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Focal Point: This week I wish to highlight the upcoming STL Building Trades Wellness Coalition’s next quarterly collaborative meeting on Friday, April 24, 2026.

Focal Point: This week I wish to highlight 2 important events happening in the STL Construction Industry…both of these are FREE to attend!

Focal Point: This week I wish to revisit a topic I have addressed in the past but must update as the landscape continues to change. Many of those who read this blog know that I am a huge supporter of being prepared…as in, carrying Narcan: The drug that reverses opioid overdoses.

Focal Point: This week I wish to touch on the recent court ruling to protect our youth from the harms of Social Media. While Meta and Google plan to appeal, a clear message was sent to the public that this jury was convinced apps can do harm and contribute to youth mental health issues.

Focal Point: This week I wish to invite our readers to join the STL Building Trades Wellness Coalition this Thursday (3/26) at 7:30a as SLU-CEET hosts a training session on Workplace & Domestic Violence.

Focal Point: This week I wish to briefly discuss with our readers two major issues: Recent Suicide deaths connected to the construction industry and Apprenticeships.

Focal Point: This week I wish to discuss with our readers the importance of sleep.

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at the chaos in Mexico following the death of a powerful Cartel boss—to how the staffing shortage in prisons is impacting the Mental Health of employees—to the FBI’s misuse of taxpayers’ funds…not to mention its Director’s inappropriate conduct in Italy.   Focal Point: This week I wish to discuss with our readers 4 ‘related’ events that unfolded this past week with respect to Suicide Postvention.   1 & 2) I had the honor o

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how school shootings affect families—to the impact childhood trauma has on adults—to the concept of ‘pleasanteeism’ and the number of employees working unwell.   Focal Point: This week I wish to discuss with our readers British Standards Institution’s BS 30480.[1] This is the UK’s first attempt to develop a standard that addresses suicide in the workplace. Many of our readers know that for the past 2 years I have been w

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how prop bets are impacting young men here and abroad—to how obesity and sleep impact your brain’s health—to the Fahrenheit 451-like attacks on public library workers.

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how one state’s Governor has misgivings concerning the endorsement of Sports Gambling—to how PFAS chemicals used for stain resistance in carpets has poisoned the water supply in southeast sections of the USA—to a recent study acknowledging the psychological hazards within the construction industry.

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at an upstream vs downstream approach to Mental Health—to Springsteen’s new song addressing the chaos in MN—to the benefits of volunteering…especially for retirees.   Focal Point: This week I wish to share with our readers the progress being made with setting up the STL Building Trades Wellness Coalition. As noted, in an earlier blog, we held our first official collaborative meeting for 2026 on Jan 28 th at the Laborers L

As we near the first month of 2026, this week’s edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how Philly is shifting strategies in their response to the everchanging opioids crisis—to how an explosion of sports betting venues and formats are negatively impacting people, families, workplaces, and communities—to how the EEOC is withdrawing their previous ‘harassment’ guidance.  This week I wish to ask readers to pause and reflect on how history tends repeats itself. Just yesterd

Welcome to Week 3 of 2026! This edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at how the negative impact of sports gambling is damaging the image of college basketball—to the “DC Whiplash” sustained by many of our agencies providing much-needed mental health and substance misuse services within a recent 48-hour period—to how govt policies have caused generational damage to our Native American tribes and what one is doing in response. This week I wish to highlight a few trainings

Welcome to Week 2 of 2026! This edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks at yet another suicide death in the US construction industry—to a variety of tips on improving your health and reducing dementia risks—to the rising need for people who want to ‘work with their hands’. This week I would like to focus on what the STL Building Trades Wellness Coalition is planning for 2026. As many of you may know, this effort began in Q3-2025. Wherein, we held 3 collaborative meetings. I

As we begin the new year, this edition of our Worker Wellness blog looks into forming and sustaining new habits from a different approach to mindfulness meditation—to eating healthy—to exercising. This week I would like to encourage those of you wishing to expand your knowledge about workplace Mental Health issues to review the array of upcoming webinars in the last section below. To be sure, I have participated in a number of Mindspring’s (Mental Health Alliance) webinars in