AI as a Colleague (not an Assistant)

Published on: 05/11/2026

If you're trying your hardest to become deeply fluent with AI but have hit a wall, it may come down to how you think about AI, working with it and its capabilities. In this post, I break down two tangible mental blocks to help you break through!

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AI as a Colleague (not an Assistant)

A conversation with Palo Marin Consulting

Published on: 03/11/2026

Guests Patrik and Maria of Palo Marin Consulting talk about leadership, the balance between team dynamics and organizational goals, the role of mentorship, and the necessity of curiosity and humility in effective leadership.

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A conversation with Palo Marin Consulting

The skill of distracting.

Published on: 28/10/2026

ACCEPTS is a set of DBT distress tolerance skills for distracting yourself in a crisis. Self-soothing uses your senses to calm your system. Both are short-term tools for buying time and not making things worse.

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The skill of distracting.

Distress Tolerance: The TIPP Skills for Calming Your Body

Published on: 26/10/2026

Meredith introduces the TIPP skills, which work with our bodies' biology to help us downshift the intensity in high moments of distress. From small tools that are nearly invisible, to tools like submerging our faces in ice water

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Distress Tolerance: The TIPP Skills for Calming Your Body