by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jul 7, 2024 | Personal Reflections
I love humans. This sentiment has been on repeat in my head this past week. I know what you are probably thinking—really? Especially at a time when our world is in chaos and so many humans are behaving in horrible, scary, and unimaginable ways. I agree. We seem...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jun 14, 2024 | Personal Reflections
Happy Flag Day! Every year, on June 14th, we celebrate National Flag Day. The flag symbolizes our identity as a nation and the values we hold dear—individualism, equality, diversity, unity, liberty, and democracy. When I look at these words, they feel so big,...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Jun 2, 2024 | Personal Reflections
Miracles: Where Do They Hide? Miracles. I have been thinking about them a lot lately. What are they –I mean, really, what are they? Where do we find them? Do we consider them a miracle when we get what we pray or wish for? And who is deserving of them? Recently,...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | May 19, 2024 | Personal Reflections, Women's Empowerment
An Open Letter to Harrison Butker on his Commencement Address Dear Mr. Butker, I want to start by sharing with you that I am a woman who was raised Catholic and have an intense and personal relationship with God—in fact, we talk every day. Your...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Mar 30, 2024 | Personal Reflections
Cultivate Hope to Rise Up In these moments, when the world’s weight can seem unyielding when the stream of news often feels overwhelmingly negative, it’s easy to find ourselves lost in the shadows of our challenges. It feels like we’re on a perpetual...
by Lori Stevic-Rust, PhD ABPP | Mar 8, 2023 | Personal Reflections
Empowering little girls and women starts with redefining power. Writing new stories that illustrate the strength of using inclusion, caregiving, compassion, empathy, and connections as power skills. Generational relationships are how we learn to dream a...
