If you have a male doctor who wears a tie, that tie could come into contact with you as your doctor examines you. This episode begins by explaining why that could be dangerous and why you should probably stay away from your doctor’s tie or maybe even ask him to take it off. https://www.webmd.com/women/news/20040524/nasty-neckties-doctors-ties-carry-germs
Trying to understand the rules of English can be maddening. Some words follow the certain rules – others don’t. Some words that should rhyme -don’t. Some words that used to mean one thing, now mean something else. Why does English have all these quirks? Someone who is a real expert on all the strange things in English is linguist Arika Okrent author of the book Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme—And Other Oddities of the English Language https://amzn.to/3CWVCsQ . Listen as she explains why almost all the quirks in the language actually have a reason and a story.
About 80% of people are passive. A lot of those passive people wish they weren’t because they feel that other people walk all over them. So what’s the alternative? Dennis Adams, therapist, former minister and former passive person spent a long time developing a different approach for passive people that he calls – Honest Direct and Respectful. It is also the name of his book, Honest, Direct Respectful: 3 Simple Words That Will Change Your Life (https://amzn.to/2Q0tMrs). Listen as Dennis explains how and why it is such a powerful technique for passive people.
I suspect we have all held in a sneeze – or at least tried to. Is it a good idea? Or could it actually be dangerous to hold it back? Listen as I explain. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180116/hold-that-sneeze–maybe-not
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RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:
Source for the story about doctors ties: https://www.webmd.com/women/news/20040524/nasty-neckties-doctors-ties-carry-germs
Amazon link for Arika Okrent’s book, Highly Irregular: https://amzn.to/3CWVCsQ
Amazon link for Dennis Adams’s book, Honest, Direct Respectful: https://amzn.to/2Q0tMrs
Source for the story about holding in a sneeze: https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20180116/hold-that-sneeze–maybe-not
