Word of the Week

Each week I choose one word and unpack it from a personal, professional, scientific, and contemplative perspective. The word becomes a lens: a way to look at your life, your relationships, your mind, and the places where you get stuck. At the end, I’ll offer you one simple practice so you can bring the word into your week—as a practice of wise effort.

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Problems

Beneath every problem is a value. Dr. Diana Hill reflects on how problems reveal what we care about, what we avoid, and how acceptance can help us respond with more flexibility.

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Paradox

Paradox asks us to hold two truths at once. Dr. Diana Hill reflects on both/and thinking, acceptance, change, and how recurring tensions can become part of wise effort.

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Growth

Growth is more than climbing a ladder. Dr. Diana Hill reflects on growth as emergence, adult development, self-authoring, and learning when to follow the script or improvise.

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Annoyance

Annoyance can show us where our capacity is low and where the mind is turning an incident into a story. Dr. Diana Hill reflects on how to pause, widen attention, and choose the wise next move.

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