Feelings of overwhelm don’t have to stop you from being productive. Remember that this happens to us all, and you can take action to overcome it. — By Brent Peak Feelings of overwhelm can threaten your happiness and your relationships. When you take on more than you can handle, your body reacts with elevated stress levels. Often it results in you being short with other people. You may also forget to eat as you focus on getting…

Cattelan both mocks and embraces the capacity of the art world to create stars and make money, but what exactly is his message? — by Daniel Gauss If you show up at the right time on the right day at the Maurizio Cattelan exhibit in Shenzhen, China, you will meet a person wearing a giant polyester-resin head depicting the artist. Once, Cattelan paid a performer to don a giant Picasso head to welcome visitors…

Being lonely isn’t about being alone. — By Harris O’Malley A serious question for you: how often do you feel lonely? Not spending time alone but actually feeling lonely and isolated. It happens to all of us from time to time — we find ourselves on our own at a time when we’re craving a connection with…

Why completing creative work is so darn hard. — By Eric Maisel I’ve been working with creative and performing artists as, first, a therapist, and then for the last thirty-five years as a creativity coach. I’ve learned from my clients just how hard they find completing their creative work. Many creatives have trouble getting started; many have trouble working…

Break that strategy down into daily activities that are required for you to create and move the needle. — By Mike Kitko I’m going to share with you the science of achievement. This is the process as I know it and teach it. It’s created powerful results in every facet of my life — my health, wealth, and the power of all of my relationships. All of that shifted…

For these young people who are leading us now, and for those who will come after them; those committed to changing the world — we need to do our part. — By John Pavlovitz Marches are powerful things. They are a necessary visual reminder that we are not alone. They help provide a sense of agency in dark days, to right size the threats that seem so towering and overpowering. …

Weird stuff happens at everyone’s wedding. — By Lisa A. Listwa …is usually hysterical. It’s not a wedding if you don’t have some weird stuff happen. And weird stuff happens at everyone’s wedding — even if they won’t admit it. Or maybe it’s that they just didn’t necessarily know about it… With that thought in mind, I…

To improve your communication, you might need to double check what you aren’t saying. — By Heather Gray If you do a search of books about communication on Amazon, you’ll have 281,587 options available to you. With all of the noise on the subject, it’s no wonder that people get confused, misguided, and paralyzed with information overload. It’s a lot to wade and sift through. …

Every day we wake up to a world that seems hopelessly divided. — By Jed Diamond Ph.D Every day we wake up to a world that seems hopelessly divided. It feels like we’re tearing ourselves apart. No one wants what we have, but we seem helpless to make things better. …