Conversations Worth Having Blog

These days people say that kids don’t know how to have a conversation anymore. They’re always on their phone and only respond to a text message. 

The good news is you can do something about that. ...

I recently read Steve Phillip's LinkedIn post The Conversation that was Never Had about his son who committed suicide. It touched my heart and reminded me again of how many conversations there are wor...

World Mental Health Day this year, focused on how organizations can support wellbeing. Positive News published an informative article for organizational leaders. Their article, World Mental Health Day...

 The most effective organizational leaders are prioritizing their personal growth, which requires honest internal work. This process is crucial for reconnecting with innate virtues that, although ofte...

As a career educator for almost three decades, August has always been a bittersweet time for me. It’s the beginning of the summer to school transition. The days are often more beautiful than ever, esp...

Authoritarian leadership can be found anywhere; and it is often found in industries such as construction, manufacturing, nuclear power, and the military. The benefit of this leadership style is the ab...

 ‘brat’ memes have recently gone viral. The term comes from Charli XCX’s album, brat. Inspired by the album, Gen Z and millennials coined the term brat summer, which is all about accepting your imperf...

I am currently listening to Mindfulness and the Brain: A Professional Training in the Science and Practice of Meditative Awareness. One of the authors shared a story about a man who’d been involved in...

Part of what makes change management hard is that we like stability, comfort, certainty, and clarity. As members of living systems, however, changes in external conditions often means we have to adapt...

Words are powerful, even a simple word like, “Yet.”  Notice the effect these two short phrases have on your body and emotions:

• “I can’t do that.”  
• “I can’t do that yet.”

The first suggests a f...