Issue #155, March 31, 2026 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month’s newsletter points us toward the phenomenon of a busy mind, how it can give us a busy life, and what there is to see about it. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Busy Mind, Busy Life Objectively, there’s a lot going on at the moment - global turmoil, the uncertain, difficult economic times for many businesses, and all the things we need to do to manage our lives. It’s common to get overwhelmed. And then there is how our mind

Issue #150, October 31, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month Robin points to our ability to have power in our lives or not, independent of the circumstances. There seems to be no better time to know this! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Agency or Complaining - A Choice I had a coaching call last week with a client who complained mildly about a situation. He said something interesting, “I have no agency.” I wanted him to say more so I asked him how he was thinking about the situation,

Issue #142, February 28, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Life often feels busy. It seems normal that we don’t notice lots of things. This month Nikki Platte point us towards noticing, noticing that we can notice, and what that can do for us! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Power of Noticing I was on a walk with a friend the other day when she told me about something she’s noticed lately. “I was talking to my Mom and I suddenly realized my shoulders were completely tense. Since then, I’ve realized that I’m always tense

Issue #138, October 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We all have folks in our lives that present challenges from time to time. This month, Nikki Platte explores where to look when we encounter a difficult person. May it help you find your superpower! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Dissecting Difficult People I recently had a coffee date with a coaching client about her troubled work relationship. “It’s so weird,” she said. “Most of the time, he drives me absolutely batty. But sometimes he seems really nice. Like, he’s really great with

Issue #134, June 28, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Ego. Such a small word, yet for most of us, it’s fairly loaded. Our heads fill with thoughts and meaning as soon as it crosses our path. This week, Nikki Platte offers some reflections on the normalcy of navigating life with an ego. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles De-Mystifying The Ego There are lots of definitions of Ego floating about. Some folks hear “ego” and immediately think “arrogant.” Others perceive Ego as something negative or something to avoid. At

Issue #132, April 29, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Life as a human being is full of ups and downs and all arounds. Sometimes things go smoothly, and sometimes we’re presented with a bit of drama. Read on as Julia Rebholz explores the point of life’s general flair for the dramatic. Wishing you a happy spring season, All of us at Insight Principles The Role of Drama Have you ever noticed that life gets dramatic sometimes?? By this, I simply mean the stream of people, objects, things and circumstances that arrive in our orbit, sometimes by invitation but

Issue #126, October 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! When life gets topsy-turvy it can be difficult to make sense of it all. This month, Robin offers some deep and heartfelt reflections on the lessons available during personal challenges. We hope they are helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Life Events - Suffering Is Optional By any measure, October was a personally challenging month. All around me, family and dear friends experienced a series of unwelcome calamities: death, serious and sudden illnesses, terrorism, and a house fire, to name a few. Each was a

Issue #117, January 31, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Over the years, we’ve noticed a common refrain after folks leave our programs. Below, Robin reminds us that simply orienting toward our potential for insight is the first step toward having even more. All of us at Insight Principles Don’t Forget To Pay Attention To The “Transport System”   When we follow-up with clients, they often describe their challenges with remembering and using what they learned in our programs. As we explore, we often find the pace of their life is an underlying issue. It is not uncommon for our

Issue #83 - May 15, 2020 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope this newsletter finds you and your family healthy and in mostly good spirits. Today, Sandy Krot shares her hobby of bird watching and explains what this hobby has taught her. Maybe it will inspire you to watch birds, or maybe it will inspire you to simply slow down. All of us at Insight Principles Why I Love Bird Watching When I met my husband 20+ years ago, he was an avid bird watcher. I loved nature and all of her creatures, but frankly, I didn’t often notice

Issue #53 - January 31, 2018 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Welcome to the first Insights and Implications of 2018. We hope the new year is off to a good start. This month we are looking at the phenomenon of a “daymare” - like a nightmare, only it happens during the day. Please read on.   All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Awakening from a Daymare You’ve had nightmares. You know, the kind where someone is after you and you can’t speak and you can’t move. When you wake up and realize you are dreaming, it's a relief.

Issue #47 - July 30, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We received this newsletter contribution from Ken Manning’s son Zander. Thanks Zander. Wishing you the best in your final year of school and all the years after. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Time: The Greatest Illusion We Face On June 9th, 2014, I walked onto the UMass campus for the first time as a freshman and, on the same day, I got my first piece of advice: “Enjoy your time here, before you know it you’ll be graduating. Time flies.” I got the same advice

Issue #43 - March 31, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes folks think that our programs advocate everyone being calm all the time. Not only is this impossible, it is (thankfully) not what we try to share in our programs. So, what are we saying? Read on to find out. Calmly, All of us at Insight Principles Why are you telling me to be calm? We were recently asked, “Why are you telling me to be calm to in order to improve my performance?” The questioner went on to say, “I don’t think I necessarily do my best work

Issue #42 - February 28, 2017 Welcome to Insights and Implications! From time to time we like to share insights from the participants in our programs. While this month’s guest author describes a trip over the winter holidays, her insights are relevant year-round. We love hearing from you so please keep those insights coming. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Travel Delays: Always A Chance for Insight Over the holidays I traveled to Orlando to visit my family. I was excited to see my mom, brother and baby niece. I booked a red-eye flight on December 23rd

Issue #7 - March 31, 2014 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Hello Everyone, As you know, our programs describe how life is a moment to moment endeavor. In other words, we are always at a (thinking) fork in the road. If we see it is thought, we can head toward curiosity, something new and unexpected. If we don't see it as thought, we may innocently stay in a reaction, and who knows how long our experience might last. Both experiences are totally normal, and we all forget that we're living in an illusion all the time. Forgetting is what life is, but