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Monday Morning Joe: Self-Care

Self-care is thrown around a lot in organizations struggling with staff burnout or staff turnover due to burnout. It’s usually brought up or recommended before

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Get Inspired: Stress Less

A KeepMovingOKC Blog   April is Stress Awareness Month.  Stress is a part of everyone’s lives whether we like it or not. It’s a part

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Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Warning: Today’s Monday Morning Joe contains sensitive topics taking place within a film.  Today’s guest is fellow Longview High School Alumni Nathan Chandler. Nathan joins Cup of Joe to talk about one of his favorite movies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nathan hosts Movies are Life, a podcast that

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Monday Morning Joe: Self-Care

Self-care is thrown around a lot in organizations struggling with staff burnout or staff turnover due to burnout. It’s usually brought up or recommended before the inevitable happens and a staff member quits. It’s often used as a reaction to instead of a preventive measure or a call to organizational

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Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Lacy is the Vice President of Financial Development here at the Y. Her work revolves around relationship building, partnerships, and leading with purpose. She is passionate about leadership development, with a strong focus on women in the workplace, equity and organizational culture. With a husband, two boys and four dogs

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Six Tips to Keep in Mind for National Water Safety Month

May is National Water Safety Month. When the weather starts to heat up, the pools, lakes, oceans, rivers and other bodies of water start calling! While swimming can be a very enjoyable activity this summer, it is important to remind all parents and caregivers of the importance of water safety. The

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Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Today’s Cup of Joe for Two guest is Charles Gosset, certified Life Purpose Coach, certified Addiction Recovery Coach (PCC, CPRC) and founder of Full Integration Coaching in Oklahoma City.  Charles’ focus is on empowering passionate difference makers to lead courageous, authentic lives so that they can find and fulfill their purpose.

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Mental Health Community Care at the Y

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City  is encouraging community members to care for themselves and others. Mental health is how we think, feel and act. At the Y, we recognize that we all have mental health, and mental health is an

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Monday Morning Joe: Get to the Chopper

In systems theory, emotional triangles are a relationship dynamic between three persons or two persons and an issue, to stabilize the relationship. In his book Generation to Generation, Edwin Friedman describes an emotional triangle this way:  The basic law of emotional triangles is that when any two parts of a

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Monday Morning Joe: Anxiety

One way to look at the world and ourselves is to see how we are all connected in a system, and each action or reaction in the system sends out a ripple. Based on the family system we originated from, we have a specific reaction to the ripple. For some

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Get Inspired: Stress Less

A KeepMovingOKC Blog   April is Stress Awareness Month.  Stress is a part of everyone’s lives whether we like it or not. It’s a part of everyone’s lives so much so that since 1992 every April is recognized as Stress Awareness Month. Without a doubt, stress takes a huge toll

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Monday Morning Joe: Functioning Amid a Challenge

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the concept of self-differentiation and its relation to being an agent in God’s mission to heal the world. I would like to expand that thought for today’s Monday Morning Joe and tie it into a post-Easter message. Self-differentiation has to do with

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Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Warning: Today’s Monday Morning Joe contains sensitive topics taking place within a film.  Today’s guest is fellow Longview High School Alumni Nathan Chandler. Nathan joins Cup of Joe to talk about one of his favorite movies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Nathan hosts Movies are Life, a podcast that

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Self-Care

Self-care is thrown around a lot in organizations struggling with staff burnout or staff turnover due to burnout. It’s usually brought up or recommended before the inevitable happens and a staff member quits. It’s often used as a reaction to instead of a preventive measure or a call to organizational

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Lacy is the Vice President of Financial Development here at the Y. Her work revolves around relationship building, partnerships, and leading with purpose. She is passionate about leadership development, with a strong focus on women in the workplace, equity and organizational culture. With a husband, two boys and four dogs

Read More »

Six Tips to Keep in Mind for National Water Safety Month

May is National Water Safety Month. When the weather starts to heat up, the pools, lakes, oceans, rivers and other bodies of water start calling! While swimming can be a very enjoyable activity this summer, it is important to remind all parents and caregivers of the importance of water safety. The

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Cup of Joe for Two

Today’s Cup of Joe for Two guest is Charles Gosset, certified Life Purpose Coach, certified Addiction Recovery Coach (PCC, CPRC) and founder of Full Integration Coaching in Oklahoma City.  Charles’ focus is on empowering passionate difference makers to lead courageous, authentic lives so that they can find and fulfill their purpose.

Read More »

Mental Health Community Care at the Y

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the YMCA of Greater Oklahoma City  is encouraging community members to care for themselves and others. Mental health is how we think, feel and act. At the Y, we recognize that we all have mental health, and mental health is an

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Get to the Chopper

In systems theory, emotional triangles are a relationship dynamic between three persons or two persons and an issue, to stabilize the relationship. In his book Generation to Generation, Edwin Friedman describes an emotional triangle this way:  The basic law of emotional triangles is that when any two parts of a

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Anxiety

One way to look at the world and ourselves is to see how we are all connected in a system, and each action or reaction in the system sends out a ripple. Based on the family system we originated from, we have a specific reaction to the ripple. For some

Read More »

Get Inspired: Stress Less

A KeepMovingOKC Blog   April is Stress Awareness Month.  Stress is a part of everyone’s lives whether we like it or not. It’s a part of everyone’s lives so much so that since 1992 every April is recognized as Stress Awareness Month. Without a doubt, stress takes a huge toll

Read More »

Monday Morning Joe: Functioning Amid a Challenge

A couple of weeks ago, I talked about the concept of self-differentiation and its relation to being an agent in God’s mission to heal the world. I would like to expand that thought for today’s Monday Morning Joe and tie it into a post-Easter message. Self-differentiation has to do with

Read More »