Part one of a two-part series. On a subway ride for my son’s second-grade field trip, a girl wanted to sit with the boys. For a moment, this seemed unremarkable (the endearing character Anybodys from ...
Most of us don’t spend time wondering what people say behind our backs at work. We are focused on doing an excellent job, building professional relationships with colleagues, and meeting company goals ...
On a quick scroll of Instagram, you see a side-by-side image of the same woman. One side shows the posed, filtered, and digitally-enhanced version; the other side shows the unfiltered, unedited, real ...
“It’s not you, it’s me.” With that felicitous phrase, George Costanza made another entry into the annals of Seinfeld hilarity. In this episode of the classic sitcom, George is trying to break up with ...
Roberta came to me after surviving domestic violence that had been escalating during her divorce. For months, she lived in fear, constantly on edge as her ex-partner used legal abuse tactics to ...
There’s an old saying that a parent is only as happy as their unhappiest child. Raising kids brings us face-to-face with the past; your child’s present state reflects all that’s come before, and it’s ...
Each of us is a member of one or more teams—business teams, sports teams, family teams. And teams work best when each person feels seen, understood, and valued. Yet most of us don’t practice actively ...
Halfway through a sailor’s memoir, published 114 years ago, I’m realizing that it’s my all-time favorite book. “If I could sing, I would sing the banana ...
“The longest journey you’ll ever take is from the head to the heart.” This phrase, often attributed to the Sioux Indian tradition, refers to the shift from a purely intellectual, head-based way of ...
This May, AAPI Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, we're exploring how Asian Americans are healing from racism.
What Is Social Intelligence? Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations and behave effectively within them. We can view social intelligence as a subset of ...
A prison interview with a man incarcerated seven times reveals how identity loss, emotional survival, and social ...