Articles
Here are the recent articles I wrote for BRAINZ.
01
Time For A Pronoun Paradigm Shift?
During a recent large online meeting, I felt different. Like I didn’t get the memo saying: “Post pronouns beside your name.” If all those talented Harvard alumni women posted their pronouns, I should too, right? Me2.
02
Top Ways Leaders Manage Conflict And Reduce the Cortisol-Related Stress Response
Nested within a wide circle of family, colleagues, and community systems, we humans find health, happiness, and meaningful purpose. And sometimes, friction.
03
It's All In Your Head – Cultivating Conscious Conversations
When you inaccurately imagine something, “It’s all in your head.” It’s also what the car mechanic thinks when you complain about that clicking sound that mysteriously disappears during the inspection.
04
What’s Worse? Scary Movie 3 Or “We Have To Talk”?
Does “We Have to Talk” trigger an inner primal scream? Perhaps you’ve heard these ominous 4-words from...
- The Boss: “I have some feedback”
- A Partner: “It’s me, not you”
- Garage Mechanic: “It’s the transmission”
- Child's teacher: “About their behavior”
05
Do You Have A Clearing Disorder?
Have you ever complained about busy work distracting you from strategic, high-impact projects and planning? You’re not alone!
06
Silence Your Perfectionista
Did you get all that? If English is your native language, most likely you understood it, errors and all. Spelling mistakes did not materially impact the outcome.
I caught Nose Blindness and blamed the neighbors
Not to brag, but my signature strength is my sense of smell.
Turns out, it got me cussing at my Spanish neighbors in Malaga last week because...
They cooked stinky, sulfuric, rotten-egg-smelling broccoli.
Every. Freakin. Day of the week.
Nose Blindness would decrease my sensitivity to awful odor exposure, until I opened the door.
Then I'd be blasted by the memory of my beloved kids'...
hockey bag in the car
on a hot summer day
filled with sweaty leather gloves, jockstraps, and poly-stinkaline shirts
On the 5th day, I opened up the microwave and found...
O.M.G.
A sad plate of dry, wilted, stinky, shrunken broccoli.
Forgive me neighbors, for I have sinned (and cursed you vigorously).
.... Now {{contact.first_name}}, what faint signal of yours is catching Nose Blindness?
Until it resurfaces. In the middle of the night.
What's cooking (or wilting) inside of you?
Where do you go numb or checkout?
What do you delay till Someday Maybe?
Don't wait until you're ready.
"Ready" will never come.
What does this message mean for you?
