Unprecedented Change Before the lockdown, there was some semblance of boundaries. But today, everything is muddled together. Before, if your kids interrupted a WFH zoom meeting, it would bring embarrassment and over 39 million views on YouTube. Now work meetings are happening in your bedroom or kitchen table with children
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If you’re like me, when growing up, you were rewarded for having the right answer in school. And there was typically only one correct answer (usually determined by the teacher, regardless of whether there were other possible answers). It was a system that rewarded memorization and regurgitation of names, dates,
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If you’re like me, when you arrive upon this time of year, you’re a bit surprised. The year feels like it zipped by, and we were just ringing in the last New Year. This is one reason I do a year-end reflection each year.  And I encourage you to do
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As Thanksgiving approaches, it is customary during this time to express thanks and gratitude. It’s supposed to be the season of love and happiness. But in reality, too often it’s the season of guilt, due to unmet expectations. Evolutionary psychologists argue that guilt is supposed to help you navigate the
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When I was little, my mother used to tell me, “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” In my teenage years, she declared, “You’d be perfect if you didn’t have a mouth.” My mother meant well. She was trying to raise a daughter that
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