by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
I stink at journaling. Journaling is a productive use of time. It has been shown to: Relieve anxiety and depression Lower stress Increase creativity Boost gratitude and happiness Improve memory And much more Yet, I still stink at it. Every time I sit...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
In the world of marketing, a Call to Action (CTA) is the part of an advertisement where the viewer/reader/listener is asked to do something – call this number, visit this website, buy this thingy on Amazon. We are bombarded with CTAs, and we often tune them out. But...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
This year has been tough. Understatement, right? I won’t waste time listing all the things that have changed or disappeared altogether so far in 2020, because you know them as well as I do. Lately, I feel like I’m floating in an undetermined space. I feel tired. My...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
In July 2020, I was invited by Mike O’Neill of Bench Builders, a workforce consulting firm, to speak on a webinar about working from home (WFH). It seemed like everybody and their brother was writing articles providing WFH tips to people and businesses who had...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
Psychometrics is “the science of measuring mental capacities and processes.” Early in grad school at Virginia Tech, I was a psychometrics nerd. I loved learning about how to construct psychological tests and assess their statistical validity and reliability. I...
