by Joanie Connell | Nov 12, 2015 | Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
Job Search Radio Interview with Jeff Altman On this show, Jeff interviews Dr. Joanie B. Connell, author of Flying without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life, about how to prepare your sons and/or daughters for work (and life). It was an...
by Joanie Connell | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Diversity and Inclusion, Resilient
“Don’t let them win” were the sage words of advice from a fellow graduate student. He was speaking in the context of being true to yourself and not letting others get you down, but these words also apply to how we respond to terrorists. We let them win by being...
by Joanie Connell | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Empowered, Generations, Parenting for the Workplace
The United States of America was founded on the principle of independence. So why are we depriving our children of it? We build walls and fences to protect them, structure recreation to channel them, and make decisions for them to keep them from making mistakes. All...
by Joanie Connell | Jun 23, 2015 | Blog, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills
The voices are unanimous. Parenting to raise independent, resilient adults is hard work. It involves pain and discipline. It results in frustrated and hurt children—at least when they’re not getting what they want. But we all have to get through that to grow up and be...
by Joanie Connell | May 25, 2015 | Blog, Parenting for the Workplace, REAL Life Skills, Resilient, Values
When did it stop being OK to be OK? Now it’s great, wonderful, amazing, stellar, and even epic. Epic. Really? What does epic even mean, anyway? Heroic and monumental are some of the definitions from standard dictionaries. The Odyssey is a classic example. The Urban...
