Health and Healthcare
October 17, 2019
Published by Ruby Payne
Nobel Prize winners Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee, and Michael Kremer worked together in Kenya in the 1990s. They developed a method for addressing the challenges of global poverty: They broke the challenges down into chunks. Dealing with one problem at a time, their work has resulted in policy changes that... View Article
October 3, 2019
Published by aha! Process
Last year’s portion of the federal budget that was spent on children hit a 12-year low, rivaling numbers we haven’t seen since 2007. Just 9.2% of federal spending was for programs like early education, food stamps, and help for children with disabilities. Worse yet, spending is projected to decline further... View Article
September 16, 2019
Published by aha! Process
The Austin American-Statesman Sunday edition published commentary from Ruby Payne on the root causes of gun violence, especially in schools. Toughening physical security measures only goes so far, Payne writes, “because the root causes of school shootings are emotional issues.” From the opinion piece: An acquaintance told me that during... View Article
August 21, 2019
Published by Ruby Payne
Energy Medicine by Donna Eden examines the energy systems of the body. Everything that happens in your body is either a chemical or electrical interaction. In the early 1900s, the American Medical Association decided to focus on the chemical (pharmaceutical) and surgical aspects of medicine. The Chinese have always kept... View Article
August 5, 2019
Published by aha! Process
Ruby Payne was on CBS Austin’s morning program, We Are Austin, earlier today. In the video, she discusses the importance of students’ emotional well-being inside and outside the classroom. As teachers gear up for another school year, they certainly are considering ways to help students who are in need. Ruby... View Article
July 19, 2019
Published by Mary Hicks
I am from Muskogee, Oklahoma, but I was born in Aspen, Colorado. I moved to Broken Arrow on my 21st birthday in 1990. I moved to attend a Bible School and stayed. I fell in love with the people. I participated in Getting Ahead from 2012–2013. I decided to do... View Article
June 13, 2019
Published by Lynn Jackson
The fourth annual Honoring Bridges Community Award committee is taking nominations! The selected site will be announced at the 2019 Addressing the Challenges of Poverty Conference. The selected community will receive $1,000 in free products from aha! Process and will be featured on the aha! Process website and in the newsletter. With... View Article
May 23, 2019
Published by aha! Process
Bridges coauthor on primary care in JAANP Bridges to Health and Healthcare coauthor and aha! Process consultant Terie Dreussi-Smith collaborated on a journal article last year. The one-year embargo has ended, and we are now pleased to be able to offer the article to the public via our website. Read... View Article
May 7, 2019
Published by Ruby Payne
“Savings tips are classist garbage and belong in the trash.” That’s what the subtitle of a recent article from Vice says, and it’s so true. If you are working 60 hours a week at two part-time food-service jobs like the person in this article, and you’re making $23,000 a year,... View Article
May 3, 2019
Published by aha! Process
Author and educational speaker Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., won an Independent Publisher’s (IPPY) award in the education category for her latest book, Emotional Poverty in All Demographics: How to Reduce Anger, Anxiety, and Violence in the Classroom. The book, published in 2018, was recognized as one of the top three... View Article