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From Survivor to Inspiring Hospital Executive
By: Marc Perry Mental health challenges often hide behind closed doors, yet Fatima Jafar shines as a beacon of hope and resilience. As a two-time suicide attempt survivor, a hospital executive, and the author of The Wounds We Heal, Fatima has lived through dark moments and emerged with a profound purpose: showing others that mental health struggles don’t define who we are.
Lead Your School to Victory: Boyd’s G.A.M.E Face Formula
By: Marc Perry In the high-pressure world of K-12 education, school leaders—Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, and Directors—often face what can only be described as their own version of the pressure-packed college football season. Just like the intense build-up to the championship, where each game counts, and every play can change the outcome, educators face their own “season” of high-stakes challenges.
Florida fastest-growing state for first time since 1957
After decades of rapid population increase, Florida now is the nation’s fastest-growing state for the first time since 1957, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2022 population estimates. Florida’s population increased by 1.9% to 22,244,823 between 2021 and 2022, surpassing Idaho, the previous year’s fastest-growing state. Florida’s percentage gains since 1946 have been impressive: its 2022 population is just over 9 times its 1946 population of 2,440,000.
Plan Your Year with What's Really Important
Mother earth has been a worrisome place to live for last 20 months. We are in a pandemic that does not want to quit with new viruses coming on the scene back-to-back with a vengeance. Daily we are witnessing the effects of climate change. No longer are we projecting for strange weather patterns or catastrophic abnormalities to occur. We are seeing them rise up as raging fires, debilitating tornados at inconsistent times of the year and glaciers that have been frozen for centuries are melting.
The Summer Associate Diversity Program as a Change Agent in Law Firms
Commentary Summer associate programs have long been a crucial asset to not just finding and developing future talent for law firms, but also developing attorneys that represent the future of the profession. Marc Perry of Post & Schell. Courtesy photo Summer associate programs have long been a crucial asset to not just finding and developing future talent for law firms, but also developing attorneys that represent the future of the profession. Want to continue reading?
Guest commentary Focus on advancing racial, social justice
Soon, One Morning. This is the title of one of my favorite anthologies of African-American writers. It is also the hope that I and many people of color, wake up with every single day. The hope that this morning is a new beginning. The hope that when I walk out of my door, I will no longer feel the weight; the stress and anxiety as I hope that I can make it through the day without being disrespected, denigrated, disparaged or discriminated against because of the color of my skin.
Local Views: Hope for racial and social justice to arrive soon, one morning
“Soon, One Morning.” This is the title of one of my favorite anthologies of African American writers. It is also the hope that I and many people of color wake up with every single day. The hope that this morning is a new beginning. The hope that when I walk out of my door I will no longer feel the weight, the stress and anxiety as I hope that I can make it through the day without being disrespected, denigrated, disparaged or discriminated against because of the color of my skin.
The Fat Burning Zone Myth: Don't Be Fooled
The fat burning zone is one of the most pervasive myths in the fitness industry that just won’t go away. Magazines constantly promote workouts in the fat burning zone as an effective way to burn fat and most cardio machines around the world have some type of sticker, or image clearly visible (see image to your right).
Body Fat Percentage Photos of Men & Women
Body fat percentage is thankfully gaining more popularity as an effective marker of overall health and fitness instead of the BMI Index.
5 Exercises to Correct Rounded Shoulders from Office Work
Millions of working professionals around the world sit in an office chair all day long, which can significantly affect overall health and posture over time (See: Is A Sedentary Job Affecting Your Health?). I was invited by Business Insider, which is one of the most popular business websites to contribute an article about correcting rounded shoulders, which is an all too common issue with working professionals.
Coconut Oil vs Olive Oil: Which is Better for Cooking?
For a number of years now, one oil in particular has received a lot of positive attention in the health world: coconut oil. This exotic oil has grown in popularity because of its potential beneficial effects on energy, atherosclerosis, and aging, all of which have been supported in a number of scientific articles.
15 Wild Game Meats Ranked By Calories, Protein, & Fat
Ever go to a fancy restaurant and see a rare and astonishingly expensive meat dish on the menu? Venison, bison, elk, wild boar, rabbit, pheasant, and even more exotic fare – are all available to us. Once exclusive to hunters, wild game meats are now a rising star in the culinary industry. Dishes that include these game meats tend to cost more than your average beef or chicken because of their rarity and lack of domestication.
7 Most Common Weight Lifting Injuries (& How To Prevent Them)
We have enough reasons to not workout already, such as being tired or too busy with work or social engagements. But let’s not let this one become one of them: injury. Injuries can sideline the most well intentioned of us, and it’s not just bad luck that determines who gets hurt. Most of the time, it’s how we perform our exercises that contributes to these common injuries.
What will winter bring for Europe’s refugee crisis?
PRESEVO/OXFORD, 14 October 2015 (IRIN) - Rough seas and colder weather usually signal a sharp drop in the numbers of migrants and refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. But after a summer of unprecedented refugee arrivals, this winter is likely to be different.Autumn has already made sea crossings more dangerous, but there is no sign of a downward trend in arrivals.
25 Fitness Goals To Get In Awesome Shape In 2022
As the New Year approaches, millions of people want to transform their bodies. While weight goals can be very effective, performance goals can lead to sustained fitness for the long run. Getting leaner and stronger is a byproduct of achieving these performance goals. Creating performance goals also helps shift the focus from the outcome to the process. You approach exercise as a skill that you develop over time. Working out for the sake of working out gets boring for everyone.
10-Minute Metabolic Conditioning Circuit For Burning Fat
Here’s a metabolic conditioning (aka interval training) circuit you can add to your workouts to help raise your metabolism, or do as a quick workout if you are pressed for time. I have two metabolic conditioning circuits in this post depending on your fitness level. I do the advanced circuit all the time at the end of my workout as an alternative to traditional cardio such as going for a jog.
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