By Megan Bruneau — 2016
To anyone out there who feels like they’re failing, it’s OK—that’s what we call ‘Life.’ —Joe Cross
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Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.
Learning to fail is a skill like any other—which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.
While everyone may be afraid of failing from time to time, it becomes more serious when it inhibits your ability to pursue your goals and achieve the things you want to accomplish in life.
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Emotion coaching is the practice of talking with children about their feelings, and offering kids strategies for coping with emotionally difficult situations. The goal is to empathize, reassure, and teach. Does it make a difference? Yes.
In the past 10 years, I've realized that our culture is rife with ideas that actually inhibit joy. Here are some of the things I'm most grateful to have unlearned:
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
Maslow’s highest level on the hierarchy of needs.
Sadness is a central part of our lives, yet it’s typically ignored at work, hurting employees and managers alike.
If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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We’ve been taught to refer to people with disabilities using person-first language, but that might be doing more harm than good.
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