Like Crabs in a Barrel - MA Velma J. Haye DNP RN-BC LNHA

Have you ever felt in your gut that you were mistreated, marginalized, alone, sabotaged? Your feelings may be unveiling adversity. Adversity can be a show stopper that negatively impacts one’s outlook on life and self-confidence. It is a given fact that individuals succumb to the pressures of adversity due to lack of guidance on how to positively respond mentally or spiritually. Like Crabs in a Barrel helps to expose some avenues of adversity and provides the guidance on how to handle adversities that you might meet in the workplace, community, or home so that you can overcome.

Adversity takes many forms and usually rears its head when you are perceived to be progressing or having the potential to progress. Hence, the cliché that speaks to it being lonely at the top. We often perceive adversity to be bold and loud, but many kinds of adversity are covert. Many times, the ones closest to you are the leaders in this war. Th e ones that have nothing to say are saying a lot. Body language speaks loudly, and you must listen to it. God through His Words helps us to identify and respond to adversity as well as teaches us how to avoid partaking in creating adversity