Tag: #business
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Lyrical Wordplay
Have you ever heard a lyricist provide the perfect combination of words, style, and cadence? Set to the right backdrop, the mood can captivate and we find ourselves in a communal sway. This agreement between performer and audience members can be likened to the power of words and how they are socialized. Within a work,…
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Tackling Professionalism
How the term Professionalism Hinders Belonging and Wellness Culture I remember saying “I am a black woman in leadership who has a low register tone tasked to provide feedback to people whose academic programs and supervisory experiences have not provided their contact with a ‘me’ as a professional” We need objective measures in place. Between…
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Behavior Change
In order for behavior to change, there must be behavior change. My sister, Dionnea Seals said this to me, reminding me and encouraging me as I simply asked “What the What?” I was and have moments of frustration while sitting in rooms (in person or virtual) when people who do not have voices inside the…
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Papercuts.
What Planned Ignoring Does and Why We Shouldn’t Get Comfortable With It It hurts my feelings to be ignored. She said it. In her full five year old boldness. And I understood it. I quickly got it. It gave me pause and moved me to think about how ignoring (planned or unplanned) is dismissive of…
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For The Sake of Human Dignity
Cultivating Care Within Problem Behavior While Serving People For the last few months, my family has had to make some really tough medical decisions with and for a beloved family member. Like many people, we are faced with caring for ourselves, our children, and loved ones at different points in their lives. It’s made me…
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Save Yourself
Burnout, Implosion, and Learning to Breathe (again and deeply) as a Clinician There are two moments in my life where I could place a finger on burnout. The first time, I was an undergraduate. And I called my mother wondering if I should complete college. I was tired …my insides were tired. Looking back, I…
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Being the Same Will Not Do
Why Pruning Matters… My favorite flowers are Tulips. But I especially love Peonies and Hydrangeas. Fortunately, #TraderJoes keeps a nice stock of fresh flowers and I travel there almost weekly. Though I love flowers, I am a *clears throat * low activity individual when it comes for the care that fresh flowers require. On my…
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The Shiny New Toy
…and why behavior science practice requires more I recently took my daughter out on a coveted target trip…while an errand for me, it was a big deal for her. She was searching for a new doll. And being a toy aficionado, I know that the best dolls, may not be found at Target. But this…
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If You’re Private Pay, Rethink your Pricing Structure…NOW.
I see many colleagues in speech or even learning specialists discuss being private pay and the woes in finding clients. They also discuss the ease in documentation. While, I am in a group who thinks that documentation standards should be adhered to no matter private pay or third party reimbursement, I do believe that pricing…
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Managing Weariness in Clinical Leadership
When The Feeling of TOO MUCH visits and Stays a While A friend of mine told me I was ‘Managing Weariness’ as she responded to my Voxer message to her. In retrospect, maybe it was an SOS call on my part. But she responded and said “Landria like so many women (of color) you are…
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