Why Commit?
Gracie McBride2024-01-29T15:05:41+00:00When you get married, you commit to being faithful to that person and partnering with them for life. When you accept a job offer, [...]
Controlling Your Emotions
Gracie McBride2023-11-22T15:25:18+00:00Our emotions can often feel out of control. We can feel trapped to their whims and pulls. If we look once more at the [...]
Controlling Your Perspective
Gracie McBride2023-11-15T17:11:13+00:00In this series, we are applying the three things you can control to a variety of mental models to help you envision how this [...]
Communication: Resolving Conflict
Gracie McBride2023-09-25T22:51:52+00:00Inevitably, as you communicate with others, conflict will arise. Even as you strive to listen well, choose the right medium, and anticipate barriers to [...]
Barriers to Communication
Gracie McBride2023-09-13T17:27:58+00:00In the last article, we considered why different messages need different mediums to be effectively communicated. But even with the right medium, there are [...]
Freedom and Control
Gracie McBride2023-07-27T14:42:58+00:00I was involved in a lot of theater training in high school, and there was one time when I was upset about a casting [...]
Freedom of Choice
Gracie McBride2023-07-07T18:58:42+00:00You don’t walk into the grocery store and just see one brand of tomato sauce or one flavor of ice cream on the shelf. [...]
What You Can’t Control
Rebekah Marlin2023-02-27T19:12:44+00:00It may seem counterintuitive at first, but an important part of being a leader is actually relinquishing control. Leaders may have more responsibilities than [...]
Circumstances and Choices
Rebekah Marlin2023-02-13T19:01:26+00:00One morning last week I found myself running slightly late for work. Crossing the street towards the subway station, I saw on the [...]
How to Name a Person
Rebekah Marlin2023-01-29T02:02:35+00:00After several years of infertility, we are finally expecting. There are a lot of emotions we are facing with this new development, excitement chief [...]
The Keys to Being On Call
Kylie2022-06-07T17:18:51+00:00I work on the student life team at a university. This week is the first week I am holding the Emergency Phone. The night before [...]