Workplace intimidation, bullying, and negativity: "Not this day!"
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Workplace intimidation, bullying, and negativity: "Not this day!"
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Irene Salter
- Mar 15
- 8 min
Podcast is LIVE & How to create balance and boundaries with an analogy
The Leaders' Playground podcast with yours truly is LIVE! Find it on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, at https://www.irenesalter.com/podc...
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Irene Salter
- Feb 15
- 10 min
Houston, we have a problem... PART 2: 5 Strategies for Conscious Leadership!
As promised, I’m back with five strategies to reengage your frontal cortex when your neocortex and limbic system stop talking to one...
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Irene Salter
- Dec 15, 2023
- 8 min
Touchstone 2024
Every year around this time I reflect on my touchstone word of the year, and create a new one. Last year was “weaver”. This year will be…...
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Irene Salter
- Nov 22, 2023
- 9 min
How to Savor the Good Things
Usually, my articles talk about a leadership challenge and offer several strategies to navigate that issue. Well, in this edition of the...
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Irene Salter
- Oct 17, 2023
- 8 min
I Heart Neuroscience
Needing a little good news in your life these days? Well, a new brain atlas was recently released that has sent my neuroscientist heart...
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Irene Salter
- Oct 6, 2023
- 10 min
How to Speak in Front of a Crowd without Dying (and more on emotional intelligence)
Welcome back to the Leader's Campfire! Sorry for the long absence but between flying to Barcelona to speak at a summit and driving to...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Jun 4, 2023
- 12 min
Summer spaciousness and adventure
It’s summer and many of us are being called towards adventure. I certainly am! Before we deep dive into questions like: “How is a...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Apr 5, 2023
- 9 min
When Emotions Explode - Part 2
Last week, we dove into what emotions are and the importance of feeling feelings all the way through in Part 1 of When Emotions Explode....
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Mar 28, 2023
- 9 min
When Emotions Explode - Part 1
My husband, Jason, and I have had the same fight for 18 years. Who’s doing more dishes? I know. Dishes. Not a big deal and such a big...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Mar 7, 2023
- 4 min
Are you stuck? The way out is scientific.
I just got off a call with someone who recently moved to a new town and felt stuck exploring career options in the new community. She had...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Feb 1, 2023
- 9 min
What if going to work felt like going to Paris?
I remember when I received my first acceptance letter to graduate school. It felt like I had won the lottery. And the day I was offered a...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Dec 13, 2022
- 5 min
Dear Holidays. I surrender.
There is so much associated with the holiday season in Western culture. Traditions. Expectations. Emotions. So. Many. Emotions. Here’s...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Dec 5, 2022
- 9 min
Touchstone Word of the Year 2023
Today I’d like to share something that you can turn into a superpower. It’s a goal setting strategy that may change your life. I don't...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Nov 19, 2022
- 7 min
Feedback zingers and what to do about them
Feedback zingers. You know the ones. Those sarcastic one liners that feel like a hunting knife straight to the heart. Or sometimes it...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Oct 25, 2022
- 7 min
Hello Rejection, my old friend
Rejection. It’s a part of life and often a necessity if we want to make our way forward in this world. For instance, last spring, I was...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Oct 17, 2022
- 7 min
Caffeine and Me
As a college student, I loved coffee, especially Peet’s Coffee. I was a two or three cups of coffee a day kind of gal. So naturally, as...
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Irene Salter, PhD
- Aug 24, 2022
- 7 min
Smoothing out the stop-go, fast-slow pace of life
Have you ever felt paralyzed with fear… then motivated, passionate, and on fire… and then been forced to slow down? Freeze. Go fast. Go...
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