June 2026, EDITION 4

June: Human Skills for the Future

This month, we turn our attention to distinguishing and holding on to what makes us human.

QUICK SUMMARY

Here's the TLDR version. If any of these draw your attention, you can find more detail in the rest of the email.

• Last month's event on attention was my favorite of the year. View the recording here.
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• Book giveaway: We're offering a copy of Attensity!, the inspiration for last month's event. Respond to this email for your chance to win.
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• Our next event (June 25th): We'll discuss what separates us from AI and why it's so important to practice these skills -
  ​Human Skills for the Future: Practices for a Better Life, Work, and World. ​
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• 🔥 New: work with me 1:1 - I'm taking my first 3 founding mentoring clients at an intro rate. Read below for details.
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• More free events to learn, practice, & connect:
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  In July, we'll be discussing A Roadmap for Modern Masculinity.
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  In August, we'll be giving tips on how to manage the pace of life in Running on Empty: Finding Ground When Life Won't Slow Down​
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• Human Skills Practice: Tracking your subjective experience. Details at the bottom of this email.

Our theme this month is Human Skills for the Future

In a world that increasingly tells us that AI can do things better than humans, it feels more important than ever to discuss and define human skills. What exactly are these skills? If we can't first define them, we can't practice them.

This month, we look at how we can take ourselves to the human gym of Life and flex our muscles of being real humans, not merely faces in phones or robots for productivity or consumption. We are meant for more! Come with us as we look at how to maintain our humanity in the face of increasingly technological times.

Last Month Event Recap

As I said, May's event was my favorite of the year so far. I loved the engagement and discussion that followed out of this talk. Take a look at the recording here as well as our 7-day practice guide.

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Upcoming Events

In a few weeks, we'll explore five skills that are distinctly and deeply human. Traits that AI can simulate but never truly replicate. Skills that, if we stop practicing them, begin to wither. And skills that, when we remember and cultivate them, make us more healthy, more effective, more connected, and more alive in our work, our relationships, and the world.

New Event: A Roadmap for Modern Masculinity​

I've been leading men's groups for almost 10 years. In these groups we explore health masculinity in the modern world while challenging each other to be better men. With the rise of the "manosphere" and so many negative examples of masculinity being promoted, this work seems more important than ever.

Join us to hear my thoughts on what a healthy roadmap could look like, and some ways to make it a reality. This event is for anyone struggling with this topic, not just men.

Conscious Ground Offerings

Work with Me 1:1

Want to work through a challenge or become a more connected person or leader? I'm opening my experience in mentorship to the public with a founding intro offer.

I'm bringing my 10 years of direct mentorship in my community and an insider's perspective from mentoring leaders inside one of the world's largest companies.

I'll be offering a few flavors, but to start I'm offering a Foundation experience which will include two sessions a month plus email/chat support in between)

My first three clients get a discounted founding rate of $400/mo, (discounted from $500) locked for as long as we work together in exchange for honest feedback and a testimonial.

Start with a free 30-minute intro call. Just to meet, connect, and see if working together makes sense. I'm looking forward to chatting with you.

Practicing Human Skills

Every month, we offer a human skill that you can practice to improve your relationships and health. Some human skills don't come naturally, but they can with practice.

Here's something you can try for a day or a week to bring more consciousness into your life and to create moments of deeper connection right where you are.

Practice "being awake" to your inner and outer world. Increasing your awareness builds your capacity to imagine, to connect and to create.

The one-week challenge: Practice noticing. See how aware you can become of your thoughts, your body, your sensations. For example, how awake are you, how calm are you, how present are you to your surroundings?

See if you can identify when you are ruminating, feeling grounded, blaming, or having creative or compassionate thoughts. Look for patterns in your day. Are certain experiences more present at different times of day? Notice how you feel.

You might be surprised how bringing more consciousness to your days delivers different gifts.

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate."

– Carl Jung

Thanks for reading! Don't hesitate to reply directly to this email with thoughts or questions. We respond to them all.