by Franklin Wordsmith | May 25, 2021 | Leadership, Uncategorized, Video
How to Know When You’re Crossing the Line — and What to Do about It I remember the first time I felt judged — and came up wanting. My grandmother looked at my 10-year-old self, shook her head and said, “It’s a good thing you have a nice...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 18, 2021 | Leadership, Video
Here’s Why I Don’t Think You Should — and What You Can Do Instead Emotions are like mercury. Stuff them in one place and they usually come out in another: often with a greater volume and velocity than the situation warrants. Lately, I’ve...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Aug 11, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
How This Alters Your Brain Chemistry and Structure It turns out my mom was right. Like any teenager, I used to get upset. Not doing as well on a test as I wished I had. My boyfriend moving out of state to go to college. Not being able to go out with my friends because...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 28, 2020 | Leadership, Video
Here Are Their Top Three Strategies I began the year with a goal: interview between 50 and 100 leaders — from musicians to Instagram influencers to CEOs to social workers — and ask this deceptively simple question: What is your secret to building rapport...
by Franklin Wordsmith | Jul 14, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
Know What’s Happening in Your Brain and Short Circuit It There’s lots of advice out there on thinking happy thoughts and keeping yourself busy during the pandemic: some better than others. You know you can rely on me to come at it from a neuroscience...
by Franklin Wordsmith | May 6, 2020 | Neuroscience, Video
Your Brain, Your Heart and Your Body Will Thank You — and So Will All Your People We are watching the COVID-19 body count rise every day, looking around the house at the ones we love (who are now getting on our nerves), and stressing about the future of work....