Nursing can certainly be a stressful profession, but a program sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities is trying to give nurses a therapeutic outlet courtesy of the written word. Known as Poetry Heals, the outreach connects professional poets with nurses who work in hospital settings. Besides helping participants adequately cope with traumatic events that happen … [Read more...]
What is Somatic Treatment and Why Should Social Workers Give it Try?
Social workers are widening their approach to their work, and alternative treatments such as somatic treatment are being used to help social workers help clients who are dealing with stress or trauma. Somat, the root for somatic, means "body." Somatic therapy studies the body in order to offer therapeutic healing. Somatic psychology was developed by Pierre Janet before Freud … [Read more...]
The Story of Whole Foods and the Importance of Differentiation
Most people look for value and convenience when they go grocery shopping, so how did Whole Foods become so successful? The rise of specialty grocery stores that focused on healthier, organic foods began in the 1970s, but Whole Foods, founded in 1980, has been the real success story of the age. According to the Wall Street Journal, the grocery chain's profits were up 50 percent … [Read more...]
Planning for the Future: A Particular Concern for Women
An article from National Geographic recently profiled life expectancy trends and found a few surprising details. For starters, gender makes a difference. Women live an average of 81 years, while that number drops to 76 for men. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation looked deeper and found that although women still outlive men, the gap is narrowing. A co-author of the … [Read more...]
Five Methods of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
There are many different kinds of therapy specifically geared towards the problems we may face in life, but the kind of therapy we typically imagine - where a patient can express his feelings of stress and sadness and learn to cope with them - is known as cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT is a hugely effective method for treating depression, anxiety, and other mental … [Read more...]