It’s been a long time since I’ve shared anything on this blog site. The COVID-19 pandemic and its related, relentless fallout has many of us reeling, including me. The situation is made all the worse for lack of coherent, cohesive, and clear communication and coordination about appropriate steps and time frames for guarding against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

It seems everyone is angry about it in one way or another, and the U.S. was angry enough before the pandemic!

Anger is an intense emotion and is strongly connected to mental health and well-being. It’s also the second stage of Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’ model of grief, which by analogy suggests there will be more to come pandemic-wise. (Let’s hope it’s less harmful than an aroused swarm of murder hornets!)

With seismic shifts in the employment landscape and the financial stability of families, on top of grief and loss from losing a loved one, there’s a looming crisis in mental health across the U.S. And unfortunately many employers, including my current one, exhibit a sizeable gap between their actions and their rhetoric.