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CiPP Tours: Tears of Joy

CiPP Tours: Tears of Joy

by Nicole Stottlemyer Right before I’m about to shed a tear, my whole body feels funny. It’s as if every cell is expanding out from my heart. I feel the tear welling up. Sometimes this comes from...

Four Practices for Building the Hope Muscle

Four Practices for Building the Hope Muscle

by Denise Riebman I just missed something big with a coaching client. I was blinded by my laser-focused “career action glasses,” and missed seeing that she lacked a belief in herself and her future....

The Unexpected Kindness Habit

The Unexpected Kindness Habit

by Braco Pobric We like people who are kind to us. If we are kind, chances are we will be liked as well. Helping others and being kind is the morally right thing to do. Research shows that, in being...

The Five Deep Breaths Habit

The Five Deep Breaths Habit

by Braco Pobric "Take a deep breath" is commonly taken as a figure of speech, but many people don’t understand what deep breathing can actually do for us physically and mentally. Throughout history,...

Authentic Leadership Defined

Authentic Leadership Defined

by Karissa Thacker As practitioners of the psychology of possibility, we live in an amazing time to be partnering with (and as) leaders. Here we are in the Digital Age, and old industrial-age...