The Emotional Paradox of the Holidays

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, Every single person you meet has some challenging emotions surging within them. The more we can understand the emotional undercurrents of our life, the less each e-motion – meaning energy-in-motion – controls us. I hope you enjoy the last part in the three-part series […]

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The Hidden Emotional Burden of the Holidays

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, Here is Part Two of the three-part series on the unusual combination of emotions many of us experience as the holidays approach. I hope you enjoy it – and the holidays.​Wishing you a better understanding of the constellation of emotions that swirls within you,​ […]

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End of Year Holiday Letter – Alice Mwangeka’s Story

December 2025 Greetings and Happy Holidays from The Center for Social Leadership! If you have been supporting us in the past, thank you for your generosity over the years; it has allowed us to continue offering our programs to nonprofit leaders, school leaders and single mothers in Africa and Latin America. CSL’s September School Leaders […]

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The Toxic Emotional Cocktail That Is the Holiday Season

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, ​ I developed the three-part series below based on my firsthand witnessing of the toll the upcoming holidays is surprisingly taking on a lot of people. I wanted to better understand why. I hope this series helps you also better understand how you are […]

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Transcending Abandonment: A New Approach to Intimacy

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Four of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. Karla and I agreed that I would propose within six months and we would have our wedding within a year of that date. All of this happened […]

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What Truly Matters More Than the Capacity to Love?

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here This is Part Three of a four-part series titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” You can find Part One here. A year and a half after Karla left me that third time, I returned to Mexico and deliberately did not see her until two days before my […]

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The Other Side of Abandonment

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Hello there, The last article I sent you, in early September, was titled “You Cannot Be Abandoned.” (Here it is in Psychology Today.) In it, I describe one of the most challenging times in my life, when a former girlfriend, Karla, left me for the third […]

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You Cannot Be Abandoned

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Rome, I have just returned to teaching in Rome after spending between San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and Copenhagen, where I chaired a symposium on workplace loneliness at the Academy of Management conference. ​In Queretaro, Mexico last Thursday to Saturday I facilitated, along with […]

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Can’t Stomach What’s Happening in the World? Try This

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from San Miguel de Allende, Mexico,​ I don’t know too many people these days who are content with the direction the world is heading in. We need change and we need it soon. ​It’s easy to feel frustrated, even powerless, about what is happening. ​These […]

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Isolation Nation: Why Modern Life Feels So Empty

You can also read this article in Psychology Today here Greetings from Greece, Hello there! I’m here at a conference with about 200 leadership researchers, the food is wonderful and the backdrop to the conference breathtaking.​While at the conference, which focused on AI and leadership, I reflected a lot on the words of Einstein. “We cannot […]

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