Getting Back on Track
7 June 2022
Janie turned to Rita Dove’s poem, Against Self-Pity, to help her regroup after getting off track.
What We're Reading Now
TKI is Still My Favorite Conflict Resolution Tool
10 May 2022
Allison started teaching her Resolving Conflict course in-person again and confirmed that the Thomas Kilmann conflict mode Instrument (TKI® Assessment) is still her favorite tool for helping people make better choices in the face of conflict.
Can’t Keep No Satisfaction
26 April 2022
Barbara read How to Want Less: by Arthur C. Brooks and learned why the high of getting what we want doesn’t last very long.
Moving from Increased Energy to Increased Satisfastion
12 April 2022
Janie revisited Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction by Matthew Kelly and reflected on what she’s learned since she began working to increase her energy.
The Evolution of Pleasure
29 March 2022
Geof has been reading How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like by Paul Bloom. The book explores perceived human pleasure from an evolutionary adaptation point of view. Geof shares a few examples from Bloom’s book about sources of pleasure.
