Jed Thorpe, CMHC

“Sorry.” It’s one of the most commonly used words in modern conversation. Someone bumps into us in the grocery store - sorry. Someone passes the salt - sorry. Someone holds the door - sorry. At some point, the word started drifting into territory where it doesn’t belong. It’s almost like sorry  has been grouped together with thank you  and you’re welcome  as a sort of conversational filler. But an apology isn’t supposed to be conversational filler. An apology is something much more specific....

Over the past 8 years I’ve experimented with sharing mental health ideas online. Somewhere along the way that experiment turned into nearly 1,000 YouTube videos  and thousands of posts across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and LinkedIn. When you create that much content, you begin to notice something about the professional landscape online. There is now an entire ecosystem built around selling credibility . In other words, paying major green means being major seen. Professionals regularly...

Pity is Powerful It’s an odd concept. And it’s also true. At first glance, the idea that pity is powerful  feels backwards. “Pity is bad, Jed. Power is good.” Or maybe: “Pity is something you don’t want. Power is something you do  want.” The two words don’t seem like they belong together. But they actually connect very easily—and once you see it, you start noticing it everywhere. What Power Really Is Power, at the beginning, middle, and end of the day, is the ability to get what you want by...