“Who are you here to see?” asked the nurse who was monitoring the door to the nursing unit. The elderly woman standing in line ahead of...

The public servant was given probation and community service. In my estimation, it was a slap on the wrist for heinous crimes. Fifteen...

“I value expediency above all else!” my client declared proudly. As a busy person with a lot on her plate professionally and personally,...

’I’m sorry you feel that way’ isn’t an apology!” she yelled at me. Well spotted because I had zero remorse. I believe the best reason for...

“You’re nothing but white noise to me.” The topic was jerks and this was the winning slam. I was speaking with a group of women who are...

Woo-hoo! The three-year journey to the publication of WorkJerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues completed on June 14th...

Some of you will remember the 1976 Heinz ketchup TV commercial set to the music of Carly Simon’s “Anticipation.” It captured our...

It was my mother’s 98th birthday and I had ordered a special cake. Paper butterflies were to fly out of the box when it was opened. Since...

We have watched in horror as the destruction of Ukraine and its people continues to unfold on our screens. If you’re like me, you’ve been...

In the United States, Women’s Day has been observed for over a century. The suffragettes of 1908 marched in New York City for the right...

The tide was going out, but one feisty wave unexpectedly came running up much farther onto the sand. This necessitated a scramble to...

I responded to a reporter whose query contained an unattributed quote for me to react to. The person quoted had gone off the deep end...

Your run-of-the-mill narcissist may be self-absorbed but not necessarily destructive. This more benign version could throw a Richter...

Ah, the holidays 2021. You’ve got obligations, work, family, and the decisions whether to socialize as Covid continues. Welcome to a...

Empathy can be defined as walking in someone else’s shoes, really feeling their suffering. Certain professions attract empaths:...

The Olympic Games are about as high pressure as you get for an athlete or a team.You’d think a silver medalist would be happier with...

Off Limits (my former improv troupe) held a reunion in August. Three of us in person, three on Zoom. Our last photo was from 2014. Seven...

Early in my career, a colleague who’d had enough of my whining asked if I’d ever considered suffering in silence. The answer was, “No.”...