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I Do Not Want to “Crush” 2021

bright potential of 2021

By Laura Crandall According to The Internet, it’s time to begin planning and making resolutions for the new year.* Social media posts and end-of-year articles are now directing our attention toward all the things we should start thinking about to maximize the next 12 months: goals for our businesses, ways to get ahead despite still

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

Grief and Loss in a Time of Global Distress

By Laura Crandall The importance of creating rituals of kindness In times of old – you know, back in 2019 – if a family member or other person you loved died, there were predictable paths and social norms to acknowledge grief and loss. These might have been dictated by one’s religion or individual beliefs, but

The Value of Going Slowly

By Laura Crandall Slowing down: the antidote to a busy, hectic life The thought of trying to “slow down” your schedule may seem nearly impossible. You may feel like you’d love to slow down – but you’re just too busy! The nature of our work and the rhythm of our lives makes moving at a

Befriending Our Inner Protectors & Acting with Character

By Kate Lingren It all comes down to our internal struggles and listening to both sides of the conflict.   You want to quit your job – but maybe you don’t. On the one hand, your boss makes you want to run screaming out of the building. Between the micromanaging and the unpredictability, getting through

Now More Than Ever, We Need Personal Values

BY KELECHI UDOAGWU Now isn’t the time to stick with the masses. Now is the time to let your personal values shine through. In a world that is constantly powered on, demanding of you in energy, time and opinion, it can feel overwhelming to just be an individual. The fact that we are bombarded with

Want to Live a Better Life? Be Present.

The gift of slowing down to be present and enjoy your life. Commuting isn’t my favorite thing, but I do it so infrequently that, now, it’s become more of a momentary respite from the day to day demands than a major haul from the ‘burbs to the city. So when I hopped on the train