Posts by Dolah Saleh

We hear the term “mental health” an awful lot lately. What does it really mean to be mentally healthy? Here’s what the research says about mental health: It is a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his/her abilities He/she can cope with the normal stressors of life He/she can work productively and fruitfully…

It seems every teacher is a continual learner. As they acquire new information, particularly what is pertinent to their teaching, they first assimilate it for themselves and then share the new learning. In other words, they tune in to remain current and relevant. We are all teaching and learning every day, even if and when…

There is an adage: Do what you love and you’ll not work a day in your life. Joe Kreuz embodies this better than anyone I know. So how did he manage to do what evades so many of us? Listening to Joe tell his story makes me think that he did a couple of things.…

Just as intellectual intelligence is known as IQ, so too is the measure of emotional intelligence known as EQ. If we understand exactly what emotional intelligence is, then we also recognize how EQ is part of the answer to solving the world’s problems. Consider that each human being is either aware of their emotions and…

If we sometimes feel overwhelmed by the need for world change, all we need do is take on the challenge right where we stand. It’s like the quote by Desmond Tutu who said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” Of course, he was not speaking literally,…