August 17, 2026
August 17, 2026
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The Hero’s Journey, Part One: The Trouble With Being an “Idea Person”

Who gets to decide when a gift becomes a liability? We heard you. You want stories, not articles. Your brain is a story machine, seeking patterns and structure. This is a story from inside the world and mind of an origin founder of the GPC Community. Start here and come back twice […]
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August 10, 2026
August 10, 2026
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My Secret for Cutting Through the AI Noise

Two women, brilliant writers, past 50, make the most sense For the past 3,000 years writers have not used AI to get their thoughts and stories in a final form worth putting into the world. I’m one of those writers. I’ve been turning observations and strategies into stories for 50 years, and […]
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July 15, 2026
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July 15, 2026
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Meetings Are Terrific, If You Know What You’re Doing.

Human Nature, Sex, and Meeting Experiences If you are good at having sex, you’re probably good at conducting meetings or participating in them. If you are an experienced journalist or good at listening instead of talking and getting the story, you’re probably someone I want in a meeting. I came to this […]
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June 10, 2026
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June 10, 2026
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Your Relationship with AI? Healthy or Toxic?

I did not want to write this because I care about you more than AI ever could. Whether you’re excited, ambivalent, or disgusted by the growing prominence of AI tools and topics, I offer a new perspective on what this relationship means to you. Other humans taught me how healthy or toxic […]
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April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
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Intelligence That Cannot Be Automated

I love humans, especially the intelligent The more I see about AI topics, the more I appreciate humans. Even if you know how to use the AI tools and ask the bots to tell you how much noise, news, and analysis there’s been around chatbots or large language models since this all […]
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April 9, 2026
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April 9, 2026
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Top 10 Substack Writers are Past 80

What can you learn and what do they have in common? Compound money and what do you have? Wealth. Compound creativity and what do you have? SuperAgers with successful Substack publications. Neuroscience research for 30 years confirmed that creative practice isn’t merely protective for the brain, it actively builds cognitive capacity throughout […]
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January 22, 2026
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January 22, 2026
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They Don’t Know What They Want. And They Won’t Be Happy Until They Get It.

It was the dawn of the internet for consumers. It was 1999. We did our work in person because this was before email, before Zoom, and before cell phones. Well, there was BlackBerry, but only for the wealthy or tech nerds. We traveled to meetings, even if it was a walk down […]
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January 16, 2026
Lori Cangilla
January 16, 2026
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Do You Need a Break or a Certified Forest Therapy Guide?

Probably both. If you are a highly sensitive idealist, activist, and creative with ambitious goals Warning: Content may cause sudden clarity and extreme joy, awe, and belief in humanity. Meet Lori L. Cangilla, Ph.D., psychologist and founder of the Singularly Sensitive approach to therapy for gifted adults and the Highly Sensitive Person […]
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December 31, 2025
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December 31, 2025
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2025 Winner of In-Your-Face, Daily Deluge, Confusing Content

It’s Not Trump In 2025, artificial intelligence dominated headlines and articles more significantly than coverage of Trump and his administration. Trump news was noisy and disturbing; yet, the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) was far more pervasive and multifaceted. The sheer volume and variety of perspectives on AI, spanning existential concerns to […]
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