The Power of Slow

Embracing time so you have more of it

Christine Louise Hohlbaum

The Growing Role of Business in Building Social Cohesion

Our world has become extremely complex. Business models based on disruption alone are no longer sustainable. Enter the interaction field where collaboration is king.

Will Big Tech Destroy Democracy?

The internet has shaped our lives in more ways than we'd like to admit. Who will hold Big Tech accountable for its actions or lack thereof? And what will become of democracy?

How Efficiency and Resilience Can Coexist

Democratic capitalism involves multiple stakeholders including educators, citizens, political leaders, and business executives. The current system is broken.

Why Purpose and Passion Go Hand in Hand

The world is under siege with unconscious leaders wreaking havoc. John Mackey makes the case for a better way through the principles of conscious leadership.

The Importance of Workplace Culture in a Pandemic World

Workplace culture has to adapt to the new normal. A new hybrid approach to the workplace is emerging with a tendency toward a 50/50 split between on-site and at-home solutions.

The Challenges of Social Isolation for the Elderly

The novel coronavirus has created many challenges of social isolation for the elderly and their families. But there are things you can do to remain connected.

Why We Need to Think for Ourselves

Critical thinking combats herd mentality. It's time we put our thinking caps on.

Why Community Matters

She was on a collision course in the fast lane—until one day she stepped away from it all.

8 Easy Ways to Spread a Great Attitude

Are you burned out? It can be contagious.

Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?

Leadership is challenging, but aren't we all natural-born leaders in some way? After all, we all lead our lives. These books can help us learn how to do it better.

Who Do You Think You Are?

What we think is what we see. Clare Dimond says we are the custodians of our experience, but we do not have nearly the control over life that we think we do.

How to Enliven Work to Live Longer

Time flies when we love what we do. Listening leaders, self-expressed employees, and creative space can make work less of a bore.

Why Ghosting Is Leading the World's Mental Health Crisis

Our social media bubble is about to burst. With so much information coming at us, we are quickly losing sight of the human connection it was meant to create.

Tribalism and a Way to Common Ground

If you are tired of the on- and offline vitriol inhabiting our daily lives today, consider this: we have a lot more in common than you might think.

Europe's Largest Rolling Stones Collection Unveiled

Some people spend a lifetime collecting merchandise from their favorite band. Reinhold Karpp's story of his near fifty-year pursuit takes the cake.

The Art of Hygge—or Why the Danes Are So Happy

The cruel cold months of winter can bring us down. The Danes have found a way to offset that cruelty with a kinder, gentler state of mind.

Our Brains Are Wired for Inattention and Inertia

Awareness isn't easy. The fact that our brains are wired for inattention and inertia makes mindfulness that much more challenging. It's hard, but no impossible to achieve.

What’s So Great About Getting Older?

Getting older has its advantages. We learn when to stand up and when to step down.

Who Needs All These Digital Devices?

Mobile phones have changed the way we live. But can we live without them?

The True Cost of Fast Fashion

The fashion industry has adapted to our speed-of-light lifestyle, at a very high price. Fast fashion is killing us. Here's why.

Life in the Slow Lane in the Fastest City on Earth

Is it possible to decelerate when everyone else around you is going at the speed of light. Journalist Bill Powers gave it a try. And discovered you can shape society by going slower.

Asking "Why" Is a Matter of the Heart

We often ask ourselves what we are after and how to get there, but we tend to ignore the reasons why we do things.

How to Release Those Triggers

Life often serves us lemons. Our thoughts can squeeze them into lemonade.

Why Vulnerability Takes Courage

Being vulnerable can be terrifying, but when we find the courage to step out on stage, we have the opportunity to reveal our deepest secret, which is often ourselves.

The Shocking Truth of Gadget Use

With every two out of three Americans owning a smartphone, our digital diet has expanded exponentially. The average American spends 11 hours with electronic gadgets every day.

The Timing of All Things

Our greatest failures lie not in our lack of fulfilling that which we think we should, but in our not accepting that which is.

How to Deal with Difficult Conversations

Confrontation can be scary. Here are a few ways to keep centered when having that difficult conversation you've been avoiding.

How to Thrive in our 24/7 World

Our pace of life is no longer sustainable. Arianna Huffington pleads for a new definition of success to include well-being, wisdom, wonder and community.

The Choking Game Is Not Just a Movie

The Choking Game is a serious epidemic in today's society. Young adults in particular are engaging in self-strangulation to get a high. They are literally applying pressure to themselves (their main neck arteries) to alleviate the pressure from outside. Lifetime will air the film by the same name on July 26 at 8 P.M. ET/PT. Watch it. It could save your teen's life.

Brazil's Lesson of Failure

Although we like to win, failure has its own flavor of fabulousness when we realize how much closer it brings us to who we are. Brazil's colossal loss against Germany in the World Cup semi-finals is a great example.

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