You cannot care for other people when you have nothing left to give. You have heard that a whole bunch of times. So had I. Then I made caring for myself a huge priority and put it into practice, and I learned how little hearing it had ever done for me. Watch the full video:
Slow Your Literal Brain Down With S.T.O.P. and Pass More Tests
Under test pressure, you will not run a five-step process. You will run whatever is simple enough to remember. So here is the one I give my clients. Four letters. Picture a red stop sign. S is slow down. Read the question once for meaning, not speed. T is target the key words. Underline only,
The Trick Words On Tests Dyslexic and Literal Thinkers Need to Watch For
There is a short list of words that quietly decide your test answers, and a literal brain reads right past them. Only. Always. Never. Must. All. Every. Except. Not. When one of these shows up in a question, the test is usually checking something narrower than you think. Not whether a method works, but whether
The Right Word Vice Effect: Why Your Brain Locks On and Won’t Let Go
Written by Coach JoyGenea with research assistance from Claude Opus, image by ChatGPT The Right Word Vice Effect There is a particular set of extreme emotions that does not respond to logic. You have been in it. You know the feeling. Someone did something wrong, or said something wrong, or did not say something
Why One Obstacle Derails Your Whole Day: It Has a Name.
You solve problems other people cannot even see coming. So why does one unexpected obstacle in the middle of a Tuesday derail your entire day? Not slow you down. Derail you. Reset your schedule, drain your clarity, and leave you running on friction for the rest of the afternoon. Your operating system is not broken.
The Close Loop Hostage Effect ™ part 1
Written by Coach JoyGenea, Claude AI, image by ChatGPT You are one of the most capable people in every room you walk into. You have built something real. You solve problems others cannot see coming. You carry more than most people will ever know, and you do it without flinching. So why does one
Leading Through Rapid Change (Without Losing Your People) Leadership Lessons from the Ocean
written by Coach JoyGenea and notion AI. Image by Gemini I’m writing this from Myrtle Beach, and I can’t stop watching how the ocean reshapes the shoreline. One minute, the sand looks settled. Then the tide pulls. A wave pushes. A new edge forms. More seashells land in new locations. Rocks push back and the sand around them slowly disappears
Bite sized is the way to go
When your problems feel so big that you don’t see a way out, remember that things can always be broken down into smaller, bite-sized steps. When you take time to map out the whole process and define your steps, things don’t feel so impossible anymore. Transcription: Sometimes problems can feel well, really big, and
My go-to reading tool: Readwise
Are you a different thinker who finds reading to be a brain drain? For a lot of us dyslexic or ADHD thinkers, using assistive reading tools can make a huge difference. That’s why I want to show you how easy it is to use my favorite reading tool- readwise.io. What tools do you use when
Unconventional Leaders, Overwhelm, and Guilt
The emotional rollercoaster that Unconventional Leaders go through daily can be a lot at times. I recently received a newsletter that highlighted the balancing act that occurs when you have so many things to consider all of the time. My thanks to Steven Bartlett for putting words to what so many of us are feeling. I have been on Steven