All posts tagged: Embrace

How I Learned To Embrace My Face After Cancer Surgery

How I Learned To Embrace My Face After Cancer Surgery

Published by Sam Flores

I awoke from an 11-hour surgery at University of California San Francisco Medical Center to find that my otolaryngologist had removed not only half of my nose but also half of my upper lip, muscle and bone from my right cheek, the shelf of my right eye, six teeth, and part of my hard palate. As I tried to shift my body in the bed, I noticed a tug pulling at me from my chest. I looked down to see that a long tube of tissue was suspended from my cheek and attached to my chest. I gasped! “Help!” I cried out to whoever was still in the ominously dark recovery room. A nurse appeared and calmly explained what had transpired during surgery. I learned that I had a full-thickness skin graft that would be needed to fill in the tissue that had been removed from my cheek, nose and upper lip. Seeing my face in a mirror at that moment would have been too much to handle. I took a deep breath as my …

Why riding a motorcycle is one of the best ways to embrace mindfulness

Why riding a motorcycle is one of the best ways to embrace mindfulness

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Speeding along an open road on my motorcycle, flanked by the great outdoors, the engine hums and the noise in my mind disappears. Riding a motorcycle demands total presence. Focus isn’t optional. It’s a matter of survival. After all, a wandering mind could lead to disaster. But it’s not fear or panic that sharpens my attention. It is something else entirely. As a clinical psychologist, I understand fear well. I know how danger activates the fight-or-flight response. And yet, paradoxically, it is on my motorcycle that I feel most calm. This is where I experience the greatest joy. It is where I find what I would describe as a state of mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment, on purpose and without judgment. In psychological therapy, …

England embrace spin to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets

England embrace spin to beat Sri Lanka by five wickets

Published by Sam Flores

This victory was all the more satisfying because they adapted to the conditions, playing spin-dominant Sri Lanka at their own game. This was the first time in ODI history that England had employed six spin-bowling options, and only the fifth time by a non-Asian side in ODI history. An improved performance came after a sobering few days for the team in more ways than one. Alongside the players’ new midnight curfew, there have been reality checks provided by fans in Colombo. Brook claims not to have read all the criticism that comes his team’s way, but he was within earshot when “choice words” were aimed at the players by the team’s travelling support immediately after Thursday’s opening ODI defeat. Such scenes would barely be of note in football but it has to be bad before the cricket team’s loyal Barmy Army start moaning. “You’re not fit to wear the badge,” were among the shouts. Now, they know exactly how badly performances – both on the field and off it – have gone down. A response …

Why schools should embrace teaching apprenticeships

Why schools should embrace teaching apprenticeships

Published by skeptic

Recruiting and retaining specialist maths teachers remains one of the most persistent challenges for secondary schools in England. In the absence of specialist recruitment, schools rely on short-term fixes: repeated recruitment cycles, stretching existing staff across key stages and redeploying specialists to examination classes while non-specialists cover lower years. Such arrangements are rarely sustainable and do little to build long-term capacity within mathematics departments. For many years, I have been involved in the design and delivery of professional development for non-specialist teachers of mathematics (Crisan and Rodd, 2017; Crisan and Hobbs, 2019). Together with colleagues, I have learned what works, what does not, and most importantly, what cannot be rushed. There is no quick-fix retraining that produces a mathematics teacher. Subject knowledge and professional identity develop together, over time. For many non-specialists, mathematics was previously experienced as a service subject – procedural, instrumental, and oriented towards “getting the right answer”. Teaching mathematics well, however, requires engagement with reasoning, structure, justification and generality: the core practices of the discipline (Crisan, 2021). Teachers who have sustained opportunities …

Too American? Brussels’ embrace of US corporate jargon sparks language row – POLITICO

Too American? Brussels’ embrace of US corporate jargon sparks language row – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

The “EU Inc.” movement, led by founders who have taken their roadshow to capitals across the bloc, is pushing for a regulation to ensure a single, directly applicable rulebook that prevents member states from “gold-plating” the law with national quirks. If von der Leyen “chooses a title that’s very dear to pressure groups, that guarantees applause,” said Repasi, worrying that the Commission may put forward a proposal that would impinge on national labor rules. The new name in particular “sends a wrong signal,” said Repasi. The Parliament’s report steers towards what Repasi describes as a more pragmatic directive, a choice rooted in what he says is Council arithmetic. A regulation on corporate law would require the unanimous consent of all 27 member countries, a high bar that Repasi fears would create a “Frankenstein’s monster” as each capital demands its own specific national carve-outs .  By opting for a directive, the EU can move forward via qualified majority voting, bypassing the “unanimity trap” that famously saw previous attempts at corporate law harmonization languish for decades. “If …

Frey urges federal investigators to ’embrace the truth’

Frey urges federal investigators to ’embrace the truth’

Published by Sam Flores

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Minneapolis protesters hold noise demonstration 00:58 DHS identifies 2 people shot by Border Patrol in Portland 01:12 Families mourn as Israeli strikes continue in Gaza 00:30 Trump says Denmark should not have claim to Greenland 00:37 Rep. Omar: ‘Complete outrage’ in Minneapolis after ICE shooting 02:22 Dozens missing in deadly Philippines garbage avalanche 00:29 ICE officer’s video shows moments before Minn. shooting 00:47 DHS releases photos of two people shot by Border Patrol 00:36 Frey says Minneapolis ICE agent was not run over 00:23 U.S. economy added 50,000 jobs in December 00:27 Russia attacks Ukraine with a new ballistic missile 00:23 Frey: ‘I dropped an F-bomb. They killed somebody’ 00:51 Now Playing Frey urges federal investigators to ’embrace the truth’ 00:30 UP NEXT U.S. seizes another Venezuelan oil tanker 00:30 Mayor Frey slams those calling Minneapolis a ‘hellscape’ 00:41 Trump says he canceled second round of Venezuela attacks 00:23 Nationwide protests erupt after fatal ICE shooting 00:38 Mass protests and …

The Moral Cost of Certainty: Why Humanists Should Embrace Intellectual Humility

The Moral Cost of Certainty: Why Humanists Should Embrace Intellectual Humility

Published by Sam Flores

Humanism is a proud proponent of rationality, facts and research. Nevertheless, certainty can challenge itself quite readily as virtue even in societies that are not religious and are based on rationalism. This ambition to be right may continually prevail over the humanist spirit of curiosity, compassion and open-mindedness in the discourse of science, politics or ethics. Ironically, moral posture which is adherence to beliefs without concession can ruin humanism in which such beliefs are claimed. The willingness to follow the limits of knowledge, which is called intellectual humility, is not the concession of weakness or indecision. It is quite an ethical and practical necessity. Humility will enable humanists to serve as a corrective to dogmatism, expand their moral imagination and develop the nature of discourse founded on reason and empathy which our partisan world so badly needs. It is ironic to talk of the very notion of fundamentalism in a secular setting, yet it is a reality, too. Secular fundamentalism is characterized by the fact that the reason itself is a source of a moral …

“Propaganda machine”: Trump and DHS embrace conspiracy theories tied to ICE killing

“Propaganda machine”: Trump and DHS embrace conspiracy theories tied to ICE killing

Published by Sam Flores

In the wake of Renee Nicole Good’s killing, a 37-year-old mother who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in south Minneapolis Wednesday, conservatives are rallying around the alleged killer. The internet and messaging from federal officials, including the president, are filled with claims the woman was a “domestic terrorist.” Videos from the scene clearly show an ICE officer approaching the car and attempting to open the door while Good, described as a “legal observer” by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, is turning to drive away. Another ICE officer then draws his weapon and fires three shots into the car, killing Good, causing the car to accelerate and crash into a nearby telephone pole and parked vehicle. In spite of this video evidence, conservatives have latched onto the idea that Good was a “domestic terrorist” who attacked the ICE officers with her car. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, appears to have originated this claim, saying that the woman was “attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to …

Embrace Everyday Courage | Psychology Today

Embrace Everyday Courage | Psychology Today

Published by Jenni Sidey

We are all living through difficult and uncertain times right now, with unforeseen challenges to our daily personal, social, and work lives. It may leave some of us feeling worried, anxious, distraught, and perhaps unsure of how to best manage certain situations. While there are no magic answers, I try to read and learn from a variety of sources and share that with others. Today, I’d like to focus our attention on the writings and message of UC Berkeley faculty member Alex Budak and how I believe his principles might apply to managing one’s emotional health. As an award-winning educator, speaker, and author, he offers insights that help people understand the concept of courage in everyday moments and turn uncertainty into change. I found an article he wrote for the August 2025 issue of the Harvard Business Review, titled “Six Ways to Practice Everyday Courage,” to be very perceptive. I encourage those who are interested to read Budak’s published books and works. I believe his message is something we can all learn from and adopt …

How Choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall Helped Amanda Seyfried Embrace the Holy Spirit

How Choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall Helped Amanda Seyfried Embrace the Holy Spirit

Published by Sam Flores

If you can remember back to season two of Gossip Girl, you may recall an episode about aspiring designer Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen) attempting to earn funding for her eponymous fashion line by staging a guerrilla show at a charity gala. In the middle of the stuffy reception, Jenny commandeers the A/V system, blasting punk rock while a squad of models, clad in her early-aughts emo designs, climb on tables. Even the most dedicated Gossip Girl superfans may be surprised to learn that two of the models in that scene are The Testament of Ann Lee director Mona Fastvold and her longtime collaborator, Ann Lee choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall. In a stroke of Hollywood luck, the pair met that day, becoming fast friends and launching a creative collaboration that would extend for nearly two decades. The 20-somethings worked together on music videos until their first major project: 2018’s Vox Lux, which was directed by Fastvold’s partner Brady Corbet, based on a story by Corbet and Fastvold, and choreographed by Rowlson-Hall. But even during the Vox Lux …