Having spent many years, I recently created an eight-week course on “Adulting.” Last month, I asked a few people’s to share the three to five most significant lessons they had learned about growing up. In order to make it equitable, I did the same assignment myself contemplating on what I’ve …
There will come a time perhaps years or centuries in the future when your name will be mentioned for the last time ever. It’s a still, sobering reflection. But it can make you live differently today. We don’t usually take time to consider our own death. But when we do, …
Have you ever felt that your aspirations were on hold, pending someone else’s sanction? From childhood to adulthood, society subtly conditions us to think we need permission at every level of life permission to grow, to invent, and even to pursue what really gets us going. But the truth is: …
Why are there some individuals born magnetic and so charming that others desire their presence around them? It’s not social standing, wealth, or physical attractiveness. It’s something much more profound: the ability to build deep connections on the basis of what researchers call positive practices. After food, shelter, and safety, …