I’m taking a year-long leadership course in understanding and working with Collective Trauma so I’m reading everything I can get my hands on related to the topic. Not all books on this topic are easy to read or follow but because Prentis is a trained clinical psychologist and devoted meditator and somatic practitioner, the practices…

With longer days, it’s a great time of year to shed extra light on what matters most to us and implement changes and habits that keep us aligned and healthy. Last month with friends, I started doing the exercises in The Life Brief. Some have said this is the book you should read after James…

“After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why?” The Anxious Generation author Jonathan Haidt has answered this question with his fascinating book about why children need play and…

My dear friend Kelley and I joke a lot about not wanting our gravestones to say, “Here lies Tina. She was busy.” We catch ourselves regularly responding to a mindless greeting of “How are you?” with a mindless and stressed response of “I’m busy.” I’ve been pondering what it means to “live life on purpose”…

I had the pleasure of hearing bestselling Essentialism author Greg McKeown speak at an annual leadership conference my client held during the first week of the year. I’ve always been a fan of his message and the intent of his book. If you haven’t read it and are trying hard to audit your own choices,…

Named one of the best books of 2022 by numerous publications, author Hernan Diaz is the author of Trust. I loved this book, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m just blown away by the creativity in the structure and expression of the story. It is a metafictional novel that reflects on the nature of storytelling itself….

We know through research that teenagers can focus on one task for only sixty-five seconds at a time, and office workers average only three minutes. Personally, I have to lock away every electronic device at night so I don’t grab them in the morning before I even get out of bed.  Here’s an excerpt that…

I’ve been talking a lot about our resistance to change lately and how breaking behavioral patterns is the toughest of work—but worth every ounce of effort. What waits on the other side of change is a multiplier effect. When teams are open to change, collaboration comes easily, we feel supported to fail and refine, and…

Despite the fact that we know what research tells us about the power of social connections and their positive impact on our mental and physical well-being, loneliness and isolation are a growing problem. So much so that this year, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy published Together: The Healing Power of the Human…

If you’re gathering people for a shared purpose on a regular basis, perhaps you’ve thought about how you might do it more effectively. Look no further. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker explores the practices surrounding transformative gatherings. Priya Parker, a master facilitator and strategic advisor, walks…