We’ve built entire industries around communication—messaging platforms, slide decks, collaboration software, coaching frameworks, even therapy models. But for all the tools designed to "connect" us, most are designed to help us think ateach other, n...

An Honest Look at What Traditional Models Miss

The Unseen Disillusionment

Therapy is often considered the default solution to mental and emotional distress. But for many founders, CEOs, and high-agency thinkers, therapy can feel more like a misfit ...

The Power of Thought

In a world where many focus on eliminating biases and checking every box, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters: the ability to think. While every person carries their own set of biases and quirks, the real strength l...

Editing isn't just for writers or filmmakers. It's a practice that each of us can—and should—adopt in our own lives.

Editing our lives means choosing intentionally how we spend our time, communicate our needs, and show up authentically, even when i...

 Resentment gets a bad rap.

It’s often framed as a failure of maturity, grace, or gratitude. Something to rise above. Something to regulate. Something to bury beneath insight or reframe with positivity.

But what if resentment isn’t a problem?

That Might Not Be Resistance. That Might Be Wisdom.

There’s a well-known archetype in psychology: the “help-rejecting complainer.” They vent. They struggle. They say they want support—but they push back against every solution. Therapists, coaches, a...

Goodhart’s Law: When a Measure Becomes a Target

British economist Charles Goodhart once observed, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." This idea, known as Goodhart’s Law, explains why organizations, leaders, and even en...

What most leadership advice misses—and what today’s leaders actually need.

Let’s say what no one else is saying. 
Most leadership advice reads like a teacher’s rubric. Don’t do this, always do that, here are the seven sins, five hacks, ten habits....

When Insight Becomes Control

By: Kristen Tolbert

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

There’s a moment when you realize the circle you're in is subtly shaping who you're allowed to be. Not always overtly, but in tone, hierarchy, and unspoken ru...

People-pleasing isn’t just about being nice. It’s not a personality trait, or a quirk. It’s a relational strategy—one that often masks self-abandonment, fear, and control.

Sometimes it’s obedience: “If I make myself agreeable, maybe I won’t be...