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Education
How to Address Youth Anxiety

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on March 29, 2024

Many people are worried about the growing rates of youth anxiety. There's an answer we need to embrace that's good for our kids and good for the world.

Many people are worried about the growing rates of youth anxiety. There's an answer we need to embrace that's good for our kids and good for the world.

Defense Mechanisms
ChatGPT’s Recipe for Dog Meat

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on March 1, 2024

Personal Perspective: What can we learn about our own psychology from how ChatGPT responds to requests for dog meat recipes and pig meat recipes.

Personal Perspective: What can we learn about our own psychology from how ChatGPT responds to requests for dog meat recipes and pig meat recipes.

Leadership
3 Strategies for Solving Problems in Polarized Times

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on February 21, 2024

Many of us are infuriated by issues in our communities, nation, and world. By asking ourselves these questions, we can become more strategic in solving the problems we care about.

Many of us are infuriated by issues in our communities, nation, and world. By asking ourselves these questions, we can become more strategic in solving the problems we care about.

Environment
The Connection Between Diabetes and Ocean Dead Zones

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on February 1, 2024

A solutionary approach enables us to identify, investigate, and solve entrenched, interconnected problems that we may not even realize have the same causes.

A solutionary approach enables us to identify, investigate, and solve entrenched, interconnected problems that we may not even realize have the same causes.

Anger
Is Your Activism Solutionary?

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on October 4, 2023

Use your anger as fuel to make the biggest impact you can and create a happier life for yourself and others in the process.

Use your anger as fuel to make the biggest impact you can and create a happier life for yourself and others in the process.

Education
Schools Should Be Places of Joy

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on September 25, 2023

Imagine if school was a place of joy where students explored their deepest questions and concerns, cultivated their talents, and could make a real difference in the world.

Imagine if school was a place of joy where students explored their deepest questions and concerns, cultivated their talents, and could make a real difference in the world.

Cognition
Do You Ask the Right Questions?

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on March 28, 2023

If you want to solve problems in your life and in the world, you need to ask the right questions. Try a "quescussion" to steer you toward deeper understanding and investigation.

If you want to solve problems in your life and in the world, you need to ask the right questions. Try a "quescussion" to steer you toward deeper understanding and investigation.

Attention
The Best New Year’s Resolution You Can Make

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on December 31, 2022

Do you yearn for a more compassionate culture with greater civility and kindness? Here's one possible path toward building such a society.

Do you yearn for a more compassionate culture with greater civility and kindness? Here's one possible path toward building such a society.

Bias
5 Ways to Teach About Structural Racism in Polarized Times

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on August 24, 2022

As the new school year begins, it’s crucial that we not shy away from teaching about our history of racism with a solutionary approach. Here are 5 ways.

As the new school year begins, it’s crucial that we not shy away from teaching about our history of racism with a solutionary approach. Here are 5 ways.

Anxiety
4 Steps to Living With Less Anxiety and Despair

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on July 26, 2022

A Personal Perspective: We are inundated with bad news, but not everything is getting worse. We can restore our hope through action and agency that makes a difference.

A Personal Perspective: We are inundated with bad news, but not everything is getting worse. We can restore our hope through action and agency that makes a difference.

Stress
Finding Light in the Darkness

Zoe Weil M.A., M.T.S on December 21, 2021

During this darkest time of year, ponder this: you are alive, and life is the only act in town. Even in the darkness you have a choice. You can look for the light and spread it.

During this darkest time of year, ponder this: you are alive, and life is the only act in town. Even in the darkness you have a choice. You can look for the light and spread it.