Issue #151, November 28, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Life is full of uncertainty but that doesn’t have to be a problem or a source of suffering. Find out why/how in this month’s newsletter. Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Uncertainty? You might have noticed - there is quite a bit of uncertainty going around these days. Whether it's the political climate, the state of the economy or changes at work, there are many moving parts. Where it will all end up is anyone’s

Issue #144, April 30, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! The world is an interesting place these days and we all have a lot to think about. This month, we explore the topic of worry. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Worry is the Worst Worry. That jittery little voice in your head making predictions before your morning coffee has cooled. It says your client might cancel, your strategy won’t land, or that typo in your email could tank your reputation. It makes all of these things feel real and

Issue #141, January 31, 2025 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Back in 2021, our end of year newsletter was authored by our dear friends and colleagues at One Solution Global. It was a hopeful and helpful message that feels even more relevant today. We thought it was worth repeating. One Solution Global is a Chicago-based but globally-focussed non-profit organization. They share the same understanding as Insight Principles to help communities solve global challenges from within. Their work is inspiring. Feel free to check them out: https://onesolutionglobal.org/. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles How to

Issue #137, September 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Ken Manning reminds us that a calm and balanced state is one of deep feeling, but free of emotion. Read on to learn more about this distinction. Hoping your fall is off to a good start, All of us at Insight Principles Feelings or Emotions: Which would you rather have? (Disclaimer: I am sharing just my way of using these two words, you may have them switched around. It doesn’t matter, the essence of the message is the point.) A consistent message we

Issue #135, July 31, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! It’s an interesting time to be alive! This month, Robin Charbit discusses how an understanding of the human mind helps us navigate the ups and downs and all-arounds of life in our modern world. Wishing you all the best, All of us at Insight Principles Living in a VUCAP World   No, it isn't a typo. We've added a ‘P’. In addition to Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous, you don't have to look too far to see that the world is also increasingly Polarized. As

Issue #127, November 30 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sleep: so sweet when it comes, so hard when it doesn’t. If you’ve ever endured a night of insomnia, this month’s newsletter is for you. We hope it’s helpful. All of us at Insight Principles Thoughts on Sleep Around 8 years ago, when my kiddo was a toddler, I endured a long period of horrible insomnia. Much of this was rooted in my relationship to being a working mom. It was tough. The hardest part, I think, was what I’ll call the “insomnia meta-stress.” I’d have a rough night of sleep,

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 #122, June 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Isn’t it interesting that loosening our grip sometimes helps us steer the proverbial horse? This month, Nikki Platte is exploring this phenomenon while traveling with her young daughter, but the reflection applies to all of us. Read on for more. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Letting Go   I’m spending the week in Washington DC with my 8-year-old daughter, which mostly means I’m playing chase. And answering a ton of questions. And figuring out how to get everywhere and planning her snacks and our itinerary

Issue #121, May 31, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Nikki Platte reminds us that learning insight principles isn’t about doing anything, but simply understanding. Wishing you all the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Very Human Part of Learning    Emotions are a totally normal human experience. However, when we start to realize that our experience of life is created via thought from inside our minds, a curious thing can happen: we might feel like we “should” be able to manage or control our thoughts, feelings, and emotions. But here’s the deal: we’re still

Issue #115, November 30, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! It’s funny how knowledge of a simple fact can make navigating life as a human being easier sometimes. This month, Nikki Platte reminds us what’s behind our feelings. Sending warm holiday wishes, All of us at Insight Principles Riding the Emotional Rollercoaster I tore my ACL last week. For the third time. And I thought it’d be helpful to share my subsequent mood storm with everyone as an example of how our thoughts can take us all over the place sometimes! ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament. It’s an important

Issue #113, September 30, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Sometimes the wisdom of children points us toward unexpected insight. Read on to see how this played out for Nikki, who saw something new about the word “no” after watching her daughter use it with abandon. All of us at Insight Principles Sometimes You Just Have To Say No I have a young child who - like many youngsters - is really good at saying no. “No, mama.” “No, I don’t want to do that.” “No, she can’t have my toy.” “Stop it, Mama.” Albeit a tiny human who is

Issue #108, April 29, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Happiness seems so simple -  babies experience it. Yet happiness often eludes us. We seem to have more important things to do. Read on as Sandy Krot describes what else comes with happiness and why we might want to just be happy. All of us at Insight Principles Be Happy The purpose of life is to live and be happy. Sydney Banks A mentor and friend to us all at Insight Principles is a man named Sydney Banks. I often listen to his recordings and read (re-read) his books. I

Issue #107, March 31, 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! It’s Spring here in the northern hemisphere. It’s a time for planting seeds and watching new growth. This month’s newsletter hopefully plants some thought seeds that help you continue to evolve on your journey toward a life of more joy and less stress. All of us at Insight Principles Now You See It - Now You Don’t Life has been very busy this month. My work life was extra full of projects and programs, plus I hosted a house guest and a few social gatherings. This left little time to

Issue #105, January 31 2022 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We hope that 2022 has begun well for you. This month’s newsletter is about happiness. Remember that feeling? Happiness seemed nearly ever-present when we were very young and now can be all too fleeting. Read on as Cheryl Bond shares how we innocently limit our experience of happiness. All of us at Insight Principles Conditional Happiness We’re all familiar with the conditions we set for happiness: I’ll be happy when I lose weight I’ll be happy when I get married -- or divorced I’ll be happy when I have a

Issue #104, December 30, 2021 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This is our final newsletter of 2021. We could think of no better way to end the year than to share a vital and hopeful message from our friends and colleagues at One Solution Global. There are thousands of people all over the globe who are sharing an understanding of the mind with a wide variety of audiences. One of our favorites is the Chicago-based but globally-focussed non-profit organization, One Solution Global. Please check out their work here, https://onesolutionglobal.org/. They’re having a fundraiser between now and Jan 31st with matching donations