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...
by Melissa Gratias, Ph.D. |
A few weeks ago, my 18-year-old daughter, Maddie, was driving home around midnight. There were train tracks ahead, but the barrier arms were raised, and no lights were flashing. So, she drove across the tracks… …and saw a blinding headlight attached to a...