by Bary Fleet | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
I was recently teaching a course on professional ethics in the counseling field. As we become an increasingly diverse nation, one of the chapters is devoted to the importance of appreciating and understanding the values of different cultures. Years ago, when my son...
by Bary Fleet | Mar 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Evidently, we have become a people who are having the s#*t scared out of us! I went to our local BJ’s today, because we needed coffee and I was also going to get some frozen vegetables. I was shocked as I walked into the store, and realized that there were no...
by Bary Fleet | Jan 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve been party to two conversations lately in which men were doing their best to step up to the plate and take ownership of household chores – things like doing the laundry and folding the clothes, like washing the dishes and loading the dishwasher, or making...
by Bary Fleet | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yes, you read that correctly: REAL MEN DON’T HELP WITH HOUSEHOLD CHORES! I was born with skin color and genitalia that gave me privilege in life. I’m a white guy! I was born into a culture that values men over women. In 2019, the pay...
by Bary Fleet | Jan 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Less than half an hour into my day long Writer’s Retreat, I realized that the sole of my left shoe had detached itself from the toe almost to the heel. I couldn’t walk without lifting my foot as if I was trudging through deep mud. With some embarrassment, I took it...
by Bary Fleet | Oct 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
T Teaching “Health Psychology,” made me a little more sensitive to related news stories. I saw an ad for “Grub Hub,” and realized that this is part of a new trend of similar offerings...