Category: The Knowing (Self Awareness)

3 sticky notes (one says "body", one says "spirit" and one says "mind") on a chalkboard with curved arrows drawn between them to make a circle. The word "healthy" is written inside the circle.

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Creating Change That Lasts Throughout the New Year

The life expectancy of most New Year’s Resolutions can be measured at best in days, some even mere hours. So how to

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Choiceless Choices

We see the world not as it is but as we are. In life we tend not to choose from the entire

Nathan S Collier standing at a podium delivering commencement speech

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NSC Commencement Speech to Fall 2025 UF Law Grads

More than 4 decades ago, I sat where you are today, graduating from one of the finest law schools in the country,

6 post-it notes arranged in a star shape. A blue one says "growth mindset", a yellow one says "goal setting", a white one says "personal development", a pink one says "positive thinking", a green one says "good habits", and an orange one says "self discipline"

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Do You Have Akrasia?

Akrasia (ἀκρασία) is from Ancient Greece and refers to a “lack of self-control” or a tendency to “act against one’s better judgment.”

This image shows an ostrich standing outdoors in a fenced, grassy area under a bright blue sky. The ostrich has its entire head and neck buried inside a blue metal barrel labeled “SAND.”

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Deliberate Ignorance aka The Ostrich Effect: Friend or Foe?

We live in an era of incredible access to… Information? Data? Misinformation? We are ceaselessly bombarded, messaged constantly… often with meaningless content

A pair of male hands surrounding a crystal ball conjuring up a hologram on an isolated dark studio background

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Seeing Around Corners, Knowing the Future

Okay, the future is a story yet to be told, however, the better you are at ‘pattern recognition’, the stronger your anticipatory

A dictionary page with the word "empathy" and its definition. The word "empathy" is being highlighted with a pink marker.

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Want to Move Up? Cultivate this Powerful Skill

Upward empathy is the ability to fully understand those more powerful than you: authority figures, managers, bosses; anybody with more prestige, or

Abstract concrete head with people inside. Teamwork concept

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Talked To Your Shadow Lately?

In Jungian psychology, our shadow is the unconscious parts of ourselves that we repress: weaknesses, fears, unacknowledged or unhealed wounds, desires we

Conceptual illustration of a person holding a section of his face and looking in to his brain through a magnifying glass

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Peeling Back the Onion

Self-knowledge is a lifelong journey and the deeper we are willing to go, the greater the reward. To become truly self-aware requires

Young american woman enjoy some time in her house in Los Angeles, California.

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The Secret lies in the Feeling

Is there anyone reading this that does not desire peace of mind? Harmonious relationships? To love and be loved? Have more energy?

communication

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Not That You Care

A while back, someone tacked the phrase “not that you care” onto the end of a sentence. I was momentarily taken aback