Workplace Bullying

When Diagnoses are used as Insults: Stigmatizing Language

When Diagnoses are used as Insults: Stigmatizing Language

If someone is using a diagnosis to make fun of someone or throws it into sentences nonchalantly, it can make those who are actually living with a mental illness feel like their illness is a not a serious thing. It is so easy to feed the stigma, but luckily it is even easier to change our words...

Female Rivalry in the Workplace

Female Rivalry in the Workplace

Happy International Women's Day! Women often have to prove themselves in order to keep up with their male counterparts and must deal with being downtrodden…often by their female colleagues! Female rivalry or “cattiness” at work isn’t a new phenomenon, and it isn’t all bad either. In fact, it is often considered to be “healthy competition”, but to what degree can this rivalry proceed before it becomes mentally unhealthy?