent, how do we then make these “digital nomads” feel welcome here. Deborah shares her optimism around silos coming down and collaboration going up, the importance of tuning out the Eeyores and looking at what's possible rather than fixating on the obstacles. She concludes her time with us making a bold prediction for 2022 so you'll have to stick around until the end to find out! And, as always, our co-hosts finish this episode off with an Ask The Expert Q & A! Want to stay connected with us? Follow us on social media! LinkedIn & Instagram!

Episode 99 - Why Do You Spoil Everything? In this episode, Michelle and Scott explore "Why Do You Spoil Everything?" There are polarity responders, personal-Eeyores, and negative folks we deal with all the time. Perhaps we might even have a little of that in ourselves. In this episode, we talk about the origins of this type of approach to Life and some tools to get you to a more positive and profound perspective. Keeping Your Sh*t Together in a Stressed World is a podcast hosted by Michelle Post, MA, LMFT and Scott Grossberg, Esq., CLC, CCH, NLP and is 45 minutes of raw, irreverent, and results-oriented discussion with one purpose in mind . . . to help you cope, thrive, and survive the craziness that's going on in the world. As a reminder, our “Get Your Sh*t Together” Home Retreat can be found here: http://thinkingmagically.com/retreat Replays of prior episodes can be found at: https://anchor.fm/scott-grossberg You can also join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingyst Michelle Post can be reached at michelle@postinternationalinc.com http://postinternationalinc.com
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From Winnie the Pooh poor old Eeyores house gets blown down. He tries living with all his friends in their houses but isn't comfortable anywhere. Then Piglet, Rabbit and Pooh come to him with a surprise. Listen to find out what it is.

Join Aaron today as he discusses about how to become a Pooh & a Piglet in a very negative world.  Our changing the world starts in our own small world.  How can we become the people we need to be to help take charge against all of the Eeyores that may surround us?Aaron shares his experiences and strategies in today's episode to help each of us become a Pooh & a Piglet in an Eeyore world.  

This week YKWD show Reg Joe List sits in for Bobby with guests Sean Donnelly, Steve Rogers and Isabel Hagen as they get into proper text response times, the problem with scary movies, and trick or treating experiences. https://www.patreon.com/robertkelly Bonus Episode, YKWD Overtime, LIVE FROM THE SHED AND MORE ON PATREON DUDE!!! https://twitter.com/robertkelly https://twitter.com/YKWDpodcast http://instagram.com/ykwdudepodcast https://www.facebook.com/YkwdPodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We step away from our microservices deployments to meet around the water cooler and discuss the things on our minds, while Joe is playing Frogger IRL, Allen "Eeyores" his way to victory, and Michael has some words about his keyvoard, er, kryboard, leybaord, ugh, k-e-y-b-o-a-r-d!

We step away from our microservices deployments to meet around the water cooler and discuss the things on our minds, while Joe is playing Frogger IRL, Allen "Eeyores" his way to victory, and Michael has some words about his keyvoard, er, kryboard, leybaord, ugh, k-e-y-b-o-a-r-d!

Doug isn't a summergirl and Dani is moonlighting as a weather reporter. This week, we decided not to write and spent an hour or so talking about some things for far too long and others for an appropriate amount of time. We are trying not to feed the internet Eeyores while remembering far too much about The Brady Bunch. Grab a mountain, don't be a disappointing volcano, and 60 switchbacks sounds pleasant. He wasn't that Truman. We've started a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ALifeOutside We've merch! https://teespring.com/stores/a-life-outside-podcast Find out more about us and access our stories and episodes: https://www.alifeoutsidepod.com/ Follow us: TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeApskrU/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8azr4noqQqB164qOh3MAoA Twitter Twitter.com/alifeoutsidepod Instagram Instagram.com/alifeoutsidepod Theme song performed by Jasmine Emery  https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/7dCRpW27znCU3nEU6

Kara invites her bestie name twin Kara Wassman on the show to discuss dating disasters.  Winslow has been single her entire life.  Wassman is back on the dating scene after a recent divorce as a mom of two.  What's like to be middle aged trying to date in a college town.  Winslow always ends up with crazy ones.  Wassman with the Eeyores.  Maybe one day they will figure out how to navigate the ways of dating and relationships For all the latest contests and happening behind the scenes:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Karas-Lipsti...​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karaslipsti...​To view the antics subscribe to the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2P...​#karaslipstickdiary​ #dating​ #sex #singlelife #singlegirls  #cocktails​ #tipsy #bumble #tinder #hinge #onlinedating Cocktail Recipe for Episode 6Love Potion (aka pink hunch punch)- 1/3 cup Rosé Vodka- 1/4 cup Créme de Peach Schapps- 1 Cup Grapefruit Soda- Edible glitter for garnishABOUT KARA'S LIPSTICK DIARYKara Winslow is freelance on location makeup artist based in Florida that has worked in the entertainment and wedding/event industries for over 25 years.  She spent over a decade doing work at HSN both on camera and behinds the scenes for a cosmetic company.  After several years of being away from being on camera she decided to launch her podcast.  As a career focused female she never put much focus into dating.  But as she quickly approaches middle aged status she realized maybe she should have.  Unfortunately for her she has very bad luck in the dating world. On this podcast she will bring a light heart look at trying to date as a middle aged career woman in a college town, discuss issues that are import to her and talk about beauty and style trends.  All while sipping a cocktail.

The Ken Coleman Show is here to help answer your questions about career, passion and talent so you can maximize your potential and get closer to landing your dream job. Do you have a question for Ken? Call us live from 12-2 p.m. ET at 844-747-2577 or email ask@kencoleman.com.   Free Guides & Resources The Proximity Principle Facebook Community Subscribe to The Newsletter Articles by Ken

This comes from Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. It's Eeyores birthday and Pooh and Piglet get him the perfect presents.

In this episode of the Ridiculously Amazing Insurance Agent podcast, host Kelly Donahue-Piro brings you a mashup of her 3-minute videos where she discusses the final four ways on how to be ridiculously amazing this year and their latest course in Agency Performance. Episode Highlights: Kelly shares that we all need to be focused on being Tiggers because Tiggers are much more fun and the agencies' grow faster. Therefore, it gives more opportunity to everyone. (2:01) Kelly shares that we need to have a conversation and provide people options because remarketing is the last tool in your toolkit and it's the most labor-intensive tool. (8:03) Kelly explains the latest Agency Performance Pack. (9:07) Kelly mentions that their number one goal is every single time a client calls us, we need to improve their day and leave them better educated. (12:48) Kelly mentions that we must recognize that we have the honor of protecting what people work hard for. (16:26) Key Quotes: “It's all about Eeyores and Tiggers, and we know that Tiggers are fun to be around, happy, and excited, and Eeyores tend to be a little bit more glum. And if your agency wants to be ridiculously amazing, you need to keep finding Tiggers and replace those Eeyores.” - Kelly Donahue-Piro “We want to make sure that you're educating and using knowledge to really be the sword against price. Because when people are confused and they don't know what they're paying for, they will lean on price.” - Kelly Donahue-Piro “Your role in insurance is to not just talk about rate and price. Your role is to really be their tour guide, make it about coverage, and finding something in their budget. And that's all we've got to do. So, we need to use knowledge, and knowledge just doesn't happen in a time of peril.” - Kelly Donahue-Piro “We are not here to do a task, we are here to have an outcome, and the outcome is complete protection for that client. And they have the right to reject that, but we have to educate and lead them.” - Kelly Donahue-Piro Resources Mentioned: Kelly Donahue-Piro LinkedIn Agency Performance Partners

Let's celebrate the 9-0 Michigan basketball team! What we saw on Sunday night was the culmination of all the pieces working together as supposed. We talk that, what we've heard from our source on Jim Harbaugh and his supposed interest in the NFL and a PSA for the raging Eeyores out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's celebrate the 9-0 Michigan basketball team! What we saw on Sunday night was the culmination of all the pieces working together as supposed. We talk that, what we've heard from our source on Jim Harbaugh and his supposed interest in the NFL and a PSA for the raging Eeyores out there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All month long, we're re-airing some of the most downloaded episodes from the Wire Talk vault: Today Karen and Sunny address questions from listeners all about the blue, or melancholy, temperament. Organized, thoughtful, loyal, precise - our blues have so many strengths! From how to balance their need for quiet with your family's activities to addressing their mood swings without catering to them, this is one episode packed with practical advice for all you moms of little Eeyores! 

This episode of the Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast with host Jim Hunt we talk to 2018/2019 West Virginia  Mayor of the Year of Buckhannon, West Virginia, Dave McCauley about Downtown Revitalization, social media and community involvement.   Using Podcasting to build an Amazing City.   Why Buckhannon, West Virginia is a prize in the state How to get community involvement to get increased involvement in the redevelopment of the city of Buckhannon, WV How public art and the arts can be used to revitalize a community How the “next big thing” credo builds community involvement How to change an old alley into an Arts District to revitalize a downtown How to utilize your local celebrities to build ‘Zing' in your community The impact of social media and building your community involvement How to utilize social media as a source of positive and transparent information You don't need to be a techno guru to utilize social media effectively and consistently but here's the secret What to do with an old dilapidated building in your historic downtown with a limited budget. How to handle the ‘Eeyores' (critics and negative individuals) in your community.     Special Mentions:   Buckhannon, WV   7 Steps to an Amazing City: Attitude Motivation Attention to Detail Zing Inclusiveness Neighborhood Empowerment Green Awareness   Thanks for listening and look forward to having you join us for the next episode.   Links Mentions During Show: AmazingCities.org LocalGovPodcasts.com   About David McCauley:   Current Term: 2016 – 2020   Previous service to City Council: McCauley served as the City Attorney from June 1, 1983- to June 30, 2015.   EDUCATION:  B.A., WVU (1980); J.D., WVU (1983)   POLITICAL: Since being elected as Mayor on May 10, 2016, several important initiatives have been undertaken, including removal of the platform in Council chambers, reopening of the Public Safety Complex parking lot, the College Avenue sidewalk project, the Trader's Alley/Milkman Lane project, the First of July celebration, the Bicentennial celebration, exterior improvements to the Public Safety Complex, grant awards or applications to realize the Gateway West and River Walk Trail project extensions, recognition of many persons in our community for having accomplished great things, addiction & recovery initiatives, greeted first event sponsored by B-U Pride (LGBTQ) Group, Stockert Youth Center improvements, water & sewer system improvements, sustainability initiatives, embracement of the wildflower project, opened the City dog park, acquired the Colonial Theatre, started Truck Fest, the Hope And Help Assembly (HAHA), Fall Fest, & many other projects & initiatives.   HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL/LEGAL CAREER:  West Virginia Wesleyan College (1983-present) Professor & General Legal Counsel, Director MBA Program (1994-99); well more than 100 former students are now Bar members.  Buckhannon City Attorney for more than 32 years.  As City Atty. drafted 200 ordinances; facilitated Walmart & Lowes establishing stores in Buckhannon; instrumental in the development of City's Public Safety Complex & River Trail; presenter WV Municipal League annual convention “Ethics in Municipal Government.”   HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES:  Orchestrated City's acquisition & operation of Stockert Youth Center; facilitated grassroots citizen effort to pass series of school levies in Upshur County; Co-founder of Upshur Community Alcohol Reduction Effort (UCARE, 2008); Past Pres. Buckhannon Lions; Past Pres. of the Buckhannon Main Street Project; Past VP Upshur United Way; Past Bd. Member WV Strawberry Festival & B-U Work Adjustment Ctr.; honored in April of 2013 by West Virginia State Bar as a Bar Fellow, the award bestowed “upon lawyers whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal profession.”  Currently a member of WV Municipal League Board of Directors.   OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION:  Native of Wheeling, WV; son of Patricia and David A. McCauley; wife Cathy; daughter Ashley & son Connor; stepchildren Brianna, Kelsey, & Brandin; grandchildren Colten, Casen, Keslyn, Gianna, Anthony, & Braylee.   About Your Host, Jim Hunt: Welcome to the “Building Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast” … The podcast for Mayors, Council Members, Managers, Staff and anyone who is interested in building an Amazing City.   Your host is Jim Hunt, the author of “Bottom Line Green, How American Cities are Saving the Planet and Money Too” and his latest book, “The Amazing City - 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City”   Jim is also the former President of the National League of Cities, 27 year Mayor, Council Member and 2006 Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County Magazine.   Today, Jim speaks to 1000's of local government officials each year in the US and abroad.   Jim also consults with businesses that are bringing technology and innovation to local government.   Amazing City Resources:   Buy Jim's Popular Books: The Amazing City: 7 Steps to Creating an Amazing City: https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/the-amazing-city-7-steps-to-creating-an-amazing-city   Bottom Line Green: How America's Cities and Saving the Planet (And Money Too) https://www.amazingcities.org/product-page/bottom-line-green-how-america-s-cities-are-saving-the-planet-and-money-too   FREE White Paper: “10 Steps to Revitalize Your Downtown” AmazingCities.org/10-Steps   Hire Jim to Speak at Your Next Event: Tell us about your event and see if dates are available at AmazingCities.org/Speaking   Hire Jim to Consult with Your City or Town: Discover more details at https://www.amazingcities.org/consulting   Discuss Your Business Opportunity/Product to Help Amazing Cities: Complete the form at https://www.amazingcities.org/business-development   Develop a Podcast for Your Amazing City: Discover more at LocalGovPodcasts.com Request a Podcast Needs Analysis at LocalGovPodcasts.com/Podcasts

Why are there so many Eeyores in tech? Is it nature or nurture? Is that even the right question to ask...

Happy Holigays from QAD! This week Cheyenne, Grey, and Megan discuss their family holiday traditions, share some coping skills for surviving the holidays as queer people, and reveal the results of their Love Language quiz.Discover your 5 Love Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

Organized, thoughtful, loyal, precise. Our "blue" kids will grow up to be incredible leaders one day. The only problem is ... today may not be that day. Listen in as Karen and Sunny address questions from listeners all about the blue, or melancholy, temperament. From how to balance their need for quiet with your family's activities to addressing their mood swings without catering to them, this is one episode packed with practical advice for all you moms of little Eeyores!  Read all of our blog posts specific to the personality colors HERE.  If you enjoyed this show, why not subscribe so that you never miss an episode?! You can also visit www.birdsonawiremoms.com and sign up for our weekly Tips on Motherhood email for more practical advice delivered to your inbox each Tuesday.

We all have Eeyores and George Castanzas in our lives. These are people that are chronically negative. They are the Debbie Downers that don't see the good things right under their noses. In today's episode, Vincent and Laura are going to discuss "MAGNIFYING." This is our second in a series on anger in marriage.

We talk about the varsity of trans brain studies and the Eeyores of the trans world. The TA Podcast is an intergenerational show featuring a trans Baby Boomer, Gen Xer, and Millennial that considers the issues affecting the lives of trans and intersex people. === TransAdvocate Giveaways === The winner of the March 2018 giveaway is Heath! Heath is getting a copy of the newly released 2nd edition of Transgender History by Susan Stryker. We've announced our next giveaway and it's nothing but awesome! Enter to win here: http://transadvocate.com/register-for-transadvocate-giveaways === Listen on Other Platforms === iTunes: https://goo.gl/GGE3At GooglePlay: https://goo.gl/tFRgES PlayerFM: https://goo.gl/jJFWwU Stitcher: https://goo.gl/VXAgCK ===Get Some Help=== Apply for our trans scholarship: https://goo.gl/4GHpTP Apply for our trans disaster recovery assistance: http://tdrfund.us/ Register to vote: http://transadvocate.com/us-register-to-vote ===Support Us=== Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transadvocate PayPal: https://goo.gl/YFtbJ5 Amazon Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/76-0670632 The TransAdvocate is a project of the Transgender Foundation of America, 501c3 non-profit. Learn more about the TransAdvocate at http://transadvocate.com

In this episode of Memphis Type History: The Podcast, Rebecca reveals to Caitlin her recent paranoia of the New Madrid fault line and the seriousness of "the big one" for Memphis should it ever occur. But there's good new! Well... at least for those over 36 years old.   So what is the New Madrid Fault Line? Wikipedia says it's the 150-mile (240 km) long seismic zone, which extends into five states. It stretches southward from Cairo, IL; through Hayti, Caruthersille and New Madrid, MO; through Blytheville into Marked Tree in AR. It also covers a part of West Tennesse, near Reelfoot Lake, extending southeast into Dyersburg. That's a pretty big stretch of land.  The History of New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) Earthquakes The first known written record of an earthquake felt in the NMSZ was from a French missionary traveling up the Mississippi with a party of explorers. It happened at 1 p.m. on Christmas Day in 1699 at a site near the present-day location of Memphis. However, most famous was a series of 3 earthquakes between 1811-12. The first earthquake was recorded at 2:15 am in Northeast Arkansas. It caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mostly because it wasn’t greatly populated. Memphis (before it was Memphis) was shaken at a Mercalli Intensity scale of level nine. Little Prairie, MO was destroyed by soil liquefaction, trees were knocked down and riverbanks collapsed. Uplifts of the ground on the riverbed and large waves made the Mississippi river look like it was flowing upstream. Sand bars and points of islands gave way. A steamboat crew that was anchored overnight along a Mississippi River island said they awoke to find the island had disappeared below the water. Landslides covered an area of 78,000 - 129,000 square kilometers, extending from Cairo, Illinois, to Memphis, Tennessee, and from Crowley's Ridge in northeastern Arkansas to Chickasaw Bluffs, Tennessee. This event shook windows and furniture in Washington, D.C., rang bells in Richmond, Virginia, shook houses in Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked plaster off of houses in Columbia, South Carolina. Observers in Herculaneum, Missouri said it had a duration of 10-12 minutes. After all this, only one life was lost in falling buildings. The first and largest aftershock happened that same morning at around 7:15am. It came to be known as the “Dawn” Aftershock. The second earthquake, on January 23, is believed to be the smallest of the three main shocks and also believed by some that the epicenter was in southern Illinois. That raises concern because if that is true, then that would mean and extended section of the fault exists. The third earthquake, on February 7, happened in Missouri and it was the largest of the series. It destroyed the town of New Madrid, it damaged many houses in St. Louis. It caused general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks. Uplift along the fault created temporary waterfalls on the Mississippi River and caused the formation of Reelfoot Lake.  NMSZ Fun Facts: (because we try to make light of dark topics) • There’s a New Madrid Historical Museum in the Missouri boot heel. There you can watch a VHS tape they play on loop, called “The Night the Earth went Crazy.” • In 1990, there was an earthquake hype. A prophecy had just been made by a self-proclaimed climatologist named Iben Browning, who falsely claimed to have predicted the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in California the year before. He predicted that a magnitude 7 earthquake would strike New Madrid on December 3, 1990. The prediction had no scientific legitimacy but it was widely reported in the national media, which promoted fear, anxiety, and hysteria among residents of the Mississippi Valley. • In Memphis, the city recently spent $25 million to prevent the pyramid from being swallowed. • AutoZone’s corporate headquarters also stands ready for some massive shakes. It’s propped up on top of giant shock absorbers. • The nearby Memphis VA is another safe spot. The city spent $64 million dollars removing nine floors of the hospital to reduce the risk of collapse in a catastrophic earthquake. And if you would like more hope, we talk about Seth Stein, a seismologist and professor at Northwestern who doesn’t think we should be worried about the New Madrid. Rebecca talks about his theory on the episode which sounds pretty solid. But for all you Eeyores and Debbie Downers, Rebecca also talks about how scientist say Seth's scenario is a low probability scenario and that the NMSZ is still hazardous. They estimate that over the next 50 years, the probability of a magnitude 6 or larger quake is between 25 to 40 percent. In short, if you are 36 years old or younger, there is a good chance you will experience an earthquake in the Mid-South that measures higher than a 6.  

As a new leader, having the right team in place can make or break your position. Ajit Kambil spoke with Tanya Ott on the trade-off between time and talent, and how to handle your incoming team—from glass breakers to Eeyores.

Cassi and Braeden move on to their second book, Gretchen Rubin's Happier at Home, and talk about all of Rubin's myriad resolutions. Seriously - there's a lot. We'd be loathe to call her an overachiever, but this is actually her second time doing a project like this - it's a follow up to an earlier book, The Happiness Project, so it kinda applies in this case. Our intrepid duo break down her months and talk about her goals. Can you actually be happier at home, or does familiarity breed contempt after all? Talking points include: maybe we should clean our house, Tiggers and Eeyores, non-random acts of kindness.

  Tara Cousineau, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist, who primarily supports women and girls. She is a "Kindness Warrior," and the author of an upcoming book called, The Kindness Cure about how acts of kindness can shift a person's life. Through her work with clients and as the mother of two daughters, she’s observed a decrease in empathy and a rise in nasty online activity that sometimes rises to the level of criminal behavior. And when Tara’s daughter was assaulted by a classmate, she decided to make a difference by writing a book about kindness. She works with many women who are 40+ and we discuss the shifts that take place when children become more independent and how to address these changes. Tara shares activities that bring her family closer together and she’s learned from experience that even if you think your kids aren’t paying attention to the values you’re modeling, you may find out years later that they actually were. Listen to the discussion to hear Tara discuss how: Her Clinical Psychology practice has led her down a more compassionate road where kindness rules. The Kindness Cure was borne out of her daughter being assaulted by a high school classmate. To set rules and expectations for your children. But know that they don’t want to disappoint their parents, so there is a chance that they won’t share their most important life events. Practicing self-compassion will help you to react calmly in tense situations. The world needs a resurgence of kindness and empathy. The “revenge fantasies” that some teens carry out go beyond “mean girl” behavior. Survey results showing that empathy levels have decreased as narcissism has grown in the U.S. Our culture has switched to achievement, success, and happiness as opposed to the more traditional values of kindness, generosity, and fairness. Neuroplasticity can offset the negativity in our society. You can deal with “Debbie Downers” or the “Eeyores” in your life. To manage the transition to an empty nest by coming back into the present moment and acknowledging your own emotions. Adding variety to your routine can spice up your life! Creating a family mission statement makes a difference even when your children make fun of it! Quotes from Tara: “We forgot basic kindness. We’ve forgotten what it means to be kind. And that we are in that state-of-mind where everyone is in that fight or flight response.” “We pay too much attention to the drama. Culturally, we pay attention so that we are almost inundated 24/7 with all the horrible things that happen in the world. And this is very insidious." “Be kinder than you think you are. I think we have a sense that we are kind, but it takes effort. I think it takes more effort now, then it has in the past. So I just challenge people to be kinder than you think are and see where it takes you.”     Contact Tara Website: http://www.taracousineau.com/ Facebook: Moxie Moms Coaching Twitter: @taracousphd Linkedin:Tara Cousineau, PhD   Contact Lisa Lisa@EverBetterU.com

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This episode's question My boss makes rules and doesn't enforce them. My teammates ignore them and roll in with a lazy wave in the morning. It is unfair and is getting distracting - what should I do?   What you'll learn How this situation could actually be good for you How the environment is keeping you from stepping your game up How people can lose credibility and trust at work (listen up leaders!) What to focus on instead of this dysfunctional stuff   Resource of the episode Book: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life by John G. Miller   Tweetable of the episode It's easy to look good if your teammates are Eeyores. Immerse in what you want to become. via @careerpodcast.

Simon and Claudio chat to Angelo Pillai about Rising Dragon Tattoos, Indian surnames, canabas & 3 year olds with little guns.