Tension: We crave connection and information, yet the platforms designed to deliver both leave us feeling depleted ...

Tension: Companies claim to want authentic culture while simultaneously deploying technology that makes authentic ...

Tension: Meta’s aggressive deployment of AI across messaging platforms appears helpful, yet it consolidates control over ...

Tension: We believe good friendships should feel effortless, yet we’re constantly managing unspoken expectations and ...

Tension: Those who dismiss others as “too sensitive” rarely examine their own emotional reactions to being challenged.

We are more visible than any generation in human history. And yet, the loneliness statistics continue to climb. We are seen ...

Tension: We’re caught between cultural demands for authenticity and the fear that honesty might wound those we ...

At DMNews she applies the Inner/Outer/Why framework to everyday communication dilemmas and long-running conflicts. Wesley sits at the intersection of behavioral psychology and day-to-day messaging. He ...

Tension: We crave honesty and respect in our relationships, yet we often doubt ourselves when we’re manipulated. Noise: Conventional “trust your gut” advice oversimplifies a complex power ...

I write this with urgency. We are living through a slow-motion cognitive collapse – a collapse of our shared sense-making in the face of AI-generated confusion and media dysfunction. Every day brings ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live.

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Parents often imagine the day their children become ...