Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

I recall the first full-time job I ever had. I was a young graduate joining Alcan, an aluminium company that made commercial aluminium windows and doors for the architectural building industry. I recall my mentor, a very nice elderly man who had amazing technical knowledge, but I found he was reluctant to share his accumulation of lifelong knowledge with me. This highlights a problem many organizations face today: How do you capture and retain the tacit knowledge that is unwritten, unspoken, and intuitive, which individuals acquire through personal experiences, interactions, and observations (Polanyi, 1966; Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995)? Unlike explicit…

After teaming up with writer Chris Condon to bring the mid-1800s to terrifying life in The Goddamn Tragedy (think “The Shining meets True Grit”), artist Shawn Kuruneru returns to the world of the Western to illustrate and write Cave Grave: Wild West Tales. Featuring “stories of double-crossing desperation—and hopeless humanity—set against a backdrop of the lawless West,” Shawn Kuruneru’s bold comic book duology will be released by Oni Press on March 3rd, and we have an exclusive excerpt to share with Daily Dead readers! Below, you can witness how the aftermath of the “heist of a lifetime” takes a scary…

Dearest Psychology Today readers, do you find yourself enchanted by romance brought to life on the screen? Do you notice your heart beating just a little bit faster with excitement? Does your whole body cringe at the awkward near misses of connection? You are not alone. Watching two people fall in love, even if it is fictional, can take hold of our physiology. This is the power of good story telling combined with the innate desire to connect that drives many of us. There is a never-ending supply of shows focusing on romance. A popular recent addition is Bridgerton, Season…

Despite a limited schedule of men’s college basketball games on Sunday, they still led to FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy’s latest NCAA Tournament projections changing in the last day.Most notably, Michigan State jumped up to a No. 2 seed with the Spartans’ Sunday win against Indiana, which dropped out of the field entirely with the loss. Also in the Big Ten, Purdue fell to the best No. 4 seed after a loss to Ohio State, while the Buckeyes jumped into the field among the First Four.Here is a complete look at DeCourcy’s NCAA Tournament seed list: (Photo by Jeffrey…

I have a list of medical conditions unusually long for someone my age. Not that I’m young—in February I officially became a senior citizen—but I still think if someone glanced at this list they’d think this person who owned all these diseases was at least 20 years older. Over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, I added my first rare condition—the one that when I mention it to a doctor, they say, I haven’t heard of that since medical school. This diagnosis is called sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. According to the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders, “The sphincter of Oddi…

“Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. Every line gets crossed.  The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.” EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY Jonathan Glickman, Thom…

Healing from trauma is often depicted in popular culture as a heroic battle with painful memories. Often, we see a solitary individual confronting their darkest moments and emerging changed. Yet, real-life trauma healing is more relational, gradual, and layered. It involves rebuilding bodily safety, restoring trust in relationships, and reconnecting with meaning over time. Traumatic experiences often surpass our ability to process them, leading to a pervasive disconnection within ourselves, with others, and the greater web of life. Such a fragmented sense of self is often experienced as unfamiliar emotions, relationships that seem unsafe, and, for many individuals, spiritual or…

Modern dating happens in a world that no longer has clear guardrails. There is no Austenian social choreography of paying calls, and we have long left Vienna ballroom etiquette behind us. On the face of it, there is a myriad of options, and everything seems possible. The complication is that not everything is good for everyone. Lack of commitment can hurt. Delayed decisions mean reduced options. It takes planning and decision-making — intentionality, not drifting — to thrive in this context. I recently spoke with students at Georgetown University about this. After the formal discussion ended, many stayed behind. They…

Lionel Messi has some high expectations for Inter Miami for 2026. He’ll aim to lead the Herons to consecutive MLS Cup titles during a season in which they’ll be playing at their new Miami Freedom Park stadium.The bigger story for La Pulga may be if Messi can also captain Argentina to back-to-back FIFA World Cup titles this summer, when the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off across North America. All season, we’ll be tracking Messi’s game-by-game performances as the GOAT looks to have another epic season.March 1: Messi Scores Twice in Comeback Win Over Florida Rivals Orlando CityNothing like scoring twice…

Bulimia nervosa is frequently overlooked not because it is mild, but because it is often profoundly secretive in how it presents and progresses. The disorder tends to unfold in private, with binge episodes hidden and compensatory behaviors carried out discreetly. Individuals may sustain careers, academic performance, and relationships while structuring much of their internal world around food, restriction, and purging. When visible physical changes are minimal, this concealment becomes even more sustainable, enabling the cycle to continue largely undetected. Unlike eating disorders that may signal distress through visible weight loss, bulimia often allows a person to appear outwardly stable. That…