Category Archives: Reading

Inspiring the Souls of the Incarcerated

Posted on December 27, 2017 by msw blog

Ms. Giddens’s visit — which included leading an afternoon workshop with inmates and performing an evening concert for them — was organized through Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections program, which sponsors educational outreach at Sing Sing, helping participating inmates learn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Reading | Tagged activism, Carnegie Hall’s, faith, gratitude, Incarcerated, instruments, mindfulness, music industry, Musical Connections program, Rhiannon Giddens, workshop | 2 Comments

Honor the empty seat

Posted on December 19, 2017 by msw blog

Originally posted on Real Life of an MSW:
“Loneliness is the most difficult when we are surrounded by people. It is ourselves we are missing?”- calendar page Under the best of circumstances, holidays can be hard for families. Do you…

Posted in Reading | Tagged balancing act, choirs, Christmas, christmas gifts, comfortable life, coping skills, courage, death, disconnect, divorce, emotions, faith, fear, friends, Grief, Habit, happines, happiness, holiday blues, holidays, inspiration, Isolation, life, loneliness, mental illness, mindfulness, opportunity, passion, Patience, pearls of wisdom, reflection, self care, self love, self-awareness, solitude, tough conversations, tradition, transition, upholstering, wisdom | 4 Comments

A Good Career Without the Debt

Posted on December 15, 2017 by msw blog

I recently reflected on my post Good Career Without the Debt, after a client and asked if I thought they had white collar internships. I assured him they did, and I thought back on a the article Earn and learn: Apprenticeships aren’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Supervision, Networking, Reading | Tagged apprentice, blue collar, community, employment, entiltement, experience, faith, flexibilty, graduation, high school dropout, human resources, internship, invisible, janitors, job perks, life skills, prosperity, qualifications, quality of life, References, student loan, teamster, Waste Management, What would you do ?, white collar, work perks | 1 Comment

School Meal Shaming

Posted on December 4, 2017 by msw blog

I honestly never thought about who paid for my lunch at school when I was a kid. I always simply assumed it was free. I chalked it up to one daily meal from God, because God knew that once I … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal, Charity, Reading | Tagged brown bag lunces, Childhood memories, debt, economic crisis, embarrassment, free meals, hot meals, hungry, legal system, legislative issues, lunch debt, lunch time, mentors, politics, poverty, public school system, public shaming, school lunch, snacks, unpaid school lunch debt | 6 Comments

Women’s Literature: The next chapter

Posted on November 22, 2017 by msw blog

One of my favorite bloggers, Cloud Walker, did a post “7 books every woman should read“. Looking over the list I found there were a few I had never heard of and only one I attempted to read (which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading | Tagged book club, book review, cheryl strayed, cloud walker, gender bias, grace bonney, in the company of women, lean in, Sheryl Sanberg, Shonda Rhimes, the good sex bible, Wild, womens literature, Year of Yes, Zosia Marmet | 8 Comments

Category Archives: Reading

Inspiring the Souls of the Incarcerated

Honor the empty seat

A Good Career Without the Debt

School Meal Shaming

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