BecomingBetterPeople.us
  • Home
  • About
  • Publications
    • Let’s Leave the Country! A Guide to Your Family Year Abroad
    • Scoop on Schools
    • Becoming Better People Blog
  • FAQ
  • Contact
Tag:

health

    EmpowermentIdentities

    We Can Do So Much Better Than Spread Handmaid’s Tale Memes

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 24, 2022
    Hanmaid's Tale protesters, shrouded, on left; Strong, forward-looking woman on right

    To all those who care about women’s rights, I have a favor to ask: Please stop spreading The Handmaid’s Tale memes. You know, those ones where women are dressed up in burgundy frocks and white bonnets that hide their faces? Although I admire Margaret Atwood’s brilliant novel, the last thing we need in the world are more images of women who are oppressed.

    Continue Reading

    May 24, 2022 0 comment
    1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • EmpowermentVisioning

    The Gun Problem and a Silver Bullet Remedy

    by Jacqueline Jannotta April 23, 2021
    April 23, 2021

    I never shoot the breeze anymore, even in the middle of a casual conversation. You won’t see me sweating bullets under any circumstances. And nothing can trigger me, although it…

    Read more
    2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • DonationsEmpowerment

    Becoming People Committed to Reducing Gun Violence

    by Jacqueline Jannotta April 23, 2021
    April 23, 2021

    This month’s post on reducing gun violence (The Gun Problem and a Silver Bullet Remedy) prompts me to highlight a remarkable and well-known nonprofit organization—Everytown for Gun Safety. Everytown encompasses…

    Read more
    2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Donations

    Becoming People Who Reflect & Act with Compassion

    by Jacqueline Jannotta March 30, 2021
    March 30, 2021

    After a year of pandemic strangeness tinged with fear and isolation, society is poised for change like we’ve never seen in our lifetimes. Still, there remains much suffering that stems…

    Read more
    2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Bridge-buildingDonations

    Becoming People Who Build Thriving Relationships

    by Jacqueline Jannotta February 21, 2021
    February 21, 2021

    Last week’s post spoke to bridging cultural and philosophical divides, as told through the story of my own Jewish-Catholic marriage. This made finding a thematically connected nonprofit a bit challenging,…

    Read more
    4 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • EmpowermentVisioning

    Awaken Your Sleeping Genie

    by Jacqueline Jannotta December 11, 2020
    December 11, 2020

    I’ve always had a nagging sense that we humans hold far more power than we realize—yet we keep it out of reach, always just around the bend. For me, when…

    Read more
    3 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • Donations

    Becoming People Who Help Kids Heal

    by Jacqueline Jannotta November 21, 2020
    November 21, 2020

    Last week I shared my daughter’s story of surgery and recovery using a powerful protocol based on intention. While the remarkable HealFaster framework developed by Peggy Huddleston was instrumental in…

    Read more
    1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • EmpowermentVisioning

    Becoming Better—Literally—Using the Power of Our Minds

    by Jacqueline Jannotta November 14, 2020
    November 14, 2020

    Every time the nurses or doctors came into my daughter’s hospital room, they shuffled through her chart, puzzled. “Did they forget to mark her oxycodone, her painkillers?” they would ask.…

    Read more
    5 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • DonationsVisioning

    Becoming People Who Breathe Cleaner Air

    by Jacqueline Jannotta September 21, 2020
    September 21, 2020

    Never again will I take fresh, breathable air for granted. The relentless fires along America’s West Coast serve as another reminder of how interwoven we are on this planet. When…

    Read more
    3 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • EmpowermentStories

    The House that Covid Built

    by Jacqueline Jannotta May 22, 2020
    May 22, 2020

    This is the story that told of the people that spread the disease that was caused by the droplets from someone who ate the bat that got the virus that…

    Read more
    3 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
  • 1
  • 2

Check Out My Book

A fun, expansive way to becoming better is to step away from the familiar and immerse in a foreign land for a while. Now is the perfect time to plan for a post-pandemic adventure. 20% of all book sales go toward the non-profits featured on this site. ⇨ In my award-winning book learn more about our year in Italy, and about how you can create your own adventure abroad.⇦

Fun Updates

  • A couple of my posts recently got picked up in some awesome Medium publications:⇨Age of Awareness⇦ and ⇨The Bigger Picture⇦
  • I was a guest on the Italian Genealogy Podcast where I had fun revisiting our year abroad and discussing the joy of doing family history.

About Me

About Me

I'm Jacqueline Jannotta and I share stories and ideas to actively build a better Us.

You can also ⇨follow me on Medium. ⇦

Instagram

Stay Updated

@2019 - Copyright Becoming Better People. All Right Reserved. Privacy Policy.


Back To Top
BecomingBetterPeople.us
  • Home
  • About
  • Publications
    • Let’s Leave the Country! A Guide to Your Family Year Abroad
    • Scoop on Schools
    • Becoming Better People Blog
  • FAQ
  • Contact