Do We Really Want To Go Back To Normal?

I hate the term new normal. But I think as it relates to how we want to live and work post Covid we need to define a new way of life. Yes, I want to go back to normal, in the sense that I want to be able to do all the things that we […]

Why You’re Sleeping Like Shit with Abby DesJardien

We spend about a third of our lives asleep. We all know that sleep is essential, it’s as important to our bodies as food, water and exercise, and is vital for maintaining good mental and physical health. So why aren’t we prioritizing sleep in our schedules, and why do we continually put up with getting […]

Is the Handshake Dead?

Have your introductions felt awkward and almost perfunctory without the ritual of shaking hands? Humans have been using the handshake in one way or another for thousands of years. Tune in for a little history lesson of the handshake followed by:  The 4 things that make a handshake great and which 4 handshake styles you […]

Have We Forgotten How to Socialize

As we slowly return to a face-to-face world, have we taken for granted that our social skills will be intact when we need them? For the past 15 months we have gotten used to treating people as if they are potentially toxic, guarding ourselves from being too close to other people – has this caused […]

Do You Have Kids? Why Not?

In the U.S. and other industrialized countries around the world, the number of women who postpone having kids, or who have decided to not have children is on the rise. In the U.S. in 2014, almost half of all women between the ages of 18 and 39 had no children. This figure is the highest […]

How to Make Friends As An Adult with Dr. Marisa Franco

We all know how important it is to have friends, and yet the research shows, that our friendship networks have been shrinking at an alarming rate. And the average person hasn’t made a new friend in more than 5 years. Which is sad because most people actually want to make new friends, they just don’t […]

Introverts, Extroverts & Ambiverts…..Oh My

When we think about describing our personalities most people will characterize themselves as either introvert or an extrovert, and most people think that you have to be either or, but research has shown that that’s not really the case, most of us fall somewhere in the middle. Ambivert, first recorded in 1927, is based on […]

How to Get In, On and the Most Out of Clubhouse with Beth Nydick

Are you all in on the connecting power of Clubhouse? Or are you more like me looking at it and saying are you kidding me another social media platform I need to spend time on? Or maybe you’re like what the f*ck is Clubhouse? Listen in to this week’s episode as my friend Beth Nydick […]

Mars vs Venus: How Men Network Better Than Women

In 1992 the book Men are From Mars Women are from Venus was published, it quickly became a best seller and it’s title became a catch phrase to describe why there is a fundamental language barrier between the sexes – because we hail from different planets. And It’s a load of horse shit.  In fact, […]

Discovering Your Leadership Style with Sarah Schneider

When trying to decide who you are as a leader are you constantly tumbling through mental gymnastics or expending way too much energy sanitizing your personality in order to fit into some pre prescribed definition of what a leader should sound like? Can you be yourself and still be a badass inspiring leader? In this […]

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