Jimmy the Dean
Jimmy lives an exciting life, having had the privilege to lead a nonprofit fighting human trafficking, to be an academic dean and professor of leadership and culture, and to study people movements as the executive director of a research center at Yale University. One thing remained consistent through all of those endeavors, Jimmy sought to help people understand themselves and others-- catalyzing them toward meaningful changes in themselves and their contexts. He graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a graduate degree in religion, has a business management degree from Penn State University, and did his doctoral studies in leadership at Eastern University. WIth over 4,500 speaking hours across 25 nations, he now brings his people insights to you in this blog.
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Healing the Nervous System After Relational Hurt

I remember my first relationship after a challenging loss of a long-term romantic relationship. Everytime my new friend would hug

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The Peace Practice: 10 Small Daily Shifts That Quiet an Overactive Mind

Does your brain ever feel like it’s going 100 miles per hour while your body just wants to rest? In

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The Slow Work of Becoming: Why Spiritual Growth Takes Time

It’s Sunday, and I usually include a spiritual dimension to personal change. Have you ever wondered why real change takes

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6 Ways to Create a ‘Mental Inbox’ to Stop Carrying Everything All the Time

Ever feel like your brain has 27 browser tabs open at the same time? You’re trying to remember a birthday,

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Why Overthinking Feels Productive (And Why It’s Not)

Have you ever caught yourself in an endless loop of thinking, rethinking, then rethinking your rethinking? On the surface, it

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Third Man Syndrome– You want this

Have you ever felt completely alone in a moment of crisis—only to sense, somehow, that you weren’t? In extreme conditions,

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The Art (discipline) of Receiving Help From Others

Fair warning: On Sundays I tend to share on the spiritual aspect of rebooting yourself. Today is Pentecost Sunday, the

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Trusting Your Gut: How to Stop Second-Guessing Every Decision

Have you ever made a decision, felt good about it for a minute, and then immediately started second-guessing yourself? Welcome

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Mental Clutter Detox: 9 Simple Shifts for the Overthinker’s Mind

A few days ago, this blog got an unusual number of hits when I merely skirted the topic of overthinking.

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