Catch ya later: How to quiet your mind during the workday
There are few things more frustrating than getting pulled into a spiral of thinking while you’re trying to work.
You’re charting, in a meeting, or mid-conversation, and suddenly your brain latches onto something else. A comment from a colleague. An email that felt off. A patient interaction you c...
Jan 27, 2026
A trick for your type-A brain: Curiosity takes your farther than pressure ever will
Albert Einstein once said, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”If Einstein can credit curiosity for half his brilliance, I think we can borrow the strategy too.
Your brain loves to diagnose and fix. The minute something pops up, it’s off to the races with plans, solutions, ...
Jan 20, 2026
Choose your word: A softer alternative to resolutions
Now your brain is probably kicking in saying “New Year, New Me” and pumping out a list of all the things you need to change to create a “better version” of yourself.
Instead of another resolution to chase, try choosing a word of intention or inspiration.A word is for you. It supports you, it gui...
Jan 13, 2026
A Tiny Dose of Delight: Start your year with something small and good.
January has a funny way of adding more pressure. New year, new urgency. New goals. New… everything.
We know the last thing you need this week is more on your list or another thing to work on as you get back into the swing after the holiday blur.
So we invite you to try something gentler this Ja...
Jan 06, 2026
The contentment experiment: The to-do list can wait, your calm cannot.
Satisfaction often feels like something waiting for us on the other side of completion. We tell ourselves it will come once the inbox is cleared, the house is clean, the charts are done, the laundry is folded.
But peace rarely lives at the end of the list. It shows up when we pause long enough to...
Dec 16, 2025
Your official holiday permission slip: Do less to show up more
Consider this your official permission slip.
You are allowed to skip the matching pajamas.You are allowed to buy the cookies instead of baking them (or jump on that Venmo option and don’t bring a thing).You are allowed to only go to one of the three school concerts. You are allowed to skip sendin...
Dec 09, 2025
Holiday snacks and other office hazards: Let love, not guilt, guide your choices
You walk into the staff lounge and there they are again: the holiday snacks.
A mountain of cookies, fudge, and a mystery tray that may or may not contain peppermint bark.
You may not even be hungry, but somehow your hand is already halfway to the plate.
This time of year, it can feel like the ho...
Dec 02, 2025
The most important thank-you at the table: Happy Thanksgiving from PLB
Thanksgiving puts the focus on gratitude for what we have—our families, our homes, the food on the table. Sometimes we even squeeze in a nod to what we do—the meals cooked, the hours worked, the chaos managed.
But here’s something you probably don’t often stop to name: gratitude for who you are.
...
Nov 25, 2025
Let desire speak: You can hold gratitude and growth
You love your family.You’re grateful for your job.You appreciate what you’ve built.
And you still want more.
More presence. More peace. More alignment. More joy.
But sometimes, wanting more gets tangled with guilt. As if your desire is a betrayal of your gratitude.
It’s not.
Gratitude and longing...
Nov 18, 2025
The case for doing things badly: You can love it without being good at it
Somewhere along the way, we picked up the idea that if we can’t do something well, we shouldn’t do it at all.
With this story, we accomplished many things.
But perhaps you’ve realized it means you stopped many things that you actually enjoyed just for the sake of them. Singing. Dancing. Tennis....
Nov 11, 2025
Emotional time zones: It's okay if your feelings haven't caught up yet
Ever have one of those days where everything is technically “fine”—but you still feel off?
Your to-do list is handled. The house is relatively clean. Your kids aren’t melting down. And yet, your body is bracing for impact, like it forgot to read the part of the memo that says “It’s okay now.”
We ...
Nov 04, 2025
Calm by association: Your nervous system has friends
You know that friend whose voice slows your heart rate just by answering the phone? Or the coworker who somehow stays steady during every crisis?
Sometimes, when our own calm is in short supply, we can borrow theirs.
We’re not talking about outsourcing our whole nervous system — just letting some...
Oct 28, 2025
