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I’m in a Rut. What Can I do About It?

Mar 17, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
What exactly is a rut? A rut is a pattern of behavior or of the fabric of one’s life that is so familiar that it feels boring and unproductive. Many people have started to feel – or have been…
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We Hear You: Opening Ourselves to What Health Care Workers Are Feeling Now

Feb 17, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of last year, Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned a cartoon he had seen of a patient in a hospital bed being kept afloat by a…
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How to Prioritize Fun during Tough Times

Feb 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, Omicron has disrupted the holidays, work, school, events – practically every aspect of life. For most of us, this disruption has been hard to tolerate, after two long…
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How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting

Jan 20, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For most of us, this has been a year of uncertainty. Whether in our roles as a family member, friend, or clinician, we can take steps to be helpful to others who are living through the…
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Clinicians Are Traumatized Because of COVID-19. Witness to Witness Helps.

Dec 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Pamela Secada, MCN’s Witness to Witness Program Manager, and Jessica Calderón, Witness to Witness Program Associate Dr. Madaras…
Cranky During the Holidays? Battling Unrealistic Expectations? How to Get Through the Holidays in One Piece, with Tips from Kaethe Weingarten

Cranky During the Holidays? Battling Unrealistic Expectations? How to Get Through the Holidays in One Piece, with Tips from Kaethe Weingarten

Dec 2, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most of us have grown up with the idea that holidays are supposed to be joyous occasions and yet for many people that has not always been the case. And that was before COVID-19 changed so many…
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How to De-Escalate a Tense Interaction

Nov 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Recently, at a shopping mall in an urban city, three community outreach workers were standing near a table that had a colorful tri-fold with helpful, local information about how to get a vaccine…
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Eleven Tips for Sustainable Activism Without Getting Overwhelmed

Oct 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Albert Einstein said, “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” I hope I am not being presumptuous to add a corollary: “Not…
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Six Practical Steps to Prevent Child Suicide

Sep 23, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, I have been shaken over the unprecedent tragic increase in child attempted and completed suicides among youth, even in cohorts of five- to 12-year-olds, one facet of a…
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Empathy Can Be Debilitating. Here’s How to Move Empathy into Action.

Aug 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
I have always been haunted by certain kinds of injustices. Since the founding of Witness to Witness (W2W), there have been many issues that I cannot shake. In July 2019, I heard Columbia Law…
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It is Never Too Late to Soften Grief

Jul 21, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD This month marks the 45th anniversary of my mother’s death and, finally, it feels different. I am carrying a piece of what pained me more lightly, which is making this…
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A Deep Dive into COVID-19’s Unequal Impact on Women

Jun 10, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness We have all read that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been more negative for women’s daily lives than for men’s. But it turns out…
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"Yes, You ARE Entitled to Your Grief!": Looking at a Year of Many Losses, Many Kinds of Grief

May 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
There is no doubt that this past year has been one of grief for millions of people. I have provided online seminars and met with small groups on the topic of grief and heard hundreds of accounts…
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Nine Practices to Cope with a Looming Catastrophe

Apr 21, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
I’ve been told seven times that I had a life-threatening disease. Last Tuesday, I was told I might be going blind. This was shocking but not paralyzing. I did what I do. I got a second opinion on…
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Witness to Witness: Aspects of Flourishing During the Holidays

Dec 22, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When the history of the last four years is written, I believe that ordinary people are going to be portrayed as the heroes of our time. Election officials, poll watchers, health care workers,…
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How Witness to Witness Is Helping Health Care Workers, Parents, and Others Address Emotional Responses to the Pandemic

Oct 7, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Although it may feel like the Coronavirus has been with us forever, in fact, for most people, the changes in their lives started in March, when the first emergency declarations occurred in…