Calling out the barriers in our virtual work life is the first key to dismantling them. Here’s to calling out 4 elephants in the Zoom room — and 7 ways to strengthen team connection and resilience. We weren’t built for this. These disconnected simulated eye contact sessions, where, to make…

The temptation to liken the president to a child has been irresistible for too many journalists who’ve reacted to his threatening behavior like bemused, annoyed parents, rather than fierce defenders of democracy in peril. The public needs the press to change its lens. — Lu Hanessian When I was eight, a classmate invited me over for a playdate. At her request, I brought my freezer baggie stuffed with all my hand-made beaded bracelets and necklaces. An hour later, when it was time for me to go, she slammed herself against her bedroom door as…

Trump and his enablers, his wealthy allies and appointees, his party power grabbers and network loyalists made a devil’s bargain with a pathogen. The virus has hit home with them. Here’s why they still won’t submit to reality. — Lu Hanessian Back in 6th century BC, hubris was a crime. Hubris originates in ancient and classical Greek ‘shame’ culture. Hubris was considered an excessive pride. A presumptive disregard of “divinely fixed limits…in an ordered cosmos”.

In the middle of a deadly pandemic, devastating recession, and long overdue national reckoning on racial injustice, we are witnessing a coordinated effort to undermine First Amendment freedoms, voting rights, and our national postal service. But, can anything surprise us anymore? Lu Hanessian, MSc The “October Surprise”, a term coined…

Armed paramilitary troops invading cities and suburbs. Tear gas attacks on peaceful protesters. Grabbing civilians off the street and into unmarked vans. We’ve turned a dangerous corner. Testing, testing... Lu Hanessian, MSc It’s old news by now. This president and his administration have waged war on this country. Ask doctors…

In the middle of the biggest viral pandemic in a century, a global revolution sparking the largest antiracist movement of our lifetimes, worldwide protests against institutionalized racism and police brutality — and democracy on a cliff — we must fuel up for fight ahead. Here are 12 tips. Lu Hanessian…

George Floyd’s murder has birthed a global revolution. A national uprising. An historic turning point. His dying words have become our anthemic call to action. Lu Hanessian, MSc We are living a pandemic apocalypse. The Greek word ‘apokálupsis’ literally means uncovering, revelation, disclosure. When empty streets deserted for months in a lockdown are suddenly filled with masked protestors gathering in the middle of a viral…

When a tweet taunt and a mass death toll are both Breaking News, then, news flash: The media is normalizing nightmares. Americans have got to wake up. Lu Hanessian, MSc Back in the day, a story would merit “special report” status and warrant interruption of regularly scheduled programming. When was…

There’s a powerful intelligence flowing through our body’s systems. We can access its intel to cultivate inner and outer peace and resilience. Your body is genius. Mindful. Wise. Adaptive. Dynamic. Discerning. Intuitive. It bears rich and powerful renewable inner resources. …