Redefining Work Breaks
Breaks can be used to improve workplace culture, support staff wellness and the building of resilience skills. If you need help trying...
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Dr. Emi Garzitto
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The Problem With Zoom
What does this do to our social engagement? How does this affect our ability to truly listen and hear the other? Is it possible that the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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The Art of the Open Face
Take away that face and facial recognition pattern and you have a nervous system that is unable to take care of itself. And that is a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Let Your Children Carry Their Own Backpack!
Last year while walking on my home commute from my workday, I watched two of my elementary aged students toss their back packs to what...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Where is the Silence?
There is no Sleepy Hollow on the internet, no peaceful spot where contemplativeness can work its restorative magic. There is only the...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Resilience and Video Games
Easy to learn, hard to master. This is the goal of every video game developer. Â It is the hallmark of the gaming industry. Â It allows a...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Some Suffering is Necessary
When my mother was a little girl in Northern Italy on a small family farm, she would  watch baby chicks hatch out of their eggs. She was...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Be Still
It is evening, we are both tired from the travelling and colds that keep lingering in our lungs. We sit outside the balcony of our unit...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Power of Community
I am once again staring out at miserable rain and snow. Â It is March. Â Spring is just around the corner. Outside my window there are big...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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When is Cheese No Longer Cheese?
My love affair for cheese is well documented. Â You can see my blog post on my cheese making course experience here. Â If I ever go to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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What is Anxiety?
anx·i·e·ty noun: anxiety; plural noun: anxieties a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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When Does Care Become Harm?
Photo by Simon Rae on Unsplash Children need love and connection, and they also need practice in contributing to a larger community....
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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What's It Like to be You?
Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Beliefs are not an intellectual construct, they are an emotional one. Our feelings are always connected to...
Dr. Emi Garzitto
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Adjusting to the New Normal
Find the right time. Take small steps. Repeat. This will help you adapt to a new normal. Adjusting to a new normal is going to require...
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