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By Nancy Piccicuto, LCSW-C There is probably something mildly revealing about the fact that three of my favorite people are Carl Rogers, Mister Rogers, and Carl Sagan. One was a psychologist, one wore cardigans and quietly reshaped children’s television, and one spent his career explaining the cosmos with the emotional tone of a deeply kind alien anthropologist. To me, though, they all share something essential. They approached people with curiosity and dignity. That sounds s

by Billie Baldwin, DSW, LCSW-C, LICSW When I created The Human Metric, it was not because I believed healthcare and business professionals needed to become stronger. It was because I believed they needed permission to remain human. Somewhere along the way, many professionals quietly began rewarding emotional self-abandonment. The people who are often most praised are the ones who answer every email, absorb everyone’s pain, stay late without complaint, and somehow continue fu