How to Build Self-Trust Human interactions require a basic level of trust to function, and that includes interacting with your own brain and living your own life. Like me, however, you have probably made a few [million] mistakes during your years on the earth....
How to Be: Three Life-Changing Lessons from a Remarkable Woman About a month ago, I lost my mentor and dear friend, Mary Kogen. Mary was, on the surface, my college piano and pedagogy teacher. She taught me technique and chord progressions, how to break the...
7 Techniques for Managing Anger at Work What gets you riled up at work? I conducted an informal survey awhile back on this topic. I’ll list some of the most common answers below, but (warning!) make sure to take deep breaths as you read or you might blow a...
3 Self-Destructive Beliefs to Drop This Year Here we are, a few weeks into a new year—for many, this is a time of hopeful changes and new habits. Most “new year’s resolutions” come down to this: “I want to take better care of myself.” No one ever says, “My goal...
3 Sanity-Saving Conversation Tips ‘Tis the season for parties! Office parties, cocktail parties, family parties… And parties mean conversations. Lovely! Thankfully, there are so many conversation topics to choose from, especially after the last year and a half:...
One Way to Reduce Others’ Resistance to your ideas and decisions When my girls were toddlers, I discovered the power of presenting options. If I said, “Put on this shirt” or “It’s time for bed,” rebellion inevitably ensued. But if I asked, “Which of these two...
