FiGhTiNg ThE bULLy BaTTle Part I

On Monday I will be starting with the 1st wave of my national seminar entitled: "FIGHT THE BULLY BATTLE: Workshop on Establishing Anti-Bullying Program in Schools". This session is a complete application of my book (i wrote about it in my previous entries!). I am excited and at the same time anxious! Like my other life-skills sessions, I preferred this seminar to have small number of participants to at least provide maximum venue for participation and interaction.

This interactive session will focus on Bullying---its nature and effect. Bullying in our schools should be taken very seriously. It is not a normal part of growing up and it can ruin lives. Bullying hurts and our vulnerable children need not to endure it. Being put-down, embarrassed, physically hurt or terrorized in school on a regular basis is hurtful for students at any grade or year level. Bullying can make a student feel unwanted and rejected. It is compulsory then for schools to have measures in place to encourage good behavior and respect for others and to prevent all forms of bullying.

Wish me luck!

Tidbits of Happiness!

Lately---i'm observing a bit of burnout symptoms in my workplace...getting out of work is probably one of the highlights of my day lately...maybe because I feel so loaded or maybe because I'm feeling a bit demoralized (which are purely because of human factors!)....believe me--I know that there is a way to find happiness at work—and I'm willing to look for it...again. Honestly, now--I am looking back and reflecting on what made me ultimately start working at my current job and why I love this job in the first place---at least to give me the much-needed perspective to my situation. I know that I have been achieving so much lately---but I am still asking myself--why am I feeling burnout lately?Visualizing my ideal job situation gives me an idea now of how far I need to go to reach that end result---that total job satisfaction! Like any other working psychologist---i am rsolved to thinking that the more I focus on what is wrong with my situation, the worse things actually seem. And that if I continue to focus on the bad things, these bad aspects will be the only thing I will see and feel, ultimately creating more negativity down the road....so again, I'm trying to jump again in the so called "love your job" bandwagon! Trying to be okay---trying to find little bits of happiness with my friends at work. Today--I'm a believer of the reality that there is always a way to make a bad situation better—and I'm wiling to look for it!