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Yellow Caterpillar

Yellow. Caution. Lines.

In the line. In between the lines. Color in between the lines. Stay in the lines.

You won't get punished. You are safe in between the lines.

In between.

Put a the before in-between, and you have the In-Between.

You see, yellow caterpillar, the In-Between is safe.
It's the pause between almost anything.
Well, everything that is living has an In-Between.
Even you, dear yellow caterpillar, have The In-Between.

A time to pause. A time to transform from one moment to the next. A time to inhale—exhale. A time to move from here—to there.

The In-Between.

The space between the lines.

The place where the essence of who you are is no longer measured by how perfectly you stay inside them.

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Tuna should be good. Looks like the team approves!

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Breakfast of champions!

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Starting the day right, at @lev_and_lulus_weaverville

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I love it when the water plants bloom. (Happy Birthday @focuswithleslieacunningham )

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I recently completed a series of health tests to establish a baseline before reinvesting in my health journey. What surprised me most wasn’t the results themselves, it was realizing how disconnected perception can be from reality when it comes to stress.

For years, I believed I had a solid handle on stress. Yet elevated cortisol levels and breathing dysfunction told a different story.

The experience reinforced something powerful: What gets measured gets managed.

Stress is rarely just about workload. It’s often tied to communication, trust, support, control, relationships, and unresolved frustration. The scary part? Humans adapt to unhealthy stress levels and eventually call them “normal.”
That’s why tools like the TTI Stress Quotient matter. They create awareness before burnout forces the conversation.

The body keeps score long before the mind admits there is a problem.

#StressManagement #LeadershipDevelopment #EmotionalIntelligence #WorkplaceWellness #BurnoutPrevention

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Some businesses survive because of strategy. Others survive because of something much deeper: purpose.

After Hurricane Helene, Asheville’s beloved High Five Coffee rebuilt. Then tragedy struck again last week, arson destroyed their River Arts location.
What surfaced through the devastation was not anger. It was clarity. Community. Connection. Meaning.

This experience sparked a deeper reflection for me: Who are you after back-to-back insults from life and business?
Markets crash. Employees leave. Businesses burn. Plans fail. The question is not if adversity will come, it’s whether your “why” is strong enough to carry you through it.

In our newest newsletter, I explore resilience, purpose, and 5 practical ways to uncover the deeper reason behind the work you do.
Because when your identity is rooted only in profit, devastation can take everything. But when your work is connected to meaning and people, rebuilding becomes possible.

#Leadership #Resilience #PurposeDriven #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness

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happy mamas day!!

thank you for showing me the power of showing up authentically everyday. you are the coolest person ever and I’m honored to be able to call you mom.

love you more 🫶🏼

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Growing up in the Midwest, my parents would drop us off at the airport just to watch people. We would create endless stories about travelers… who was leaving, who was coming home, who was saying goodbye forever, or hello for the first time. I thought I became really good at reading body language and translating what people were thinking and feeling.

Then I entered the workforce and realized something hard: many of my assumptions were wrong.

What I believed was “reading people” was often creating misunderstandings, judgments, and disconnection instead of true human connection.

The moment we move from observing behavior to assigning meaning, we risk creating conflict that never needed to exist. Learning to pause, stay curious, and ask better questions changed my relationships, leadership, and communication more than anything else.

If this resonates with you, click the link above and read the full article on how to break this habit.

#Leadership #EmotionalIntelligence #HumanConnection #Communication #SelfAwareness

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Our latest newsletter just dropped—if you missed it, here’s a glimpse:

Emotional Intelligence isn’t soft—it’s the difference between leaders who talk strategy and those who actually deliver results.

If your team lacks focus, accountability, or execution, it’s not a systems problem, it’s a behavior problem.

Recently, The Mann Group took a team into a controlled “rage room” environment, breaking glass to safely release anger and frustration so they could reset and perform. But what happens when that same frustration shows up in a meeting? How are you developing your leaders to regulate in real time?

The best leaders don’t just perform when it’s easy… they perform under pressure.

That’s EQ. That’s ROI.

#EmotionalIntelligence #LeadershipROI #themanngroup

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