575: Bullied

How have you or would you handle being bullied? How would that be different if it was your kid being bullied? Full episode script Bullying is a topic de jour for sure – across the world and in sociological, psychological, communication, childhood development, and about a dozen other fields of study. Getting into what is […]

521: Making Fun

What did you get made fun of for growing up? How has that impacted you now? Full episode script In February of 2017, the official journal of the World Psychiatric Association published an article that collated the results of three longitudinal studies in three different countries that looked at the results of childhood bullying. That […]

505: Capability

What have you been told that you aren’t capable of? Did you do it anyway? Full episode script Our brains are great at taking suggestion. Our brains are even better at paying attention to what we’re told that we can’t or shouldn’t do. As Susan Ford-Collins wrote for the American Management Association, we unconsciously remove […]

349: Renegotiation

How often are you willing to renegotiate an agreement? Show notes and links: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/5015.html https://www.inc.com/magazine/20071101/when-good-deals-go-bad.html

231: Cutting them out

Do you tell someone why when you cut them out of your life?

156: Big gestures

What’s your opinion on grand romantic gestures?