As adults, we don’t listen to understand, we listen to respond. Our brain likes predictable patterns, and it is always trying to fill in the blanks. When we try to fill in the blanks, we often fill them incorrectly, and it can cause people to not feel heard, valued, or included.
This Habit is Sabotaging Your Mental Health This Habit is Sabotaging Your Mental Health When you are lying in bed at night replaying your day, are you thinking about the things that went right or the things that didn’t? Thanks to our negativity bias, the chances are pretty high that you naturally default to the…
This One Habit Shift Will Change Your Life This One Habit Shift Will Change Your Life We spend an average of 2 hours and 54 minutes on our phones each day. Mobile usage hit record highs in 2021, with global consumers collectively spending 3.8 trillion hours looking at their phones. Eighty six percent of smartphone…
Don’t Be The Hero Don’t Be The Hero When I was little, I wanted to be a superhero, specifically the 1970s Lynda Carter version of Wonder Woman. I wore Wonder Woman Underoos (shout out to those of you old enough to remember Underoos), I had a rope that transformed into a truth lasso, tin foil…
The Greatest Predictor of Long-Term Happiness The Greatest Predictor of Long-Term Happiness The last 2 years have been interesting, to say the least. We were forced to change our routines, habits, how we live, and how we work. It has also been a time of reflection, re-prioritizing, and revisioning what we want our lives to…