Well-Be Wisdom: Working in the Endemic World
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
With the recent decline in COVID prevalence, some work groups have resumed in-person meetings. As we return to this mode of gathering, I’ve noticed a common theme. People express joy about being face-to-face with colleagues and friends. But, almost in the same breath, they praise the value of virtual or hybrid constructs for these communal activities.
Well-Be Wisdom: Friends in Wellness
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
Next week, October 17-21, will be UAB Wellness Week. The Provost has set aside this week as a time to heighten awareness about issues of wellness and to offer some special wellness activities.
Well-Be Wisdom: Growing Around Grief
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
The first six months or so of the pandemic was a harrowing time, involving a new and sinister threat unlike anything most had experienced. I followed along with many others, adopting an attitude of ‘hang on, this will end.’ That worked relatively well for a while. We grieved our losses, family and/or friends who died, important events cancelled, changes in our ways of working and connecting with others, and we trudged along waiting for it all to pass.
Well-Be Wisdom: Even Isolation Can Be Peachy
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
Much to my dismay, I recently joined the 60% of Americans who have had COVID.
While the entire pandemic experience has been isolating, this was my first time in captivity. To protect Mrs. Well-Be, I restricted myself to a single bedroom/bath area in our home. During the first two days when headache and chills were prominent, the addition of isolation was a layering of insult upon injury. I wallowed in self-pity.
Well-Be Wisdom: What Do You Do at a Fork in the Road?
By John I. Kennedy Jr, MD
The journey of life regularly presents us with a fork in the road, a point where we must decide which path to follow. Oftentimes, that process of decision-making is challenging. Many years ago, I faced such a challenge.