https://dailymemphian.com/feed/authors/358 The Daily Memphian is the must-read, daily online newspaper for in-depth, local journalism in Memphis and the Mid-South. Sign up for morning and evening editions, plus breaking news. (c) 2026 https://dailymemphian.com/article/18951 <p>Perhaps one lesson from 2020 is that helping other people requires thoughtful consideration for what someone else actually needs and wants. It&rsquo;s a deeper kind of call and response, and it might require breaking established habits.</p> jbalink@Kindred-Place.org (Jennifer Balink) Front Page Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/18951 Sun, 27 Dec 2020 04:00:03 -0600 https://dailymemphian.com/article/18340 <p>So many of us are feeling raw and on edge, more so than usual. Now, more than ever, talking to a professional counselor might be life-changing.</p> jbalink@Kindred-Place.org (Jennifer Balink) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/18340 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 04:00:06 -0600 https://dailymemphian.com/article/9198 <p>As a youngster, the writer thought thank-you notes were drudgery at best, acts of dishonesty at worst. Now, she thinks that if gratitude is a feeling, a written note might be its physical embodiment.</p> jbalink@Kindred-Place.org (Jennifer Balink) Opinion Guest Columnists https://dailymemphian.com/article/9198 Tue, 3 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0600