Making Assertiveness Work for You
The Double Bind is real. Women and men can say the exact same words and be perceived very differently. We know it anecdotally, I've...
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JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 28, 20231 min read
What happens when you remove the M?
I've been thinking a lot about what freedom means to me. Which is more than likely, different, to what it means to you. There was a time...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 5, 20231 min read
Since NYT's Connections hasn't gone there, thought I should!
Drop me a note to tell me what you think of this and who you're going to share this with to spark a meaningful conversation.
JoAnn Lauterbach
May 26, 20232 min read
Tina Turner's Mantra
For sixteen years, her husband beat her. But on this night, Tina Turner washed the blood from her face, wrapped a cape around her...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jan 23, 20232 min read
One a Day
At a meeting the other day, I found myself in my head. It was drawing to a close, I was procrastinating and I knew it. I was there to...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jan 9, 20231 min read
Nothing but a Dreamer
Gloria Steinem said "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Nov 23, 20225 min read
Untragic Endings
I'm getting divorced. After 20 years. It's amicable. We're both fine. And so are our two kids. It's mutual. Honestly, it is. Yet, after...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 1, 20222 min read
On Change, Cats & Cultivate
I've been thinking a lot about change. On one hand, it's the only constant. And yet, on the other, the more things change, the more they...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Marcel The Shell with Shoes On
I was utterly charmed by this mockumentary yesterday. Marcel is a marvel who lives love and connection so delightfully. My teenaged...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 15, 20221 min read
“Ignore what others are thinking about you, because they aren’t.”
I love this Kevin Kelly rule from his post on The Technium. It made me laugh out loud. Initially, I thought he was going in the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 13, 20222 min read
No!
Something horrendous happened to someone loved by somebody I love. That someone was a 13 year old girl. That someone didn't know the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Who knows?
I picked up a small yellow book while visiting my mother in Jamaica the other day. Dance First, Think Later. It caught my eye – could've...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Feb 27, 20224 min read
In the name of MY FATHER
2022 has been like no other year for me. I know ... the calendar says we're only at the end of February, but in every other measure for...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Dec 18, 20212 min read
Scavenger Hunt - Omicron Holiday Edition
Yesterday, I could feel the tentacles of holiday blues creeping in as the latest lockdown restrictions were announced on the radio. I was...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Nov 1, 20211 min read
We Get to Choose
While walking the other day, this tree struck me. I stopped to look more closely and I took this pic. I really love Fall. I can barely...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 26, 20212 min read
More, More, More!
Pre-2020, my schedule was unpredictable. I had a wide variety of places, people and pursuits that I would juggle into my days....
JoAnn Lauterbach
Sep 16, 20213 min read
What It Feels Like for a Girl
Every now and then I rummage through my old CD collection looking for something nostalgic to play on long drives. I started doing this in...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 26, 20213 min read
“I’ll have what she’s having!” 3 Reasons to Love Ted Lasso S02 E05
Lessons on assertive communication from TED LASSO.
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Three is a Magic Number
If you spent long ago Saturday mornings in the 70's watching School House Rock like me, you know it's true! Maybe, you came to it later,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Everybody Dance!
Up until a few years ago, I routinely spent a few weeks each year running communication workshops in London. These were always some of my...
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