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Some Ideas For Offering Comfort When A Person Is Ill Or Grieving

Some Ideas For Offering Comfort When A Person Is Ill Or Grieving

Jun 23, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
Chronic Sorrow: The Case for Turning Individual Grief to Collective Caring

Chronic Sorrow: The Case for Turning Individual Grief to Collective Caring

May 26, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In her monthly blog post, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, reflects on grief, and what has changed (or not) since…
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When A Helper Needs Help: Caring for Health Care Workers During COVID

Apr 27, 2022
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  [Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
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I’m in a Rut. What Can I do About It?

Mar 17, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
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We Hear You: Opening Ourselves to What Health Care Workers Are Feeling Now

Feb 17, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: In this monthly blog post, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, provides stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these…
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How to Prioritize Fun during Tough Times

Feb 8, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: Here, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, provides tips to de-stress by seeking out fun, as part of our ongoing blog series from MCN’s Witness to Witness. The W2W page offers numerous resources…
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How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting

Jan 20, 2022
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[Editor’s Note: In this month’s Witness to Witness blog post, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness, offers us perspective on uncertainty. Visit Witness to Witness page here. You…
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Clinicians Are Traumatized Because of COVID-19. Witness to Witness Helps.

Dec 20, 2021
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By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Pamela Secada, MCN’s Witness to Witness Program Manager, and Jessica Calderón, Witness to Witness Program Associate [We are in the…
Cranky During the Holidays? Battling Unrealistic Expectations? How to Get Through the Holidays in One Piece, with Tips from Kaethe Weingarten

Cranky During the Holidays? Battling Unrealistic Expectations? How to Get Through the Holidays in One Piece, with Tips from Kaethe Weingarten

Dec 2, 2021
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[Editor’s note: Happy Holidays! For those of us who may struggle during this holiday season, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Founder and Director of Witness to Witness, has some ideas to help you through.…
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How to De-Escalate a Tense Interaction

Nov 18, 2021
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[Editor’s Note: The Fall 2021 issue of Streamline is now arriving at mailboxes – yes, those physical boxes that receive paper – across the country! You can read the entire issue, which features…
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Eleven Tips for Sustainable Activism Without Getting Overwhelmed

Oct 20, 2021
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Albert Einstein said, “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.”  I hope I am not being presumptuous to add a corollary: “Not…
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Six Practical Steps to Prevent Child Suicide

Sep 23, 2021
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[Editor’s Note: September is Suicide Prevention Month. This blog post is offered by Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness at MCN.] In the last few months, I have been shaken over…
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Empathy Can Be Debilitating. Here’s How to Move Empathy into Action.

Aug 26, 2021
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I have always been haunted by certain kinds of injustices.  Since the founding of Witness to Witness (W2W), there have been many issues that I cannot shake. In July 2019, I heard Columbia Law…
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It is Never Too Late to Soften Grief

Jul 21, 2021
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By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD This month marks the 45th anniversary of my mother’s death and, finally, it feels different.  I am carrying a piece of what pained me more lightly, which is making this…
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A Deep Dive into COVID-19’s Unequal Impact on Women

Jun 10, 2021
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By Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness We have all read that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been more negative for women’s daily lives than for men’s. But it turns out…
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"Yes, You ARE Entitled to Your Grief!": Looking at a Year of Many Losses, Many Kinds of Grief

May 12, 2021
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[Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This blog comes from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of MCN’s Witness to Witness program. Keep up to date with W2W by signing up for the W2W…
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Nine Practices to Cope with a Looming Catastrophe

Apr 21, 2021
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[Editor’s Note: This article, originally published on Medium last month, was written by Migrant Clinicians Network’s Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness. In the last year,…
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Witness to Witness: Aspects of Flourishing During the Holidays

Dec 22, 2020
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[Editor’s Note: The holidays are upon us! Today, we turn to Witness to Witness (W2W), Migrant Clinicians Network’s program that serves those who are in high stress jobs working with vulnerable…
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How Witness to Witness Is Helping Health Care Workers, Parents, and Others Address Emotional Responses to the Pandemic

Oct 7, 2020
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[Editor’s Note: Witness to Witness continues to provide remarkable resources to help us cope with our emotional responses to the pandemic – and the many other stressors in our lives. Sign up for…