Over the years, this space has grown into a living body of work — reflections written in real time and in retrospect, across seasons of change, clarity, disruption, and growth. It now also includes links to my SilverDisobedience® Perception Dynamics™ podcast interviews.
Feel free to scroll or use the search bar to choose a topic that reflects where you are right now and explore at your own pace.
There’s no order required. No finish line. Read or watch whatever meets you where you are.
Essays explore how perception — consciously and unconsciously — shapes experience, decision-making, emotional response and self-trust. They also address timing in life, trade-offs, internal alignment, and the often unspoken pressures behind big choices. Many posts look at how to separate fear, urgency, and outside influence from true readiness. Some tackle awareness of our nervous system, maintaining emotional steadiness, and returning to center — especially during periods of uncertainty, conflict, or fatigue. Plenty examine interpersonal perception, unspoken cues, boundaries, loyalty, projection, and the subtle mechanics of influence — both personal and professional. Others tackle leadership as an internal state, not a title. Topics include presence under scrutiny, decision-making in high-stakes environments, and maintaining integrity while operating in complex systems. I explore personal evolution, self-trust, and the quiet courage required to outgrow old identities — without abandoning yourself in the process. You can also expect to find posts about space for grief, patience, waiting, and the uncomfortable middle — when clarity hasn’t arrived yet, but something is clearly shifting. Basically you’ll find thoughts about the entirety of the human experience.
Enjoy! Thank you for visiting. I hope you find the content valuable. If you ever need to go deeper, I offer private consultations.
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The Language You’re Speaking Before You Open Your Mouth
Most people believe their influence lives in words. This is, at best, an elementary understanding of how human communication actually works. Words are the last thing we process. Long before content is evaluated, influence is determined through affective signaling —the emotional data you transmit before logic ever arrives. This includes your tone, pace, stillness, certainty, Keep reading →
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The Dangers of the Echo Chamber Effect
The media’s polarization, driven by various agendas, breeds divisiveness. The echo chamber effect, reinforced by social media algorithms and limited news sources, hinders open-mindedness and constructive dialogue. Anonymity online fuels harmful behavior and cancel culture. Dian Griesel advises vigilance against echo chambers and advocates for thoughtful sharing. Follow her for thought-provoking content. Keep reading →
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The Phenomenon of Continued Influence Effect
Ever wonder why people continue to believe something after it’s been thoroughly debunked as false? Continued Influence Effect is at play. The continued influence effect refers to a cognitive phenomenon where misinformation or inaccurate information continues to affect people’s beliefs and judgments even after they have been presented with corrections or accurate information. This effect Keep reading →
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Recent posts
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The Phenomenon of Continued Influence Effect
Ever wonder why people continue to believe something after it’s been thoroughly debunked as false? Continued Influence Effect is at play. The continued influence effect refers to a cognitive phenomenon where misinformation or inaccurate information continues to affect people’s beliefs and judgments even after they have been presented with corrections or accurate information. This effect Keep reading →
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The Language You’re Speaking Before You Open Your Mouth
Most people believe their influence lives in words. This is, at best, an elementary understanding of how human communication actually works. Words are the last thing we process. Long before content is evaluated, influence is determined through affective signaling —the emotional data you transmit before logic ever arrives. This includes your tone, pace, stillness, certainty, Keep reading →
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The Dangers of the Echo Chamber Effect
The media’s polarization, driven by various agendas, breeds divisiveness. The echo chamber effect, reinforced by social media algorithms and limited news sources, hinders open-mindedness and constructive dialogue. Anonymity online fuels harmful behavior and cancel culture. Dian Griesel advises vigilance against echo chambers and advocates for thoughtful sharing. Follow her for thought-provoking content. Keep reading →
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How to Become a Calm Presence & Conscious Participant
A good goal is to be a calm presence and conscious participant in all interactions and situations. To be a calm presence means we have to possess a state of inner tranquility, holding our composure, especially in challenging or stressful situations. It involves maintaining our emotional stability and serenity, while choosing to not re-act while Keep reading →
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Playing Time Machine Builds Memory
To stay as mentally sharp as possible, we need to keep our minds toned by exercising our brain cells daily. This is essential if we want to avoid mental decline. There’s a lot of research that confirms the harder we make our brains work, the better our brains will serve us for the long haul. Keep reading →
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Life: A Giant Perseverance Test
In many ways, life is one big perseverance test—starting with things as basic as walking and, for many, ending with walking difficulties. In the middle, we face off against life, going up against whatever comes our way as we try again and again, with hopes of improving our lives for the better. Defined as a Keep reading →
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When a Personality is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The expression about how we’ve only seen “the tip of the iceberg” is really one of the best descriptors of people. While most think this phrase is a warning about how a problem or difficulty is only a small part of a bigger issue, I actually visualize icebergs quite differently. Let me explain: Ninety percent Keep reading →
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The Difference Between Hearing and Listening
Hearing and listening are two distinct processes that involve the perception of sound, but they differ in terms of their level of attentiveness and cognitive processing. Hearing refers merely to the physical ability to detect sound waves through the ears, while listening encompasses a more active and intentional process of understanding and comprehending the meaning Keep reading →
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A Good Heart IS the Key
A good heart is the key to opening many locked hearts. A good heart can melt the hardest hearts. A good heart can make enemies friends and turn tears back into smiles. A good heart inspires, lifts, softens, soothes, and heals the hurts of others. A good heart forgives. Stays positive in the face of Keep reading →
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Forgiving, Forgetting & Selective Memory
Forgiving and forgetting are the two best strategies I can think of for having a good day and an overall pleasant life. I’ve been in business, self-employed, for more than 40 years. I’ve dealt with all kinds of people on my entrepreneurial up-and-down journey. Those who know me well, marvel that through it all I’ve Keep reading →
