Why the Vacation Feeling Fades So Fast Once You're Home
It's the first Monday back. The suitcase is still half unpacked in the hallway, there's sand in a shoe somewhere, and by Wednesday the trip already feels like it happened to someone else.If the good f...
30 Loka 6min
7 Good Minutes: Extra - The One-Line Trace: Find the Person Your Work Helps
At the end of a flat workday, pick one routine thing you did. Not your biggest win. A report, a delivery, a repair, a phone call.Then ask one question: who is a little better off because this got done...
29 Loka 2min
When Your Job Feels Like It Doesn't Matter
It's Thursday afternoon. You've answered forty emails, sat through a meeting that could have been a message, and somewhere around three o'clock a quiet question shows up: what is any of this for?A lot...
29 Loka 6min
7 Good Minutes: Extra - The Tomorrow Test: A Simple Check Before You Say Yes
Someone asks you to take on one more thing, and you feel that small sinking feeling. Before you answer, here's one quick way to slow the moment down.Say, "Let me check and get back to you by tonight,"...
28 Loka 1min
Why the Yes Comes Out Before the No You Meant
You're walking out of school pickup with a backpack in each hand when another parent asks if you could run the bake sale table on Saturday. Everything in you says no. You hear yourself say, "Sure, no ...
28 Loka 5min
7 Good Minutes: Extra - A Week of 30-Second Notes for the Jolt Before Sleep
Some nights you drift off without a problem. On others, a sudden kick wakes you just as you’re getting there. If you can’t see why those nights differ, this short exercise gives you a way to look.For ...
27 Loka 2min
Why That Jolt at Bedtime Feels More Alarming Than It Is
The kids are finally down. Your body starts to go heavy, and then your leg kicks as if you missed a step. The jolt is over in a second. The question it leaves behind — is something wrong with me? — ca...
27 Loka 6min
7 Good Minutes: Extra - Three Moves to Stop a Bad Mood Before It Reaches Your Door
You already know the five-second exchange that ruins an evening — the sharp comment, the sigh, the clipped reply that's still running hours later. This episode is the practical half: what to actually ...
26 Loka 1min
