Author: Neal Ritter

Picture this. You enter a room you’ve never been in and meet a stranger who tells you to take off your clothes. You comply and this person you don’t know touches your most private parts. While you might feel uncomfortable, you don’t say a word. Sounds unlikely, right? Well, maybe you’ve never been to a…

We spend years building the life we believe will make us happy. What happens when we finally get it—and discover that something is missing? Psychologists call this “The Arrival Fallacy.” It refers to the belief that reaching the next goal will finally produce the happiness we’ve been seeking. In this excerpt from “A Silence That…

You feel like an imposter. But are you? You did the work. You earned the position. Still, there’s a difference between being qualified for a role and feeling like the person who’s supposed to fill it. Have you ever found yourself in a position you had hoped for but didn’t really expect? It might suddenly…