Monday, November 16, 2015. The headline in today's San Francisco Chronicle read, “Therapists at Kaiser plan strike for Monday.” by Kevin Schultz “Nearly 1,4000 Kaiser mental health workers in Northern California were set to walk off the job Monday in a dispute with the giant health care provider over staffing levels, and they say they will not return to their jobs until more people are assigned to deal with patient loads.” The workers accuse Kaiser’s management of understaffi

On Friday the 13th, the world was rocked by another terrorist attack—this time in Paris where assailants simultaneously attacked numerous locations throughout the city leaving scores dead. People who commit these types of crimes often feel marginalized by society and, as a result, unhappy with their lives. Their unhappiness can lead to cruelty as they vie for personal gratification, greater awareness of their grievances, and justice. Terrorism is one way to elevate a conflict

She said she was tired. Really tired. During the last few weeks she found herself increasingly staring at the ceiling at the end of her day, her body and mind unable to relax into sleep. Days of this left her exhausted and making poor choices- less exercise, eating more sugar, consuming caffeine late into the day- all of which further strained her body’s ability to naturally relax. I could tell by the way she was describing it, that she felt isolated in her exhaustion. But s