michael barata

Learning with my Wednesday evening GenPsych crew. #psychology

It’s the tension between holding on and moving forward — between who we’ve been and who we’re becoming.

Loneliness can be the quiet that arrives before connection finds its new form.

More learning with my Monday, Wednesday morning GenPsych crew. #psychology

Joni Mitchell on a beautiful, fall afternoon. That’s the good stuff.

Season of the Witch

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🎙️New Podcast Episode Is Out! S10/E1

Just A Moment In Curiosity

Learning how judgment fools one into believing certainty and ignoring curiosity.

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YouTube video by SRC Growth Partner Stop Managing People, Start Managing Work: The Revolutionary Approach That's Changing Everything

Jody lays it down with Said Chowdhury on the SRC Growth Partner Podcast

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Life teaches through contrast: joy and pain, gain and loss, beginnings and endings.

I’m so old, I remember when the garbage didn’t get picked up at 2am.

In A Sentimental Mood

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Overkill - Acoustic Version

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Learning with my Monday, Wednesday morning GenPsych crew. #psychology

100% autonomy + 100% accountability is the foundation for teams that believe in each other—and in the work they’re doing.

#GoROWE

When we slow down enough to see beyond the immediate, something shifts. The heart softens. The noise settles.

This weekend landed with illness and loneliness. Fear and wonder. Regret and resilience. Guilt and shame. Questions and unanswered thoughts. Regression and progress. Spinning and standing still. So much noise and silence. So tired, so very tired…

the old story

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There are moments when I catch a glimpse of just me. Not the person who struggles with the fear of disappointing others…But just me.

Maybe the shift isn’t about trying to “be better” but about noticing how you speak to yourself.

To be lost is to remember that certainty was never the point. You’re not off-track—
you’re off-autopilot.

Maybe “lost” is what it feels like when the soul starts re-writing the map. Every detour is just a deeper version of arrival.

When you learn how to hold yourself gently, before asking anyone else to do the same.

Haven’t been.
Still not.

Have I lived enough?
Have I loved enough?
Have I considered Right Action enough, have I
come to any conclusions?
Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude?
Have I endured loneliness with grace?
~Mary Oliver, The Gardener

I struggle to allow the freedom that only begins when I let go of the guilt, release the shame, and choose to honor the self that is unfolding—not the one scripted by someone else.

Another day with an open heart

I think solitude teaches me what I need

Look what the wind blew in…

Look what the wind blew away…

Clinging to comfort is clinging to what was. Choosing growth is choosing what could be.