Louise Carnachan
Thoughts on Quiet Quitting
“Who are you here to see?” asked the nurse who was monitoring the door to the nursing unit. The elderly woman standing in line ahead of...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jul 26
- 5 min
The Drive for Productivity
“I value expediency above all else!” my client declared proudly. As a busy person with a lot on her plate professionally and personally,...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jul 12
- 3 min
Yeah, but What if I'm Not Sorry?
’I’m sorry you feel that way’ isn’t an apology!” she yelled at me. Well spotted because I had zero remorse. I believe the best reason for...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jun 28
- 3 min
Too Important to be Nice?
“You’re nothing but white noise to me.” The topic was jerks and this was the winning slam. I was speaking with a group of women who are...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jun 14
- 3 min
Happy Launch Day to Work Jerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues!
Woo-hoo! The three-year journey to the publication of WorkJerks: How to Cope with Difficult Bosses and Colleagues completed on June 14th...
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Louise Carnachan
- Mar 1
- 3 min
Is Bragging Always Egotistical?
The tide was going out, but one feisty wave unexpectedly came running up much farther onto the sand. This necessitated a scramble to...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jan 18
- 4 min
The Slash and Burn Narcissist
Your run-of-the-mill narcissist may be self-absorbed but not necessarily destructive. This more benign version could throw a Richter...
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Louise Carnachan
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Difficult People—Why Do They Behave That Way?
Ah, the holidays 2021. You’ve got obligations, work, family, and the decisions whether to socialize as Covid continues. Welcome to a...
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Louise Carnachan
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Why a Pay Increase Doesn't Create Happiness for Long
The 1960s psychologist Fredrick Hertzberg wrote One More Time, How Do You Motivate Employees. His cutting-edge premise of the time was...
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Louise Carnachan
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
Are You on a Team? Make Everyone Look Good
Off Limits (my former improv troupe) held a reunion in August. Three of us in person, three on Zoom. Our last photo was from 2014. Seven...
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Louise Carnachan
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Self-soothing
Early in my career, a colleague who’d had enough of my whining asked if I’d ever considered suffering in silence. The answer was, “No.”...
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Louise Carnachan
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
It's Hard to Stray from the Herd
I heard Dobie Gray’s version of “The In Crowd” on an oldies station a few days ago. Great song. I love the refrain, “I don’t care where...
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Louise Carnachan
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Communicating Change- Rapidly!
For my birthday, my dear friend from Seattle joined me on a jet boat excursion up the Willamette River. It was so darn much fun! The...
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Louise Carnachan
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
It's About Time
I sent email to an institution that shall remain unnamed. I offered something of value and asked with which department I should...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Reading the Signs
About a month ago, I took a road trip for five days. It's been so long, I wasn't sure if my car would balk at extended driving. I spent...
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Vincentia Schroeter
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
How to Handle Unfair Criticism
Guest blogger, Vincentia Schroeter, PhD, is a somatic psychotherapist and the author of Tilt: Seeking Balance in Troubled Times (release...
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Louise Carnachan
- Feb 11, 2021
- 2 min
Believing Lies
Alan Alda has an avid interest in science and communication which he explores in the podcast, Clear and Vivid. Guests answer the same set...
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Louise Carnachan
- Jan 28, 2021
- 3 min
Where's Pinocchio When We Need Him?
In 1881, Carlo Collodi wrote a story about Pinocchio, a wooden marionette who dreams of being a human boy. It’s a morality tale...
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Louise Carnachan
- Sep 8, 2020
- 2 min
Dealing with a Jackass Part Two
Note: Part of this post was published back in February, but I thought it was worth a reboot now that civil discourse seems to have sunk...
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Louise Carnachan
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Dealing with a Jackass
Ever been in the situation when someone said something so appalling you were shocked into silence? After you’ve scraped your jaw off the...
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