The stories we tell ourselves matter. As leaders, we have to remember that every person we lead has a story they want to tell with their life. Many of us can’t seem to tell the story that we want because there are too many other factors and influences affecting the...

In my last two posts, I introduced you to the power of the subconscious, as well as the language of the subconscious (emotions and story).  We learned that the vast majority of the things driving our reactions and responses are coming from the stories and emotions of...

In my last post, I introduced you to one of my favorite topics of late: the power of the subconscious mind (wasn’t Justin’s video amazing?). Today, we’re diving into the language of the subconscious. Buckle up. The language of the subconscious is emotions and story. ...

For the better part of the last year, I’ve been traveling on a bit of a different path, personally and professionally, but mostly personally with significant life changes. The experiences have had me centered around exploring the subconscious and why things are hard,...

I have the privilege of working with a pretty wide range of clients in a variety of fields: accounting, law enforcement, public safety, home care services, and early childhood education. One common thread for all of them: there’s always work to be done on...

I’ve been watching and listening to a lot of comedians lately. Because when you need a little levity, who better to turn to than the professionals?  There’s one British comedian, in particular, who I think might be one of the funniest humans alive. Mike McIntyre has a...

In my last two posts, I introduced you to Santiago Genovés and the bonkers social experiment he conducted in 1973 with four men and six women aboard a raft in the middle of the Atlantic. And then I rounded up some of my favorite highlights of how it all went totally...

Last week, I introduced you to Santiago Genovés and his utterly bizarre, misguided, and terribly executed social experiment with four men and six women aboard a raft in the middle of the Atlantic. Here’s a quick recap: Genovés, an anthropologist, thought he could...

One look at the front page of any major newspaper — or most of our social media feeds, for that matter — will make you feel like the world is always in conflict. And to some degree, that’s true. As humans, we have the capacity to treat one another in horrible ways....

I recently received an urgent call from one of the Sheriff’s offices I work with. They asked me to facilitate a call between two people in their organization in an effort to address an issue before it became a full-blown problem.  See, in law enforcement, “SRIMs” are...