“It is far more important to deal with the internal problem than the external symptoms.” Dr. Caroline Leaf Occupational Wellness is no easy topic…for anyone. It can feel complicated and out of one’s control. I know my wellness within work has been one of my biggest struggles since I began…

My last article was an introduction to the Dimensions of Wellness. Before I dive in to focus on each dimension of wellness individually, I would like to connect the individual dimensions back to an overarching inside-out well-being journey. I believe the answer to pursuing wellness across all dimensions is an…

I have written a lot about what I call an “inside-out wellbeing journey”. It’s a mouth full, and I wonder if readers are grasping my meaning. I think it’s time to add some context and provide some practical information as a takeaway. I choose to use the word “wellbeing” because…

As I dug into research about the inner life, I found a lot of content that brought up the lack of consideration for the inner life in the business world. A lot of old content and an overwhelming amount of new. One clear effect of Covid-19 is the realization that…

“Today I escaped anxiety. Or no, I discarded it because it was within me, in my own perceptions, not outside.” Marcus Aurelius I just finished a series of articles focused on attention. Each article was framed to help us view our attention as a valuable resource that should be ours…

I’ve covered “attention” in a few forms in this series thus far — its value, its relation to intentions, how it is influenced by external systems through ontological design, and how we can accurately think in first principles to pull out of bad designs. To wrap up this series, I…

When I look out into the world today I see so much that I can’t believe — When I look out into the world today I see so much that I can’t believe. Every day there are more stories that make my heartache for humanity. I ask myself “how did we get here?” Through this attention series, I zoomed in on the subject of attention to discuss…

I have been racking my brain on what to write (if anything) to address the tragic death of George Floyd, among many others. Words have escaped me, which is rare. I have experienced so many emotions, but they all seem so secondary and insignificant in comparison to the realities of…