by Joanie Connell | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Empowered, Millennials, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
I came across an article in the LA Times today about how college students at UC Berkeley have started up an “adulting” course. They created a student-run course to teach life skills to each other because they’re not learning them anywhere else. The...
by Joanie Connell | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Values
If you’ve studied social psychology, economics, sociology, or law, you’ve probably heard of “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The story goes like this: A long time ago, towns used to have a “common”—a shared field or piece of land—where people let their cattle...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 24, 2018 | Careers, Life Change, Parenting for the Workplace
Franklin Taggart asks the right questions to get Joanie to tell her story. Engineer-turned-pscychologist also dips into helicopter parenting. How did that happen? Listen to the podcast or watch the video.
by Joanie Connell | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Empowered, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Resilient
Let me start by saying that we clearly have a gun problem in our society. But running with the knee-jerk reaction of banning them and protecting people is only a Band-Aid solution. It’s what got us here in the first place. Has anyone else noticed that mass...
by Joanie Connell | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Resilient
The helicopter parenting trend made unpaid internships very popular for the Millennial generation. Well-meaning, high-achieving parents thought that giving their children experience in a professional environment would give them a leg up on their college and job...
by Joanie Connell | Nov 29, 2017 | Parenting for the Workplace, Resilient, Women Leaders
Pattie Grimm interviews Joanie Connell on Women Kicking Glass. Joanie talks about empowering girls to disempower bullies, among other things. See the interview on YouTube or listen to it here.