The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

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The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

My Baby Wants to be Adopted by Janey Goude: Be careful what you wish for. It is so easy to see greener grass on the other side. Often we don't take time to think through the ramifications of our decisions. My seven-year old, Abigail, announced, "I wish our family only had five people." We currently Read More...
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NUTS! by Janey Goude: Are you trying to perform tasks but find you consistently come up short? Maybe you are working outside of your skill set. As I watch a squirrel, his tiny cheeks chock full of nuts, I marvel at how easily he can crack open the shells. This feat is made Read More...
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When to Let it Die by Janey Goude: We lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. You'd think we would have been in heaven. The sun, the sand, the glitz. But our experience was far from heavenly. While I finished out the remaining six weeks of a contract assignment, my husband moved down to get Read More...
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Sun Spot Sightings by Janey Goude: Yesterday was a bad day. That's how I went to bed remembering it, anyway. Mulling over its badness, I realized yesterday was really only bad in spots. Because those "spots" had come toward the end of the day, they eclipsed all the good that came before Read More...
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Saying your Peace or Holding Your Tongue? by Janey Goude: I went for a routine radiological test - the dreaded annual mammogram. Because the procedure and the equipment are so specialized - and because "emergency" appointments are unusual - the wait is typically minimal, nothing like going to see your family Read More...
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It’s All I Know by Janey Goude: Watching the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium , I couldn't help but feel sorry for Mutant. He enters an environment where he is the outcast. In a world of imagination and creativity, he speaks a language of rules and regulations. When difficult times Read More...
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Old Wives’ Tales by Janey Goude: "Don't believe that. It's just an old wives' tale." Live long enough and you'll see those old wives weren't just spinning tales, some stories contain at least a scintilla of truth. Arthur Itis is an excellent meteorologist. I never used to believe this Read More...
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New Hires: Warm Bodies or Assets? by Janey Goude: Winner of the most dreaded interview question: What are your strengths and weaknesses? Used properly, this question can screen potential applicants for a job opening. Every office has a current set of skills that needs to be complemented, not duplicated. Read More...
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Employee Evaluations by Janey Goude: Consider reinventing the employee evaluation. Typical assessments identify weaknesses and ask employees to improve on them. Is that really where you want your staff investing their time - trying to achieve mediocre results in areas of weakness? We all Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz by Janey Goude: I recently dreamt about someone close to me being in danger - danger too unspeakable to recount here. The danger had warning signs. Warning signs that - after having served in the medical field for over a decade - I should have picked up on. But my first Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our “YES!” by Janey Goude: The best defense to avoiding overcommittment is to learn how to say, "Yes!" I know what you're thinking: But saying, "Yes!" is what gets us in to this mess! No. Saying, "Yes!" indiscriminately gets us into this mess. Here are some guidelines to bring Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Xenophobia by Janey Goude: Late Saturday night I noticed my neighbors' flood light on. I'm not usually a paranoid person, but Saturday morning these neighbors woke to find three slashed tires on two of their vehicles, presumably at the hands of a known assailant. As I tiptoed from Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Weaknesses by Janey Goude: "I'm an educated man, but I'm afraid I can't speak intelligently about the travel habits of William Santiago." -Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in A Few Good Men Know what you know and know what you don't know. Successful people don't do everything Read More...
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Bringing Balance to the Unique by Janey Goude: Sometimes unique is difficult to ignore: like this turtle we found attempting to lay eggs in the middle of our yard! I immediately interrupted my routine. I beckoned my husband and children as I grabbed my camera. Our commotion disturbed her serene life-giving Read More...
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Bringing Balance to our Time by Janey Goude: I struggled with "T." I had already written the piece about turning tragedy into triumph when I received a poignant email. I felt strongly about the tragedy piece because it is something therapists deal with almost daily. But I can't get away from the Read More...
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