Issue #139, November 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This week marks the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, a time for reflection and food and family and friends. Regardless of where you live, we hope the following helps you remember the beauty of what’s true for all of us as we enter the holiday season. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Field “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” -RumiThe holidays can be interesting as a human! Different personalities and generations gather with

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 #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 #136, August 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! We spend a lot of time talking about Thought in our Insight Principles program. It’s a powerful principle, sometimes overly so. This month, Nikki Platte covers a topic that some of us know all too well - overthinking. We hope it’s helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Thinking About Overthinking I was thinking about overthinking the other day. Ha! What a sentence. In all seriousness, some of us (me included) have a tendency to overcomplicate things with a whole lot of thinking. 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 #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 #133, May 30, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! In these monthly newsletters, we often suggest that asking questions helps you uncover someone’s reality. In this edition, Robin Charbit highlights another powerful benefit of getting curious and asking questions. We hope it’s helpful! All the best, All of us at Insight Principles The Power of Questions   A client recently undertook a study of all of its research and development initiatives to better understand if it was working on the right things and staffing appropriately. The team leading this effort was tasked with simply

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 #131, March 31, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! As a follow-on to Robin Charbit’s reflections from last month’s newsletter, Ken Manning shares a bit more about meditation and how it plays nicely with an understanding of Insight Principles. We hope it’s helpful. Happy Spring! All of us at Insight Principles Insight Principles and Meditation A deep realization of the truth of insight principles leads to a quiet, stable state of mind. That state is imbued with clarity, ease, presence, feeling connected within and with others, and the lovely experience of psychological freedom, where one feels inwardly intelligent,

Issue #130, February 29, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! This month, Robin Charbit explores why taking care of your mind is easier once you know what’s happening behind the scenes. We hope it helps you find ways to land in that clear, settled state that is natural in all of us. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Stretch Do you ever stretch your body? Does it feel good? Mostly yes, right? So why do we do it? To be more comfortable? To allow the body to operate the way it was designed (bend over, rotate,

Issue #129, January 31, 2024 Welcome to Insights and Implications! All humans are hard-wired for connection and closeness, yet the quality and depth of our conversations can vary. This month, Nikki Platte explores what’s happening behind the scenes. Wishing you all the best, All of us at Insight Principles What Accounts For Connection I’m a native English speaker who dabbles in very basic Spanish with the help of frequent travel, Spanish novelas on the tele, and lots of motivation to make the most of a Super DuoLingo subscription. Last week, during a flight to Oaxaca, I sat next to an elderly

Issue #128, December 29, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! As we approach the end of 2023, it seems like a good time for reflection. Read on as Sandy Krot shares her reflections about love. We hope that, as you read, you will find ways to bring more love into the world. We can definitely use it. All of us at Insight Principles What’s Love Got To Do With It?   Every once in a while I read a quote or hear something that stops me. I’ll read and reread the quote or listen to the statement again and

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 #125, September 29, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Fall is here! And as the holiday season looms and the year begins to wind down, you might find yourself needing a bit of inspiration. Luckily, we know just the place to look. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Looking for IN-spiration I recently received an email newsletter entitled “15 Ways To Find Inspiration”. The list included things like: Visit your local bookstore, create a vision board, follow 10 new people on Twitter, and spend time in nature. It also recommended writing yourself a note, traveling, and listening