Dianne Whitford
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What the heck? What is a monkeysphere and why do we need to fight against it? Well, we’re going to get into that, and why we need to take a stand against our primate brains! Believe it or not, there is a link here...
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Empathy In Leadership
For the past couple weeks, we’ve been talking about empathy. What it is, how to grow it, how it’s not like enabling, and extreme empathy. Today, I wanted to talk about the importance of empathy in leadership. A good...
How To Be More Empathetic
Fun fact about me: most of the time I feel like I don’t know what to say when someone is going through a hard time. I try to identify with them, I try to comfort them, I tell them how sorry I am, I make some more...
The Importance of Skepticism
When it comes to critical thinking, one might assume that skepticism is kind of a no-brainer. And one would be right (in my opinion, anyway). What I think is interesting is how often skepticism is perceived to conflict...
How to Get Better at Self-Discipline
As you might know by now, self-management is one of the pillars of emotional intelligence. Self-management covers quite a few different things, ranging from emotional maturity and self-control, to goal-setting and...
Book Review: Option B by Sheryl Sandberg
The last few weeks we’ve been talking about critical thinking, and today is a new theme: resilience! In that spirit, I wanted to do a book review on a book called Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience...
CBP S1E6: How Journaling Helps with Self-Awareness
There are four pillars of emotional intelligence – self-awareness, self-management, relationship management, and social awareness. While journaling won’t necessarily help you with all of that, journaling and...
Give Yourself the Gift of “I Will Handle It”
How do you show up when anxiety hits? When it hits me, I get short of breath. My heartbeat speeds up. I might get a headache, or start sweating. My voice gets shaky or higher in pitch. In short, I’m sitting in a whole...
Review: I Can’t Do That, Yet: Growth Mindset
This month we’ve been talking about the growth mindset, and how you can apply it to your life. But what if you always had that way of thinking? What if you grew up knowing that effort and perseverance was key...
