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When We Must Stop to Keep Going

By Elly Mullins One morning I woke up and decided I wanted to run a marathon.  This was not a latent idea that had been swirling around my brain, though I was a regular runner living in a runner’s city.  But Boston had just experienced an attack during the marathon, and I felt moved by

Use Intuition to Your Advantage

By Kelechi Udoagwu “Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion.” ― Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs I’ve had a strong sense of intuition and leaned into it from a young age. After reading tons of grown-up self-help books from my dad’s library before I was a teenager, I developed a

A Shoulder to Lean On

By Lee Ruggles The phone rings as I finish my first cup of coffee. Good morning, I chirp cheerfully. I can’t stand the heat. I really wish I hadn’t moved down here! It’s only a few months, I tell him. You could move further north, I add. Yeah, but I’m also bored out of my

Getting Comfortable with Making Intuitive Decisions

By Victoria Brodsky Learning to recognize and follow your intuition takes practice, self awareness, and confidence. Uncover your inner qualities to get comfortable making intuitive decisions.  “Do You Have an Intuitive Sense One Way or the Other?” During this unprecedented year, many of us have taken the time to do various forms of self reflection.

Discovering Faith in Yourself

By Laura Crandall How intuition and self-esteem brought me back from burnout. I was supposed to be over-the-moon happy. I’d just completed the biggest thing on my List of Things That Would Be Wonderful To Do:  I’d graduated from Harvard.  The idea first emerged when I was 16 and beginning to think about college. But

Intuition – The Sixth Sense

By Lee Ruggles I remember where I was sitting when it all started. The teacher was at the front of the room. It was early afternoon when it hit me softly but firmly. I had been going about this life-thing all wrong. The key to true popularity and acceptance was to agree with what the

Better than “Normal”

By Laura Crandall Leading with our best work yet Have you ever gotten lost in the woods or really turned-around in an unfamiliar city? Did you, while trying to figure out where you were and how to get to where you wanted to go, decide that being disoriented was probably how life would feel from

How to Stay Flexible in Times of Change

By Kelechi Udoagwu “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”  ― Albert Einstein At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, I wrote about sticking with our personal values, how they form the foundation of human character, and keep us moving towards our life goals regardless of the demands of the world around us.

Language and Love

By Elly Mullins Keeping Our Minds Flexible I first met Gray when he was eight years old.  He sat on the floor of his mother’s living room coloring a picture of a robot; he nervously looked away as I entered the room to join him, his mother, and the case manager who was facilitating our

The Sun and the Shadow

By Toufic Hakim, PhD Gaining self-awareness in unexpected places I once worked with a VP who was highly ambitious. When she first brought me into her division, we had a mutually supportive relationship. She was thoughtful, competent and affable. We were a good team: I cheered her on; she was my biggest fan. I was