Dr. David Burns has written a book that is chock full of wisdom when it comes to living a good life. His book, Feeling Good – The New Mood Therapy, has a life-changing premise – the human brain was designed to survive, not to thrive. In other words, your brain helps keep you alive but [...]
Dr. Gabor Maté has written a must-read book, When the Body Says No - The Cost of Hidden Stress. The book presents overwhelming research that concludes that all the baggage that we have buried deep within our brains has a huge cost. Maté explains that this cost is often in the form of a wide range [...]
Anjuli Sherin has written a magical book, Joyous Resilience, that builds on all the literature on the virtues of being resilient by suggesting that it is normal and preferable to desire pleasure and play as well. She defines joyous resilience as “the magical, powerful force that emanates from an inner locus of nurturance, protection and [...]
Best-selling author and thought leader Brené Brown has written a fascinating book, Atlas of the Heart. Based on extensive research, Atlas of the Heart's premise is that "our understanding of our own and others' emotions is shaped by how we perceive, categorize and describe emotional experiences - and these interpretations rely heavily on language...Learning to [...]
Jennifer Garvey Berger has written a thought-provoking book, Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps – How to Thrive in Complexity. The book’s main premise is that the human brain was designed for a simpler time when the world wasn’t as complex as it is today. As a result, our brains today are filled with “mindtraps” that Berger defines [...]
Timothy Clark, CEO of LeaderFactor, has written an ingenious book, The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety. The book presents a framework that allows us to assess the degree of psychological safety in your organization. Clark calls his framework the "Four Stages of Psychological Safety". The four stages are: Inclusion Safety Learner Safety Contributor Safety Challenger Safety [...]
EMBODIED TRANSFORMATION Master Somatic Leadership Coach Amanda Blake and author of Your Body is Your Brain, has written an absolute must-read paper, The ABCs of Embodied Transformation. Blake hypothesizes that just about all of us get stuck with bad, stubborn habits that are difficult to change. So why is it that we tend to remain [...]
Brené Brown's book, "I Thought I Was Just Me - But It Isn't", is a definitive look at the debilitating emotion of shame. The book helps readers take the journey from "What will people think?" to "I am enough". Brown defines shame as "the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and [...]
For survival reasons, the human brain subconsciously embeds self-defeating, false messages (emanating primarily from our childhood and adolescent years) that work against our best interests. Unfortunately, for the majority of us, we aren't aware of the presence of these toxic stories that guide our daily attitude, behavior and actions. Most of us fear getting in [...]
Amy Edmonson, the Novartis Professor of Leadership at the Harvard Business School, has written an important book - The Fearless Organization - Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and Growth. The book makes a compelling case that it is the leader's first and primary duty to create a workplace culture where it is psychologically safe [...]
