Month: March 2015

The story of “Cassandra C.” hit the national spotlight in January, occupying mainstream news and blowing up social media. Cassandra, a 17-year-old girl with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was being forced to undergo chemotherapy by the State of Connecticut. Chemo and radiation can give patients like her up to an 85 percent chance of survival. Sounds like good odds to most people. To Cassandra, the idea was dreadful. […]

Have you ever been too meek to tell the barista at Starbucks that you wanted soy milk, not whole milk, in your latte?  Perhaps your social awkwardness has stopped you from asking a person you see at the bus stop out for lunch. Or from speaking up and taking control while working on a group project. There are times when we feel our everyday selves are not sufficient for a particular setting or situation. […]