Today I read one of the most helpful articles on dealing with COVID 19 in The Harvard Business Review. Staff’s shared reflections about their collective “queasy, anxious” feelings lead to an interview with noted expert on grief, David Kessler. This is a time to overprotect but not overreact. Kessler, the author of Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief and founder of grief.com shares his thoughts about why it is so important to acknowledge and name what we’re feeling as …
Month: March 2020
I’m sharing this terrific article by Jennifer Senior in today’s NY Times on negotiating issues around the coronavirus and how this process exposes the inevitable “power struggle” inherent in relationships. The author’s summation, “remember, you both are right,” lays bare this dynamic, and she shares some spot on advice. Senior goes to noted couples therapist Esther Perel for her take on the situation: “If you polarize and you think that there’s only one way to do things,” she said, “it’s …
