I first heard about vision quest, a rite of passage in some Native American cultures, from actor-comedian Jim Carrey of all people. He noted in an interview with Howard Stern about communing with nature for four or five days to think through whatever he was wrestling with in his life at that time. It may […]
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We’re all aware of the gender pay gap among full-time employees in the U.S., which reportedly is also now tainting the gig economy. A recent study of nearly 6,000 U.S.-based freelancers found that males earned 48% more per hour than their female counterparts – a discrepancy that was broadest in administration, information technology and customer
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I became a fan of the Grateful Dead later in life and marvel at the legacy of the group’s iconic co-founder, Jerry Garcia, who would have turned 80 on August 1. Obviously, I’m not alone. A California hippie enclave considers his actual birth date the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. While diehard admirers celebrate
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Today is International Day of Friendship, July 30 under the hashtag #DayOfFriendship, we’ll all have a chance to celebrate the special people in our lives who help make us happy. They say you don’t you don’t get to choose your family, but you do get to choose your friends. The people we let into our
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When I was growing up, coaches led sports teams and helped improve athletic performance. Now there are coaches in the business world and other areas. One is psychedelics, which have exploded as a form of self-improvement. For nearly a year as a certified Third Wave coach, I’ve learned that there is a massive need to
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Being an effective leader means knowing when to step out of the way and delegate responsibilities. There are several reasons why delegation is so important. One is that it allows managers, supervisors or executives to devote more energy to strategic tasks, things they’re really good at or just enjoy doing. It also provides opportunities for
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Dr. Kelan Thomas recently wrote about the risks of repeated microdosing for developing valvular heart disease that piqued the interest of friends and colleagues at Third Wave for which I’m a certified coach. One of them, Gregory Ferenstein, co-authored an article that critiqued this hypothesis. His conclusion: there simply isn’t enough data to suggest that
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During a recent meditation session with Bob Roth, CEO of the nonprofit David Lynch Foundation dedicated to spreading the word about transcendental meditation, I pondered a powerful quote from Albert Einstein about the importance of widening one’s circle of compassion. In a 1950 letter of consolation to a grieving father, he wrote: “Our task must
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On Nelson Mandela International Day, which falls on July 18 and is known across social media as #MandelaDay, I’d like to reflect on the legacy of this towering world leader. My education about the scourge of racism began with two popular songs about apartheid. One was released in 1980 by Peter Gabriel about activist Steven
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Less is more. #GiveSomethingAwayDay, which falls on July 15, represents a perfect opportunity to declutter not only your life, but also your soul. There’s actually a body of research that links giving things away to a better quality of life. After a donation, for example, the brain’s mesolimbic system lights up and releases dopamine much
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