We all hear that consistency is key, but how do we actually get to that consistency? Reflecting on my home yoga studio’s focus this month, abhyāsa, I keep coming back to that question. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, abhyāsa refers to steady, devoted practice ~ the willingness to return again and again. Not perfection. Not instant transformation. Just the continued effort to show up. And honestly, I think that’s the part we struggle with most. Sometimes we want to go to

There is a shift that happens around midterm season . I begin to see students in class that I haven’t seen since the first week of the semester. Sometimes, I meet students for the very first time! Emails increase. Questions become more specific. There’s a noticeable edge in conversations about what to study and how to prepare. The semester itself hasn’t changed. But the nervous system has. Midterms have a way of compressing time. What once felt manageable suddenly feels imm

At the start of each year, we write down goals with the best of intentions: eat better, exercise more, be more productive, finally finish that book, and the collective "I gotta go to the gym." We imagine a New Year, New You. And yet the data are consistent: only about 9% of people actually keep their New Year’s resolutions , 23% quit within the first week, and roughly 64% abandon resolutions by the end of January . I find this both humbling and illuminating, not because we’r

For decades the discipline of international business was the gold standard for preparing globally minded professionals. Students learned about trade flows, exchange rates, and cultural nuance through case studies that spanned continents. Yet in 2025, the global landscape looks markedly different. Supply chains are regionalizing, AI is rewriting business models, and global mobility is increasingly digital. So, is international business education being quietly retired, or is it