I’ll admit it. When I first started hearing about the “loneliness epidemic,” I immediately blamed social media. Made perfect sense, right? Kids glued to screens, endless scrolling replacing real conversation, virtual connections substituting for genuine relationships. Case closed. Imagine my utter surprise when a little research revealed the truth. While social media certainly plays a […]
The other week, I found myself in one of those conversations that makes you question everything. I was interviewing a potential podcast guest about dyslexia. Specifically, how we can communicate better with neurodiverse minds. Because if we can identify, isolate, and then utilize the most effective ways of communicating with neurodiverse minds, we can […]
Have you ever found yourself in one of those conversations that stops you in your tracks? The kind where someone shares a perspective so different from yours that you’re left wondering how two people can look at the same world and see such completely different things? I had precisely that moment earlier this month during […]
“99% of the people you’re talking to have heard something pretty similar to what you’re saying.” That’s what you’ll hear when you tune into the 5Cs podcast this week. My guest, a professor, nonprofit director, and author, drops this truth bomb while discussing funding for sustainability projects. But here’s the thing: this applies […]
I’ve been thinking about mirrors lately. Not the kind that show us whether our hair is cooperating or if we have spinach in our teeth, but the invisible ones we encounter every day — those moments when life holds up a reflection of who we really are, like when we’re faced with a difficult decision, […]
I’ve been noticing a trend gaining more and more traction over at least the last decade. You’ve seen it, too, and we all use different words to describe a similar pattern. Disaggreable. Divisive. Unrelenting. Off-putting. Even alienating. No, I am NOT talking about politics. Instead, how we humans seem to view ourselves and the […]
This week, I finished the final episode about communication in the environmental space, titled ‘It’s Our Cynicism, Silly.’ No doubt you can read between the lines. The fundamental reason NOTHING is breaking through the sound barrier these days is that humans now hold a very high level of cynicism. I have to […]
If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember the commercial ditty, “Maybe it’s Maybelline.” The whole point was, if you met a womena who looked mighty fine, maybe it really had something to do with her makeup. (Sexist and demeaning? Yes. And so NOT today’s topic) I was reminded of that ditty the other […]
I was writing an episode for the 5Cs podcast when I realized it contains some nuggets that pertain to everyday life. Here are some very abridged thoughts for you to ponder. No doubt you’ve heard at least once in your life that you need to sell yourself first before you accomplish anything, sell an idea, […]
Do you remember the early to mid-1990s? We were forced to get behind Canada’s poorly communicated reduce, reuse, recycle program. We were given no solid personal reason to do so; it was communicated in vagaries about helping the planet and doing better, and the only thing we knew for sure was the deadline to comply. […]