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Sharing thoughts on behavior design, strengths, & wellbeing. 

Why Introverts Need Community emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

Are you energized by time alone or by time well spent with one or two close friends? Do you love alone time and space to tend to your inner world - your own thoughts, ideas, and...

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Building Unity Over Division relational wellbeing strengthsfinder

CliftonStrengths. Myers-Briggs. Enneagram. While each assessment reveals a distinctly different way we naturally act, think, and behave, they have one thing in common. Each tool...

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Adopting Empathy When It Doesn't Come Naturally relational wellbeing strengthsfinder

I'm not very empathetic. Of the 34 strengths on the CliftonStrengths assessment, it falls at number 26 on the list, what Gallup would call a "lesser strength." Yet for most of my life I've been a...

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Train Your Brain to Build Resilience emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

How quickly do you bounce back from adversity? Your capacity to recover quickly from difficulties reflects your resilience. Some of us may be quite good at it, but others of us likely struggle. The...

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Who's Filling Your Bucket? emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

If I asked you to name your mentor, could you do it? Do you have one? Can you picture their face or hear their voice? Or are you still waiting for that right someone? If you don't...

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Express Your Emotions for Better Wellbeing emotional wellbeing physical wellbeing relational wellbeing spiritual wellbeing

How well do you express your emotions? Do you find it easy to put your feelings into words or keep them bottled up? If your default is to hold them all in,  you are likely not...

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Leading a Strengths-Based Team in a Pandemic leadership relational wellbeing strengthsfinder

Under the best of circumstances, being a leader isn’t always easy. In 2020, it’s become even more challenging as the world navigates crisis upon crisis and leaders are forced to make...

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Leading with Grace & Humility leadership relational wellbeing

Have you ever eaten humble pie? Just me? False assumptions and quick judgments are often the main course for this unpleasant dessert. The aftertaste far more bitter than sweet. It’s time to...

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How to Breathe in a Busy World emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

“Secure your own mask first before assisting others.” Standard emergency instructions on every airline, on every flight. As the flight attendants recite their lines, how often do we...

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The Power of Community (or Why It Takes a Village) relational wellbeing

Community. This singular thing for which we were created evokes a strange mixture of complicated joy, fear, and pain. But, when you harness it’s power, you can do the...

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Are You Prepared For The Unexpected? emotional wellbeing relational wellbeing

My mom once said people could tell me anything and I could just sit calmly, nodding my head, and say “Uh, huh. Tell me more…”. This ability was about to be put to the test.

I was...

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How Do You Connect With God? habits relational wellbeing

Do you struggle with traditional spiritual practices? Does reading your Bible, spending time in prayer, or having any kind of "quiet time" with God feel like a monumental hurdle? There may be a...

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