by Molly Gordon | Dec 1, 2016 | Emotional intelligence, Three Principles, Video, Wellbeing, Wisdom
Too often we try to improve our human experience by managing it. We celebrate our highs and try to maximize them. We critique our lows and try to root them out. Though we do it in all innocence, all that managing and editorializing actually interferes with our inborn...
by Molly Gordon | Nov 18, 2016 | Emotional intelligence, Fear, Freedom, Lovingkindness, Mindfulness, Resilience
In the wake of the election, I see many well-intentioned people fomenting fear as a strategy for making themselves and others safe. A state of chronic fear depletes us mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Fear is not sustainable, and fomenting it...
by Molly Gordon | Nov 3, 2016 | Confidence, Emotional intelligence, Fear, Resilience, Video, Wisdom
Confusion happens when we obsess about what we can’t see and miss the fact that we can always see just enough for right...
by Molly Gordon | Sep 16, 2016 | Consciousness, Emotional intelligence, Mindfulness, Resilience, Service, Video, Wisdom
Contentment is connection with inherent wellbeing, resilience, and resourcefulness. Far from being a passive retreat from the problems of the world, it is the foundation for deep...
by Molly Gordon | Sep 1, 2016 | Emotional intelligence, Resilience, Video
Resilience is part of your nature, and the more deeply you see that, the more easily you will access that resilience. In a recent episode of The Daily Show, Senator Cory Booker contrasted going through life as a thermometer or a thermostat. The thermometer is at the...
by Molly Gordon | Aug 25, 2016 | Emotional intelligence, Productivity, Resilience, Success, Thought, Three Principles, Video
The synopsis: There are times in life when we’re doing just fine, even spectacularly, but for our confused thinking about how we are doing. Rather than trying to do better, we can drop our story about how we’re doing and discover the natural genius that’s already at...
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