There's a shadow side to being good at reading rooms and adapting to what others need. The line between healthy adaptation and losing yourself entirely is thinner—and more dangerous—than most of us realize.

We all know someone who can walk into any room and instinctively know what's needed—maybe that someone is you. This chameleon-like adaptability can open doors and build careers, but when does it cross the line from authentic flexibility to exhausting people-pleasing? Explore the benefits and shadows of being highly adaptable, and discover reflection exercises to help you understand your own patterns.

When embarking on significant professional transitions, our mindset shapes our reality more than we realize. The nocebo effect—the 'evil twin' of the placebo effect—occurs when negative expectations create real obstacles, even without any active cause. Studies show this effect can DOUBLE your chances of failure! Discover how executives and entrepreneurs can recognize and overcome this hidden saboteur to navigate transitions with confidence.

As the holiday season swirls around us with its festive demands and endless to-do lists, we’re all searching for ways to preserve our precious energy. If you are in virtual meetings a lot, I’ve got a simple tool that is pretty painless to implement and backed by TONS of science.​

Every time you join a virtual meeting, you’re likely facing not just your colleagues, but also yourself. That little window showing your own face might seem harmless, but it’s actually creating a subtle but significant energy leak in your daily routine.

Have you ever had an in-person conversation while holding up a mirror to your face?

There’s something fascinating happening in the scientific world. Researchers studying everything from forest ecosystems to business innovation are uncovering an unexpected pattern – one that might just change how we think about success itself. For generations, we’ve been taught that getting ahead means being the strongest, most assertive, most relentless. It’s a narrative that runs deep in our culture, loosely borrowed from a simplified version of Darwin’s theories. And we can certainly find plenty of evidence for this explanation of success in our world today.

For well over 6 years now I have been actively pushing back against toxic productivity in my own life.

And I’ve been skeptical of the “I’m So Busy” badge of honor for much longer than that.

Not because I am a relaxed-easy-breezy-who-cares kind of lady…

I am aware of the pressure to achieve and produce because I find it so alluring and I’ve lived through it’s pitfalls.

Perhaps not surprising then, that I occasionally…