learning more about my healer self

so lately i’ve been leaning (for several reasons, including some experiences with evolutionary leadership) into my healer self.

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parts of my friend zone thinking that didn't make it into my medium post

there are a few things i didn’t cover in my friend zone post on medium that are actually really important to me. the piece somehow got up to an 8min read and i was trying to keep it under five so i just cut my losses and wrapped it without all the things in it. that’s probably somewhat obvious by all the post scripts lol.

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when data is a substitute for relationship

so something i’ve noticed (and i’m sure i’m not the first) is how often “data” is used as a substitute for relationship.

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ellen langer on mindlessness, mindfulness, and business

in ellen langer’s interview on on being, there was a pair of lines that krista pointed out that rocked me. well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but they really did hit me pretty hard. the lines:

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why having a diverse friend ecosystem matters

as i put together my most recent medium post, i’ve been doing a lot of thinking about friends, friendship, and community (though i’ve been thinking about that stuff for at least a year). one thing that kept coming up but i couldn’t find a good way to fit in was diversity as it relates to resilience. my thoughts wandered around two dimensions of diversity. one being diversity among my zone 1 & 2 friends and the second being diversity in terms of proximity (i.e. having an appropriate mix of friends from zones 1 all the way out to 4).

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