Overcoming the Negative Chatter in Our Head
Description: Overcoming the Negative Chatter in Our Head with Pam Brooks. This workshop, based on Dr. Ethan Kross's book Chatter, will explore the role of the inner voice in our lives and why it matters. You'll learn about common triggers that can lead our minds to spiral, like rumination, excessive worry, and imposter syndrome. The session will also introduce practical tools to help you manage this inner chatter and create “Mind Magic” for a calmer mind.
It's been brought to my attention that Facilities Grounds Services plans to scrape the ASU Arboretum Herb Garden and the Social Science Garden programming. I find this very concerning. These gardens provide the ASU community (especially students) a valuable place to learn to garden in the desert, connect with nature, and experience natural aromatherapy.
I was wondering if ASU would consider offer free parking for staff, students, faculty to complete appointments in OHR, or offer OHR the ability to validate parking. I have heard complaints from people visiting OHR for training, Orientation, I-9 appointments that it seems rather rediculous that they have to pay to park the car to complete their hiring paperwork or training.
Dear ASU Staff Council,
I am writing on behalf of my team to express our concern regarding ASU’s decision to remain open on Christmas Eve this year, with closures instead on December 25th and 26th. It has been 10 years since ASU required employees to work on December 24th, and the recent change has caused significant frustration and stress among staff.
Dear Arizona State Staff Council,
I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express some concerns that have been raised among staff regarding the university’s requirement for employees to work on Christmas Eve.
I wrote a letter earlier about how we are not in favor of working on Christmas Eve. I would like to mention that though, I do not wish to work on Christmas Eve since this is a day of celebration for me and my family. If having the day off is not possible for future years, I think I would like the school to consider this day to be one where staff is allowed to be remote.
I am very concerned with the decision to destroy the Herb Garden and the Community Garden at ASU Tempe Campus. Both of these gardens give their harvests to the Pitchfork Pantry and provide a unique experience for students and staff that want to plant, harvest and understand growing food in a hot, desert environment. I understand that budgeting concerns and maintaining these gardens is an issue but there should be a chance for a group to adopt these spaces and maintain them before they are destroyed completely. ASU Polytechnic campus should not be the only campus for these resources.
Dear Staff Council,