My Good Life Has Been Supported by Great Therapists
23 September 2025
Barbara read 4 Things Therapists Want You to Know Before You Start Therapy by Christina Caron and took stock of how six out of seven therapists over a 50-year period have helped her to live a good life.
Work Smarter by Listening to Stories
9 September 2025
Janie set out to learn more about one of her clients by listening to the Acquired podcast episode The Complete History & Strategy of Mars, Inc. and reading Lessons from Mars: How One Global Company Cracked the Code on High Performance Collaboration and Teamwork by Carlos Valdes-Dapena.
Setting Expectations Sets You Up for Success
26 August 2025
Allison pondered how ideas, attitudes, and concepts mean different things to different people and created a short audio recording to explain the importance of setting or resetting expectations.
Making AI a Member of Your Team
12 August 2025
Rachel read 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work compiled by Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris in yesterday's New York Times and reflected on her "rules of thumb" for considering delegation to the non-human members of her team.
Meaning of Life or Meaning in Life?
29 July 2025
A man travelled to a remote village to ask the wise sage “What is the meaning of life?” She replied, “The meaning of life is the quality that distinguishes a functional being from a dead one.” Geof explored the meaning in life by reading The Three Meanings of Meaning in Life: Distinguishing Coherence, Purpose, and Significance by Frank Martela and Michael F. Steger from The Journal of Positive Psychology, 11(5), 531–545.
