by Jule Kucera | Oct 31, 2021 | Blog
For our next theme, I want—and don’t want—to talk about m-o-n-e-y. Louise Hay, founder of Hay House publishing, said it was easier to lead a workshop about sexuality than one about money. My fear is this theme could have the same outcome as my ‘professional dress for...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog
My second-to-last position at my last employer was a position I was moved into when the one I held was eliminated. Six months later, I was moved into another role. I’d felt competent in my original job, the one the company hired me for. I did good work, and it made a...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog
Most of the time, we do our jobs and learn as we go. It’s hard to make scientific experiments about what we can do differently to be more effective. We can change how we interact with others, but situations change, so it’s hard to draw clear cause-and-effect...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 10, 2021 | Blog
The security settings on my devices are set to keep much about me private. Because of this, I receive ads that wouldn’t generally be targeted to my demographic: men’s swim trunks, teaching materials for elementary school children, hunting rifles. One day, a...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 3, 2021 | Blog
When I used to fly to Cincinnati every other Sunday, I would get in at about 6PM. In the Fall, I would often see people in Cincinnati Bengals gear, and I could tell just by looking whether the team had won or lost. “Bengals lose today?” I would say to the cab driver,...
by Jule Kucera | Sep 26, 2021 | Blog
My mother’s mother had Alzheimer’s disease. My mother might. I think my dad did. The genetic odds are good that I will. My mom doesn’t want to see a doctor for an assessment of her mental status. “What good would it do,” she says, her tone of voice absent...
