I just returned from a long weekend in NYC where I attended a conference entitled Women and Happiness: The Give and Take of Joy. I was inspired to go by a few things. If you read my blog, then you know that I am in the midst of career shift that has required me (and continues to require me) to practice courage and mindfully tolerate uncertainty. In the name of maintaining my own momentum, I thought it would be good to attend this conference to inspire me personally. Working p

Happy Spring! As the Chicago weather transitions from freezing cold to hot to (kinda)cold again, it seems poetic that I am going through a transition in my career and moving from feeling excited to sad to nervous and back again! As many of you know, my professional “home” for the last 9 years has been in the Women’s Mental Health Program in the Department of Psychiatry at UIC Medical Center. This wasn’t my first social work position, but it was the place where I found my nich