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Last year, for a birthday party, my friends and I were planning a trip and booking a hotel. We laughed and joked about how it was super important to call up that hotel and tell them that we were VIPs. We wanted the VIP rooms. The VIP treatment. Because we’re VIPs. And so are you.…

Here’s what is really interesting about a fight: It takes two people. Struggles, arguments, conflicts… they take at least two people. Think of an issue or fight or conflict you might be facing right now in your life. Notice how you are participating. You’re resisting or you’re attacking. You’re on the offensive or you’re on…

“My wife is not doing so well,” my coworker said, “And she may need a kidney. If I’m not a match, we are going to need someone else to donate a kidney. But yeah, she is not doing so well.” I stood there and nodded. My old habit is to nervously try to make things…

Are you feeling stuck at work? Uninspired? Bored? Tired of the same routine or worse, fed up with your coworkers? That feels terrible. You know what is even worse? There are people doing the same or similar jobs as you, and they are having more fun. That’s right: People are having more fun than you…

Trying to drink less wine? Trying to relax a little more before bed? Trying to chill out before a big day at work? Try meditating. Meditation is not weird. It’s not religious. It’s not Buddhism. It’s not difficult. Meditation is the silent, nonjudgmental awareness of your own thoughts. Meditation will change your life. Every day,…

My Q: What is your career goal (if known)? My student’s A: “Does anyone ever really know???” I LOL’ed sitting alone on my couch holding their stack of papers: Does anyone ever really know? Yes, wise pupil. Some people know. You don’t know right this minute. That’s ok. Can you relate? I can. My name…

Welcome to blog post is number 111. In numerology, 111 marks new beginnings. Alignment. Fresh starts. But this is how I felt before I posted blog #1: SO SCARED. Me: writing writing writing and thinking thinking thinking how people would call me ridiculous. Stupid. Simple. She’s cheapening her degrees by writing stupid shit online. OMG…

The gentleman in the front row raised his hand and said, “I’m freaking out.” A very intelligent grown man freaking out. Why? Because my colleagues and I had just asked him, and a class full of graduate students, to give a short elevator pitch about who they were and what they were all about. We…

What do you do on a daily basis that is repetitive, easy, and almost unconscious? Oh, boy! A LOT. Ever walk into your house and get halfway through making dinner and wonder if you locked your car? Me too. OF COURSE YOU LOCKED YOUR CAR! And you opened your door with a key. And you…

Hello out there, you gorgeous leader, you. You love to read about self-improvement. You love that new book about being better. You love a new challenging workout. I know. You love to dial it up. Me too. And yet… Do you ever have that sense that you’re never quite there? An ache of always need to be better? A…