Mad in America
AUGUST 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Mad in the UK. The author, Catherine Heseltine, is a psychiatric survivor, a mum to three wonderful children and a political activist in London. I want to start my story at the end. It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope.
Success
AUGUST 10, 2024
As a teenager, Christal (Chris) Wang was rebellious but never struggled academically. As long as she received what her mother considered to be good grades, then she wasn’t concerned about the behavioral issues. “What prompted my [ADHD] diagnosis was when I didn’t have that benchmark of grades anymore,” she says. Now, Wang is the co-founder and CEO of Shimmer , a company that offers affordable, culturally-competent, behavioral care for people who have ADHD.
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Work Life
AUGUST 10, 2024
What is leadership? Good question. For some, it involves delving into a lucky bag of inspirational quotes from excellent orators and trying to find a personal fit. For others, it requires the comfort blanket of a plan that worked for someone else in the same field. All leaders scavenge bits and pieces. There’s nothing wrong with that, but for me the essence of leadership is understanding your team and how your organization works.
Success
AUGUST 10, 2024
At age 45, Jean-Pierre Wolff felt married to his job. Ten years prior, he’d co-founded a startup in electrical engineering field services that was later acquired by Emerson Electric. He’d also earned a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and applied technology and an MBA while working full time. “I was hiding in my studies,” Wolff says. For over 20 years, he’d built a very successful career in business and engineering, but his teenage interest in agriculture, a track he first pursued in college, sti
Work Life
AUGUST 10, 2024
Investing postretirement can be much more complex than it was during your career. You’re going from the simple (but not easy) plan of “throw all the money you can into your retirement account” and “invest for the long term” to the much more complicated process called “Um. I think we’re supposed to live on this nest egg somehow?” The reason why postretirement investing can seem like an entirely different game is because your goals are now different.
Work Life
AUGUST 10, 2024
I get bored on the regular, often in anticipation of seasonal shifts. While I’m not restless enough to be airlifted out of my life by traveling or desperate enough to cut bangs, I do want to shake things up. Here are three simple ways I change my everyday life for $50 or less. Color People make fun of Ikea’s complicated flat pack instructions, but their textiles are the easiest way to refashion the vibe in your home.
Work Life
AUGUST 10, 2024
I don’t know about you, but with the many national highs and lows of the past few weeks, I’ve experienced an almost impossible range of emotions. At moments, I have felt hopeful, even euphoric—but at other times, I have felt more unsafe, uncertain, and fearful than I can remember in my adult life. As various news alerts have blown up my phone, one after the other, I’ve sometimes found myself in a panic, doomscrolling on social media, feeling an almost childlike sense of powerlessness.
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