Nearly every week since he was in kindergarten, Toby* would have an outburst in class. Sometimes they were so intense, he’d bang his head against the desk until his nose bled. That changed in third grade, when Village Therapist Nicole Franklin , MSW, LCSW, began providing School-Based Mental Health Services...
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There's No Guts or Confidence in Ghosting
3/25/2019
By John E. Trombley, MMgt | Consulting & Training Manager | The Village Business Institute I recently read a Steve Boese blog that described how the University of Alabama quarterbacks coach, Dan Enos, left in the middle of the night for a new coaching stint at the University of Miami...
Choosing Between Negativity and Positivity
2/28/2019
By Nancy Boyle | EAP Trainer | The Village Business Institute You wake up before the alarm goes off, you feel refreshed. The sun is shining, birds chirping, coffee brewing. The kids are off to school, and your spouse is headed to work. You breathe in and think to yourself,...
Get a Good Night's Sleep With These Tips
2/25/2019
By Andrea Hanson, MS, NCC | EAP Counselor | The Village Sleep is an important part of our overall health and well-being. Sleep helps in learning, memory, and proper functioning of the immune system, according to the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Despite sleep’s importance to our...
Building a Company Culture Involves Everyone
2/11/2019
By Robert Jones | EAP Trainer | The Village Business Institute We’ve all seen taglines and slogans created to entice and even manipulate our perception. Haagen-Dazs uses the line “Pleasure is the path to joy” to encourage us to seek happiness in a pint of double fudge chocolate. Hallmark tries...