Repeatedly mentioned in the research of Gen Z, mentoring, and lifespan development, the theme of what Meg Jay calls weak ties and Tommy Spaulding refers to as lower-floor relationships is fascinating. These concepts contrast to the ideas presented in the Who’s in Your Posse post but speak to the need for all of us to …
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Emerging Adults and Communication
Picture a sponge which appears to be saturated but still manages to absorb more. That is an adequate descriptor for myself and my insatiable desire for knowledge. This knowledge comes through various methods whether it is researching a geographic location for a new adventure, acquiring a new practical skill such as how to repair a …
Roaring Twenties
What image comes to mind when you see/hear the word roaring? Is your image related to the adjective and its definition of “making or uttering a loud, deep, or harsh prolonged sound” such as an engine or an animal? Maybe your thoughts conjure a business that is “lively and brisk” such as Starbucks on Union …
The Church as Mentor
My first memory involving someone I know dying was in elementary school when a schoolmate and fellow church attender Chad Benson died. Maybe I had attended a funeral before his, I don’t recall, but it was the first time for someone I had known ALL my life (all 9 years). Sadly, I now own shoes …
Transactional vs. Transformational: Relationships
Conducting a simple internet search of the term leadership, one will find over six billion results appearing in the search engine. Attempting to narrow the focus in efforts to reduce that overwhelming amount into something more manageable, one might try the University library site and whittle it down to only 200,000 results. As shared in …
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More on Relational Equity
by Esperanza Gonzalez, Associate Director of Student Success at Union University Let me share that I am with you on highlighting the importance of establishing and investing in relationships. Often, we forget to re-connect with those that have helped us along the way, and I think it is extremely important to be encouraged to invest time …
What is Emerging Adulthood and Why Does It Matter?
Early in my doctoral studies on support services for student athletes, I uncovered the term emerging adults coined by Jeff Arnett and truly feel that this is the best term to describe the college students I see on a daily basis. Arnett describes in Emerging Adulthood and Higher Education that emerging adulthood is “…the period …
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Who’s in Your Posse?
Admittedly over the years I have found movies and shows set in the Wild West to be appealing; but as action oriented as these movies are, I’m thankful to instead have lived in an era of law and order. One of the appeals to this genre for me is the concept of a posse which …
Flourishing @ Life 