Beth Plachetka Articles, Consider the Source, Your Life Matters Jun 22, 2020 Consider the Source We have a tendency to accept everything we read as reliable and valid. People are using Facebook articles and studies as the basis for if something is true. "I read that on Facebook so it must be true." Don't believe everything that you read. We need to judge what we read with certain guidelines and stop accepting...
Beth Plachetka Articles, Fears, Your Life Matters Jun 10, 2020 Fear is real. It is a response to what is happening in our world. It can be debilitating and take over our lives. Clinical Social Worker, Dr. Beth Plachetka from Safe Harbor Counseling and Dr. Beth Speaks and Mike Williams from WSPY News radio 107.1 helps us understand our response to fear and how to neutralize it. They show us how to be...
Beth Plachetka Articles, You Are Enough, Your Life Matters May 20, 2020 It’s easy to compare ourselves to the people on the news who are doing great things and wonder if “I am enough." You feel guilty about not doing more when it is just hard getting up and facing the day of working remote, e-learning, and stress of future unknowns but you still feel like you should be helping during this time. Know that what you are...
Beth Plachetka Articles, Data, Data Overload, Your Life Matters Apr 23, 2020 It seems like everyday we start the morning with data and end the day with facts and statistics surrounding the COVID-19. We see comparisons between the US and other countries, between Illinois and the other states and even among the different counties. We are inundated with numbers, research, new findings and lists of what we should and...
Beth Plachetka Articles, Overload, Your Life Matters Apr 14, 2020 There are so many worries on our minds: job security, our safety, the economy and so much more. We are trying to balance: providing for our family, working from home, e-learning with our kids, technology, and figuring out how to do the right thing. How do we survive this overload of worry, stress and unbalance in our lives? Clinical Social...
