Thursday, April 23, 2020

By Nancy Enright

In many Core II classes this week, students may be reading the work of Friedrick Nietzsche, the German philosopher, who has been called (by Terry Eagleton) "the first real atheist." Nietzsche is probably the most extreme example of the "dialogue" aspect of Christianity and Culture in Dialogue. He clearly presents a position that is the opposite of Christianity, or any theistic faith.

As we examine the ideas of Nietzsche, it is important to notice how, in his rejection of Judaism and Christianity (which he seems to conflate as essentially one religion), he focuses on specific aspects of these traditions, and this is what is most interesting in terms of the class. Though raised the son of a Lutheran pastorwho died when he was young, Nietzsche was groomed to be a pastor himself. As a young adult, however, he rejected this goal for his life (held by his mother). However, because of his training in the Christian faith, he does have a good sense of what it means sometimesit would seembetter than many Christians.

For Nietzsche, the ideal person is the one who self-actualizes, who lives most fully and freely as him or her self. Believing in no god, he rejects the idea of revelation or of a moral law inherent in humans. His Geneology of Morals, excerpted in the Core II text, reveals Nietzsche's view that what we hold as good and evil grew out of the various human codes that created moral customs. First, he says, good meant noble, brave, aristocratic (not good in the sense that we normally mean the word morally whole and compassionate, self-sacrificing). Nietzsche would say we have adopted a code created by what he calls the slave- priest class, which rejected the powerful and strong to affirm the weak. He accuses Christianity and Judaism as being religions of this slave-weak-priestly class of people, and says that they have labeled as evil those who do not fit this category the rich, the powerful, and the strong. Is there any truth to this from Nietzsche's perspective accusation?

As Anthony Sciglitano, who teaches in the Core and was Director of the Core for many years, does when he teaches Nietzsche, it is very interesting to read Nietzsche's Geneology of Morals in conjunction with Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus does affirm "Blessed are the poor in spirit," and "blessed are the meek" (Matthew 5:1-10). Furthermore, Jesus says in Matthew 25, after describing service to various suffering and marginalized groups the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the prisoner, the sick: "Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." In the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus says the former will go to hell and the latter to heaven, because the former was blind to the plight of the poor man, suffering right at his gate (Luke 16:19-31). There truly is an implicit "option for the poor" in the Gospels.

Nietzsche rejected any such option. Speaking about "the Jews" but actually meaning Christians as well, Nietzsche describes this attitude: "the wretched alone are the good; the poor, impotent, lowly alone are the good; the suffering, deprived, sick, ugly alone are pious, alone are blessed by God, blessedness is for them alone and you, the powerful and noble, are on the contrary the evil, the cruel, the lustful, the insatiable, the godless to all eternity; and you shall be in all eternity the unblessed, accursed, and damned!" (385). While the Judaeo-Christian tradition never says the poor, the weak, etc., are the only people who will be saved, the option for the poor inherent in the Gospels and in other places in the Bible suggests that God does have a special love for the poor, and that the rich need to be aware of them and care for them in order to be in harmony with the loving will of God. Nietzsche's depiction may be an exaggeration, but it gets at something that is at the heart of biblical teaching: human beings are not to be considered more worthy because of money, power, or status, but instead the values of the world are inverted. Many passages in the Jewish Bible, especially in the prophets, and a lot of the New Testament advocate this inversion of the norms of society (then as now).

Nietzsche also criticizes the advocacy of the gentle, "the meek" as Jesus calls them in the Beatitudes, over the more aggressive and violent. He uses the following analogy:

That lambs dislike great birds of prey does not seem strange: only it gives no ground for reproaching these birds of prey for bearing off little lambs. And if the lambs say among themselves: "these birds of prey are evil, and whoever is least like a bird of prey, but rather its opposite, a lamb would he not be good?" there is no reason to find fault with this institution of an ideal, except perhaps that the birds of prey might view it a little ironically and say: "we don't dislike them at all, these good little lambs; we even love them: nothing is more tasty than a tender lamb" (393).

Nietzsche goes on to say: "To demand of strength that it should not express itself as strength, that it should not be a desire to overcome, a desire to throw down, a desire to become a master, a thirst for enemies and resistances and triumphs, is just as absurd as to demand of weakness that it should express itself as strength" (393). Ironically, there are some who call themselves Christian who advocate positions that sound like this one.

However, what kind of power actually is advocated by Jesus? It is certainly not weakness, though the lamb is used in the New Testament as an image for not only his followers but for himself "Behold the Lamb of God." What does this mean? Jesus makes it clear that power for his followers must not follow the patterns of the world, clearly articulated by Nietzsche, who praised the Romans who dominated the political world of Jesus' time as an epitome of the kind of strength and power he admired. On the contrary, Jesus said, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves" (Luke 22:25-26). This kind of power, of non-violent love is, according to Jesus, stronger than the other kind of power, the kind that loves to overcome, threaten, dominate and ultimately destroy one's enemies.

So, the conversation, the dialogue between Christianity and Culture (in this case, Nietzsche) leads to some interesting conclusions. Both would conclude that Christianity is a church "for the poor" as Pope Francis calls it, and a religion of non-violence as opposed to aggression. But whether that is good or bad, is where the two part company. For Nietzsche, such an "option" is an abdication of the noble nature of the high-born and warlike natural man, whereas for Christ and his followers, as well as the Jewish teachers and prophets before him and after, strength comes from following the ways of the God who gives himself to his people over and over again, and asks them to do the same, especially for the "the least of them." This is especially true right now, in light of COVID-19 and the constant headlines that it is the poor who are suffering most, as always, from this latest crisis. To be truly great, in a way that is compatible with the teaching of Jesus in any sense, would be for our country to address the injustice and inequities that cause the unequal and excessive suffering for some more than others and respond with compassion and swift action.

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I think the weirdest thing about recovery from this disease is the uncertainty of recovery from this disease, according to my friend Heather, who contracted COVID-19 early last month.

Heather did not initially qualify for testing, but when things got dicey, a doctor diagnosed her over the phone with certainty. She was in bed for three weeks, isolated from her family with a mild case.

Mild' means 'not dying, just so you know, she told me. And let me tell you, there were days when we were on the fence.

Now, nearly 40 days after she first fell ill, Heather still has bad days.

My voice is still weird, and my lungs hurt...although they no longer have an elephant standing on them, she told me. On rainy days, they hurt more.

Heather has zero underlying conditions and is a health fanatic. Like, she makes her own hemp milk.

Im still in shock I got this, she confessed.

But according to many people I know who have struggled with this disease, without testing for both the disease itself and the resultant antibodies, there lingers this weird sense of wait, did I really have it?

Ironically, the same is true for people who have been tested. It has been widely reported that 30 percent of people who test negative for COVID-19 are actually positive.

Likewise, NPR has reported that ID NOW, the most commonly used coronavirus test, has a false-positive rate of 14.8 percent.

So that means if you have 100 patients that are positive, 15 percent of those patients would be falsely called negative. Theyd be told that they are negative for COVID-19 when theyre really positive, Dr. Gary Precop, who runs COVID-19 testing at the Cleveland Clinic, told NPR.

Thats soo not legit, my 12-year-old Louie said.

Yes, but dont forget that madness is the result not of uncertainty, but of certainty, as Nietzsche once put it. I was reminded of this by a friend who just started a Nietzsche book club, and is convinced I must join.

I can honestly think of nothing worse than joining a Friedrich Nietzsche book club over Zoom with a bunch of book publishers who have too much time on their hands. Right now, that would push me over the edge for sure. (Whatever edge" is left, that is.)

With COVID-19, the problem with uncertain diagnosis is that you dont know if you are immune. Add to it the fact that the medical community remains unclear about immunity in general, and youre basically sitting with Estragon and Vladimir in Waiting For Godot. But instead youre Waiting For Immunity.

And whats up with immunity," anyway? Even with the uncertainty, are we entering into some kind of dystopian state where people who are immune can walk around with a symbol on their foreheads amid a world under quarantine, and do all the things the rest of us cant?

Yes, Donald G. McNeil Jr., a science and health opinion writer for The New York Times, said in a recent interview. That is already beginning to take place. Germany is talking about issuing certificates, but you dont want something you can pass from person to person. So China takes peoples cellphones and has a QR code that you read as you come into the subway, you come into a restaurant, you come into any place where somebody can check your phone. And that readout tells the person looking at your phone that youre immune. So yeah, people are already thinking about this.

According to McNeil, these people (known as immunes) will be tempted to take other peoples jobs where travel is required, among other things. This creates a temptation and calculated risk to self-infect in an effort to create immunity, or do it the chickenpox party way.

And that would be really, REALLY not legit, to quote Louie.

Yeah, well, welcome to reality. As Samuel Beckett puts it: Youre on Earth. Theres no cure for that.

But Beckett also tells us something else and it's important. In the misery and horror of waiting in uncertainty, he tells us to act.

As Vladimir puts it, We wait. We are bored. No, don't protest, we are bored to death, there's no denying it. Good. A diversion comes along and what do we do? We let it go to waste. Come, lets get to work!

Thats what Waiting For Godot is about: the bold attempt to do something in the face of waiting, of living.

So I will leave you with the words of Arundhati Roy because, as usual, she nails it:

What is this thing that has happened to us? Its a virus, yes. In and of itself, it holds no moral belief. But it is definitely more than a virus. It has made the mighty kneel and brought the world to a halt like nothing else could. Our minds are still racing back-and-forth, longing for a return to normality ... trying to stitch our future to our past and refusing to acknowledge the rupture. But the rupture exists. And in the midst of this terrible despair, it offers us a chance to re-think the doomsday machine we have built for ourselves.

Nothing could be worse than a return to normality. Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.

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SALT LAKE CITY Its easy to forget or neglect our own basic self-care needs during times of stress. However, its during these times of increased stress, difficulty and uncertainty that we need to stay connected with ourselves and care for ourselves the most.

Thats when we most need to move our bodies, get enough sleep, not skip meals, reprioritize, scale back, allow for rest, reassess expectations and protect our boundaries. Its not the time to put these things on the back burner.

With that said, I want to offer suggestions for how to get back to the basics of self-care. Id even call these basic "hygiene" routines things that could be equated with brushing your teeth and taking a shower. These are self-care essentials that will make sure your basic needs are being met.

Youll feel better physically, mentally and emotionally if you are eating regularly and adequately. While it might be easy to forget, put it off or question the importance, I promise that you will feel more resilient to all that life is throwing at you if your body and your brain are well-fueled.

Anticipate hunger every two to four hours, depending on the size of your last meal or snack. A meal will likely keep you full for close to three to four hours, while a snack will probably be closer to two hours. Choose three to five food groups for meals and two to three food groups for snacks.

Think through a typical day starting with breakfast. What time do you usually get hungry? From there, think about what time to anticipate being hungry for lunch. If youre going longer than three or four hours between breakfast and lunch, you may want to plan for a snack. And so on throughout the day.

Stress and anxiety can often overwhelm you and decrease appetite or make hunger and fullness cues feel less reliable. But just because you dont feel hungry or dont have an appetite doesnt mean you dont need to eat. If your emotions are causing eating patterns to become irregular and inadequate, you may want to establish a flexible structure for yourself to make sure you are eating in predictable ways. This can help you avoid chaotic and haphazard eating patterns.

Its often because you arent eating regularly and adequately that your hunger/fullness cues and appetite feel unreliable or muted. When you are eating adequately and at regular intervals, your body can actually communicate its needs more effectively.

Physical activity will look differently for everyone. As such, basic hygiene for exercise would be to find a way to move your body each day in a way that you enjoy. It doesnt need to be a certain amount or a certain intensity, just enough for you to gain the mental, emotional and physical benefits of physical activity.

This might mean taking a walk, playing with your kids, gardening, stretching, a favorite exercise video, online class or anything else that would feel refreshing to you. Anything "counts"!

Instead of exercising to manipulate your body or to compensate for what you ate, look at it as an opportunity to connect to your body and support its overall well-being. That will make it more enjoyable and rewarding for you and youre more likely to be consistent with it when done with positive intentions.

Just like youll want to establish predictability and rhythm with food, basic hygiene would encourage you to do the same with sleep.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, current sleep recommendations are as follows:

Commit or recommit to getting in bed at a time that allows for the full recommended amount of sleep. You may need a little time before to start winding down and preparing for a good nights sleep.

While its not necessary to do more than whats essential during stressful times, it is wise to make sure your basic needs are being met. Prioritizing consistent nutrition, enjoyable movement and adequate sleep will allow you to support your health and wellbeing and increase your mental, emotional and physical resiliency during difficult times.

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From International Relations perspective, there can be three suggested levels of analysis; individual, state and system level of analysis, to examine political, economic and social changes and their possible implications in the international system. The definitions of words fear, chaos and anarchy are driven from Safires political dictionary to develop a shared perspective. The term security appears ubiquitous and all the verbiage devoted to Covid-19 leads some people to postulate that the military jingoism had thwarted welfare budgets across the globe, but the non-traditional security paradigm will now rule the international system the very thought is simply chimeric.

There is no greater fear than losing a life. National leaders and policy makers will surely combat any possible challenge or threat to thousands of lives of citizens, irrespective of cast, color, creed, gender or class. The fear has made questionable social norms, beliefs, taboos and even religion. Fear of Covid-19 threat is looming powerfully without physical appearance and prevails around everything you eat, drink and touch. Survival against fear has become national moto. Nation-states in return have suspended all national activities from every walk of life by declaring it as a challenge to national security.

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Politically, fear has profound significance at the state level of analysis. Because the political leaders are supposed to take bold decisions rather than noble lies to protect their Kallipolis state. Threats to any sector of multifaceted concept of security are dealt with iron hands by political leaders. National security advisors think beyond the box against the dark shadows of fear, either it demands them to sacrifice their ideological rigidity, challenge religious belief, break social norms, and switch economic paradigms or prioritize state over individuals. Chaos at system level demands statism at state level to combat any type of anarchy through self-help rather collective efforts. Covid-19 is truly testing the credibility, vision and decision making for political leaders at state level rather than system level.

Previously fear of global threat used to bring centuries or decades old political rivals on the diplomatic table but covid-19 has put leadership around the globe in quarantine within their national boundaries.

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Economics is considered the strongest muscle of nation-states to cater multifaceted national security challenges in 21stcentury as extolled by Copenhagen school of thought in security studies. Covid-19 has devastated national economies in the first round of its outburst. It hasnt only endangered the survivability but generated mass chaos of alarming speculations of the great economic depression of the century. National policies everywhere are relying on national economic capacities, and pushing governments, institutions and individuals towards statism. In this situation, rising anarchy at system level is compelling nations-states to hold economic reigns centrally by capitalist and liberal economies to restrain their nations from falling in the realm of Marxism and its variants. Realist question here, if it is not a self-help to encounter multifaceted security then what?

The social dynamics of fear is a threat to social values, practices, customs, norms, traditions, lifestyle and freedom of practicing religious gatherings. Failure of all heuristic methods to curb fear of COVID-19 have further aggravated chaos at least partially in the social sphere of national life. Nation-States are designing policies to fight against Covid-19 by promoting their cultural identity. As Covid-19 has arch hold everywhere in the world so a large number of nation-states are believing in self-help rather than cry of collective help.

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Today, when individuals are locked down by national governments across the globe. It is military or paramilitary forces that are marching in all corners of countriesaround world. The responsibility and reliability is more increased from protecting national borders to public properties. Therefore, standards of statism have modernized at this time and engaging national militaries with more technologists and medical doctors to break any possible anarchy with self- help is the order of the day.

Mr. Zulqarnain is an associate lecturer at University of Gujrat and Doctoral candidate of International Relations & Political Science at Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

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Most of us are not on the overtaxed frontlines of the healthcare battle, but all of us can be first responders to the need for emotional support. Almost everyone needs connection to others and the opportunity to give and get support right now. So, how can you shore up your mental health and deepen your own emotional reservoir? The author offers four suggestions: 1) Start with self-care.We cant share with others a resource that we lack ourselves. 2) Ask for help when you need it. If you dont ask for that support, the need for it will be revealed in ways that dont serve you. 3) Ask others How are you? Take time to listen to their full answer and walk through your personal rollercoaster ride. 4)Look for the positive and say it aloud.Express appreciation, give compliments, and call out triumphs, no matter how small. If you see something good, speak up.

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As businesses and schools are shuttered, economic uncertainty encroaches, and a pandemic rages worldwide, there is plenty of anxiety to go around. Were watching our healthcare system be pushed to its limits, but the grief and trauma were seeing presages a second wave of need: Before long, our mental healthcare system is going to be stretched to the breaking point as well. As physical distancing continues, we need to make sure that we help alleviate the isolation, loneliness, depression, anxiety, and other mental health impacts that will result, driving a potentially system-overwhelming curve of their own. And now is the time to head off this second crisis.

Most of us are not on the overtaxed frontlines of the healthcare battle, but all of us can be first responders to the need for emotional support. The need exists in every industry and economic sector, among physically healthy people as well as those who are sick or whose loved ones are sick. There are needs in our families, extended families, congregations, and communities, as well as within our network of professional associations. Almost everyone needs connection to others and the opportunity to give and get support in the abnormal new normal of deep uncertainty and the fearful specter of a pandemic.

As executive coaches, we think a lot about how to maximize mental health resources thats a big part of what we do every day. So, how can you shore up your mental health and deepen your own emotional reservoir? Here are some suggestions:

We cant share with others a resource that we lack ourselves. The critical starting point is to take our own mental health temperature. How am I doing? What will help me combat anxiety? Am I drinking, eating, or sleeping, or crying too much? What do I need to do to stay connected?

Follow up with a plan. Begin with keeping to your normal routine as much as possible. Take a shower early in the day. Brush your teeth. Put on clothes that you feel good in. One of the best ways to manage through chaos is to anchor yourself in routine. Schedule regular exercise, which has well-documented mental health benefits. Try taking up a regular meditation, if you havent already there truly is no time like the present. Scheduling when you read or watch the news can help keep your consumption measured. If it triggers adverse emotions and bogs you down, skip it for a while, or only consume enough to be current on your local developments. Do not follow the stock market every day, unless youre thrilled by emotional roller coasters.

Next, think of ways to be mentally engaged either through work or activities such as crossword or jigsaw puzzles, games, reading, or writing. Start a journal or blog. Self-reflection will allow you to make meaning of what is happening. Use technology to remain connected with family and friends. If possible, pursue your hobbies. One of our colleagues Julie Carrier rides her bike around her neighborhood each day, waving and saying hello to as many people as possible (from a safe distance). This not only gives her fresh air and a change of scenery but an opportunity to be with people.

Caregivers, parents, coaches, therapists, and even you need help. We all do right now. Dont hesitate to seek and ask for it. In many cases we can find the support we need from partners, parents, children, friends, and others close to us. There are professional resources to access if necessary, but again, if we can get adequate help elsewhere, we will conserve those resources for those who cant. You are going to need support. If you dont ask for that support, the need for it will be revealed in ways that dont serve you. Speaking from experience, either your resent-o-meter will spike, or you will find yourself holding grudges, being unkind and ungenerous in unexpected moments often to the people who you most care about.

The flip side of this is making yourself available to others who need help. While its important to keep your own emotional state in mind, remember that practicing self-care doesnt mean being self-centered. One of the best ways to lift your mood is to encourage, support, and love others. During the last few weeks we have seen countless acts of people stepping up and answering the call to serve: a Costco run for an elderly neighbor, a medium-size business offering more favorable terms to a small business client to increase their cash flow (which resulted in them keeping their staff), donations to local charities to get PPE to local healthcare workers, and the list goes on.

Most mornings, when we hop on a Zoom call with business partners, we dive into the most pressing issues of the day. It is easy to jump straight to the to-dos and brush off the How are you? with a casual Im fine. On routine days, this is often a pro forma question, but theres nothing routine about these days. This is the question that helps us take the mental health temperature of others, which means we really listen to the answer, even though that may not be our habit. Everyone is grieving. Everyone is experiencing trauma and needs other people to talk to. We need to feel heard.

When youre talking to friends, colleagues, whomever, take time to listen to their full answer and walk through your personal COVID-19 rollercoaster ride. You dont need to ride the emotional rollercoaster with your colleagues, but it is important to listen to how their ride is going. Be willing to wait for people to be honest. Be comfortable in silence if someone searches for words or has to collect their emotions. We are all overtaxed.

We may usually be a little sparing with praise. Maybe we think that someone who criticizes us is smarter than we are, or that praising others feels like an acknowledgment that we are inferior, so we demur. The temptation to withhold support can increase when we are experiencing feelings of scarcity, which can foster competitiveness and even enmity. Now is not that time. Now is the time to have the courage to be enthusiastic. Express appreciation, give compliments, and call out triumphs, no matter how small. If you see something good, speak up.

Big wins may be in short supply, but everyone continues to need positive feedback. With work associates, encourage your subordinates, peers, bosses, and also rivals, competitors, past partners. If you admire someone, tell them (and if you think they could not possibly need support from you right now, youre likely wrong).

We still have a long, hard path to get through this pandemic. But doing our best to manage the toll it takes on our mental and emotional health will make it easier to ride out the coming ups and downs. Weve made great strides in recent years addressing mental health in the workplace and more generally. We need people on the frontlines rescuing the physically afflicted, but the emotional aspect will affect everyone. All of us need emotional first responders. Take good care of yourself. Because we need you.

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Aly Evirs, owner of Boheme Salon and Spa in Redding, offers tips for self care while staying home. Redding Record Searchlight

Withnon-essential businesses like hair salons and spasclosed during the coronavirus crisis, people are left to their own devices to cut (or not to cut)their own hair and care for skin rubbed raw from hand-washing and masks.

Thosewho make theirliving grooming and caring for clients in Redding'sdry climate offered these tips to tide us over untilsalons, barbershops and spasopen again.

1. Take a break."Take this time to let your skin and hair breathe," Boheme Salon and Spa owner Aly Evirs said.Skip the hot tools, like curling irons. Condition more often. Useless makeup. Be consistent with yourskin care routine, but keep it simple.

2. Treat problem areas, like those where masksrubbed skin raw. Use extra moisturizer on your hands and face,especially at night. It can helpheal skin while you'resleeping, "and repair (its) barrier function to protect against mask burn and rubbing,"Evirs said.

3. Calm things down.People are feeling a lot of anxiety from coronavirus fears, economic stressand other concerns.Expressions Beauty Training vocational school owner Leah Robisonrecommends using essential oils to elevate your mood and help you relax, sleep, breath clearly and detoxify. She also suggests takinga bath. Apply body lotion after, takingtime to massage it into your skin.

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4. Care for hands and nails after washing hands.Moisturize nails with hand lotion or cuticle oil,Redding nail technician Jewelia Bill said. Otherwise, cuticles candry out andpeel painfully, especially with all thathand-washing andsanitizer.Keep fingernailstrimmed, and use a fine-grain nail file one with a180 grit that won't tear nails, Bill said. Meanwhile, you can use this time to heal nails after months of gel polish and acrylics.

5. Drink plenty of water. Usingcleaners that kill the coronavirus can behard on yourbody. Make sure you're getting enough water"for overall health"and to removetoxins absorbed through skin and inhaled,Evirs said.

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6. Style, but don't cut your hair.Evirs understands what it's like when locks growout of control."I have a very modern mullet going on," she saidlaughing. But she still doesn't recommend cuttingyour own hair.Instead, change your part ortrim short hair around your ears or neck to subtly improve your look.

7. Prepare for Zoomand other online chats like you would if you were going out."Ditch the pajamas for some normal clothes," Evirs said.Light makeup evens outskin toneand make people look their best on camera.

Jessica Skropanic is features reporter for the Record Searchlight/USA Today Network. She covers lifestyle andentertainment stories, andweekly arts featured.a.t.e. Followher on Twitter @RS_JSkropanicand on Facebook. Join Jessica in theGet Out! Nor Calrecreation Facebook group. To support and sustain this work, please subscribe today. Thank you.

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I would be lying if I said things were easy right now.you probably agree.

I used to love going to the grocery store, Publix and Winn Dixie. Now, its not my favorite thing. Making a weekly run and getting stocked up can be a little stressful. Who would have thought?

Such simple things we have all taken for granted, make me think about something else we often take for grantedbreathing. Yep, breathing.

Years ago, I had a manager who used to say, Breath, just breath! She used to say that when I would get upset about a situation with a client.

I thought it was so condescending. I would tune her out and go about with my angry venting internally. I was driving myself mad for hours on end. Often it filtered into the next day.

My sales manager didnt mean to be condescending, and I actually liked her. In hindsight, I wished she would have explained more about the benefits of breathing, or I would have been wise enough to ask. I would have been happier as I would have been able to let go of situations faster.

Why do people overcomplicate simple things? I know there are many authors and doctors who have deeply studied breathing. When I read those articles, I seem to glaze over them.

In my opinion, the most significant part of any self-help or personal development is the recognition and then the daily practice so it becomes a habit which can then be life-changing.

So, to them, I would say, lets start first by remembering to breathe.

Remember to take a deep breath when someone or something is upsetting you.Remember to take a deep breath before saying something that you may regret.Remember to take a deep breath when you feel some anxiety or worry.Remember to take some deep breaths while on a walk and appreciate natures scents.

If you want to get to step two, try about adding a simple mantra such as:

I am at peace

When I started making breathing a part of my daily habit anytime I was feeling stressed or

overwhelmed; I realized that taking deep breaths can:

Change your energy and relax your systemCreate a pause so you can think more clearlyHelp you focus and stop overwhelmCan help prevent you from saying something you may regret

There are various exercises too that can help, such as box breathing. This practice is part of the Navy Seals regimen.

To practice box breathing, you follow a specific, controlled pattern. First, breathe in for 4 seconds. Then, hold your breath for 4 seconds. Next, breathe out for 4 seconds. Finally, hold for 4 seconds. And repeat.

To me, thats an easy one to remember and very effective.

Also, there are articles about proper techniques on filling your belly with air vs. sucking it in. But, in the spirit of keeping it simple, just remembering to take three deep breaths can make a difference.

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April 29, 2020 07:00 ET | Source: Kaseya International Ltd.

ATLANTA and NEW YORK, April 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What was once considered a luxury the ability to work from home is now a necessity in todays unprecedented time. The mass migration to remote work due to the coronavirus pandemic has placed extraordinary pressures on companies and their IT support teams to enable personal device use, while still maintaining security and compliance for the corporate network. To aid with this sudden, overwhelming transition, RapidFire Tools, a Kaseya company and leading provider of business-building IT technologies, launched the Network Detective Work from Home (WFH) solution. Network Detective WFH features a self-service portal to empower employees who are working off home computers to initiate a network and security scan to be analyzed and documented by their companies IT support team before they connect to the corporate network.

Many businesses were not prepared for the sudden shift of resources from offices to employee homes when the coronavirus hit, and that left many organizations vulnerable to data breaches and internal threats, said Michael Mittel, president and GM, RapidFire Tools. We created Network Detective WFH to address this very issue by delivering high-value, self-service assessments that safely allow employees to work from home using their personal devices. With the help of Network Detective WFH, business owners can have peace of mind knowing that the integrity of their IT infrastructure remains in place, and also save money and reduce IT workload by allowing employees to use home computers and networks.

Network Detective Work from Home provides:

For more information on Network Detective Work from Home, visit https://ww2.rapidfiretools.com/self-assess.

About RapidFire Tools RapidFire Tools Inc., a Kaseya company, is the leading global supplier of business-building technology tools for MSPs to help them close more business, offer more services, keep more customers, and generate higher revenue. The companys offerings include: a complete set of IT assessment, documentation and reporting tools; tools for IT compliance process automation; and solutions for insider cyber threat detection and alerting. Learn more at http://www.rapidfiretools.com. Follow us on Twitter @RapidFireTools.

About Kaseya Kaseya is the leading provider of complete IT infrastructure management solutions for managed service providers (MSPs) and internal IT organizations. Through its open platform and customer-centric approach, Kaseya delivers best in breed technologies that allow organizations to efficiently manage, secure, and backup IT. Kaseya IT Complete is the most comprehensive, integrated IT management platform comprised of industry-leading solutions from Kaseya, Unitrends, Rapidfire Tools, Spanning Cloud Apps, IT Glue and ID Agent. The platform empowers businesses to: command all of IT centrally; easily manage remote and distributed environments; simplify backup and disaster recovery; safeguard against cybersecurity attacks; effectively manage compliance and network assets; streamline IT documentation, and automate across IT management functions. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Kaseya is privately held with a presence in over 20 countries.

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FROM CARRIE KUBACKI, HEALTH & WELLNESS EDUCATOR, UW-MADISON EXTENSION

By now, most of us have experienced the mental and emotional effects of COVID-19 on our daily lives. Whether the cause is fear and anxiety, loss of jobs and normal routines or social isolation, many individuals and families may be struggling to cope with the challenges of life. It is in these times that people may turn to alcohol and other drugs to numb their feelings or escape from reality. Using substances for these reasons, however, can create even more problems, including an increased risk of overdose, addiction, financial insecurity and mental instability. As well, people in recovery may be having even more difficulty finding regular support and avoiding relapse due to safer at home orders and agency closings.

Staying connected to family and friends, maintaining regular self-care routines and contacting helplines can assist all individuals in managing their emotions. However, for those who occasionally use alcohol or other drugs or for those already addicted or in recovery, it is especially important to know what other resources are available to help during these difficult times. Below is a list resources for substance use, addiction and recovery:

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