Make America Think Again: Book Launch
As we celebrate Independence Day, let’s consider what that means for us. How might we liberate ourselves as Americans in this moment? Previously, we wrote about […]
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Communication: Bridging Integrity and Flexibility
In a past post, I talked about the importance of maintaining integrity through change. Integrity is keeping thought, word, and action consistent with one’s core values. […]
Continue reading »The Biomimicry of Vipassana
Recently I participated in a ten-day Vipassana Meditation Training in the California desert. It had been on my bucket list for over a decade, so I […]
Continue reading »On Authenticity
I’ve been pondering for a while now what authenticity means. We advocate for the true self, which is the authentic, “real” person underneath social conditioning […]
Continue reading »Mindfulness, Values, and Behavior Change
As AZENTIVE embarks on a quest to share Authentic Sun, a full spectrum plasma lighting technology, with North American customers, we are very mindful of […]
Continue reading »Aging, Regrets, and Behavior Change
After my advisor died suddenly during my hospice volunteer training one summer, I came to a profound realization: death is a definitive transition point. You […]
Continue reading »Transitions: Why We Change Jobs
Research from Gallup suggests that doing what we do best is essential to a good fit in an organization. It’s one of five factors; the others […]
Continue reading »Operationalizing Science: A Wider Audience
Building on my post about how to reinvent academia, I want to focus a bit on the constraints that make scientific research limited in its […]
Continue reading »Plant-Based Food: A Doctor’s Personal Journey
I have been a meat eater for more than sixty years. Despite my forty-year career in medicine, I was rarely exposed to plant-based medicine as a […]
Continue reading »Meat and Climate Change
I’ve been writing about the harmful effects of animal agriculture on climate change for some time now. Research from 2009 indicates dietary changes can substantially help […]
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