En route to work every day, Steve Nava noticed something peculiar: a man sitting in a vehicle near his house. With time, he realized that he wasn’t carpooling or waiting for someone. “I noticed that he had all of his belongings in his car, and that’s when I realized he was homeless,” Steve Nava to
Month: September 2023
Hi friends! As someone who’s passionate about growth and healing, I’m pleased to share that the FREE Collective Trauma Summit: Creating a Global Healing Movement is starting soon. Each year, over 100,000 people worldwide gather online to explore innovative ways to address current global traumas and unhealed cultural wounds. From September 26 to October 4,
“It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.” ~Joaquin Phoenix Earlier this year, I went to Egypt with a small group of friends. “Egypt will activate something ancient in you,” I was told by one of them. “You have to go.” Egypt wasn’t exactly on my bucket list, but in
The bad news is that overall, HR is already behind. The good news is that there are plenty of pioneers to emulate. In our brand-new study exploring AI’s impact on HR, our research analysts uncovered a group of leading-edge organizations we’ve labeled AI Innovators. The HR teams in these companies are already successfully integrating AI
Seniors across the world are suffering from a second pandemic — loneliness. But a couple of police officers in Italy had the perfect remedy for one couple in their 80s and 90s. Desperate for Human Connection No one had visited 84-year-old Jole and 94-year-old Michele in months. Meanwhile, all they saw on TV was stories of
“Stay in the moment. The practice of staying present will heal you. Obsessing about how the future will turn out creates anxiety. Replaying broken scenarios from the past causes anger and sadness. Stay here, in this moment.” ~Sylvester McNutt Like many people, I have an anxiety disorder that twists my thoughts and feelings. I call
“A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.” – Zen Shin In the past, I often felt like I didn’t belong in groups of women. Sometimes I felt like something was wrong with me, like I was othered in one way or another: too sporty, too quiet,
When he’s not cracking jokes, Steve Harvey is often surprising guests on his talk show. Oh, but on one rare occasion he was the victim. In this case, it hit close to home and it’s one he won’t soon forget. Steve Harvey’s Son Gives Him a Gift On-Air Photo by Karolina Grabowska For Father’s Day,
School bus drivers are so much more than just drivers. They play a crucial role in ensuring the safety and well-being of students during their daily commute to and from school. But more than that, they often develop a special bond with the kids they transport and their interactions can have a significant impact on
“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.” ~Eckhart Tolle I completed my meditation teacher training in 2022 and continue to practice two to three times each day. I was initially skeptical
An outbreak of E. coli that’s sickened hundreds has shone a much-needed spotlight on food safety at daycares, experts said as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to consider further regulations in shared kitchens. There have been 337 lab-confirmed cases of the bacterial infection in the Calgary outbreak, and though an investigation is ongoing, officials believe
“Declutter your mind, your heart, your home. Let go of the heaviness that is weighing you down.” ~Maria Defillo I remember perusing through a used bookstore in a small New England town as a teenager. A book caught my eye—maybe because its spine was a MacIntosh apple red—and I slid it off the shelf. It
Takeaway: The cognitive tasks you do throughout the day fall into four categories, depending on how complex they are: drudgery work, low-skilled work, high-skilled work, and a fourth category called superskilled work. Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 55s. Lately, like many people, I’ve been thinking about the technological changes happening, especially around AI. One way
When Simon Johnson met Shannon Lowery while gaming online, it was love at virtual first sight. “The first thing, maybe, was her smile. It sounds stupid but it’s true — personality, the way she looked, obviously. She’s a beautiful woman,” he said. He was so sure she was “the one,” in fact, that he left
“We need each other, deeper than anyone ever dares to admit even to themselves. I think it is a genetic imperative that we huddle together and hold on to each other.” ~Patch Adams A few years ago, I was invited to a work event. When I received the invitation a few months before, the idea
“Have patience that is all unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like closed rooms, like books written like a foreign language.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke I started thinking about a distant relative on a walk in the woods. I had thought about her more often when she suddenly stopped speaking to