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A collection of Letters from the HRart, written strictly for you, the people-driven practitioner (aka HRart Worker) with a focus on growth, connection and HR evolution.

Office worker in ghost costume sitting in front of a computer.

Release The Ghosts Of Your Workplaces Past

February 12, 2024

An illustration of a person holding and umbrella in front of a tidal wave.

When Business Operations Fight Against Nature

February 12, 2024

Heather’s Story: Rediscovering Healing Through Energetic Touch

November 27, 2023

The Great Give and Take

The Great Give and Take

October 31, 2023

The Work-Life Divide is a Myth

The Work-Life Divide is a Myth

July 24, 2023

How to Care for Your Energy on Vacation blog post

Caring for Your Energy on Vacation

June 28, 2023

Three New Things To Consider About Burnout

Three New Things To Consider About Burnout

April 25, 2023

4 Ways to Align With the Spring Season

4 Ways To Be In Balance with the Spring Season

March 29, 2023

The Power of Visioning

March 22, 2023

Digging Deeper Into Organizational Decline Theory blog post

Digging Deeper Into Organizational Decline Theory

February 22, 2023

What is Burnout from an Ancient Perspective blog post

What is Burnout From An Ancient Perspective?

February 16, 2023

Quiet Quitting blog post

Myths or Facts: Quiet Quitting

January 25, 2023

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What Your Clutter Reveals About Your Intentionality

January 18, 2023

Take Exactly What You Need blog post

Take Exactly What You Need Today

December 26, 2022

When You Have To Lay People Off blog post

When You Have To Lay People Off

December 12, 2022

Stepping Into the Healer Role

November 9, 2022

What To Do If You're About To Get Fired blog post

What to Do When You’re About to Be Fired

October 19, 2022

How to Quit blog post

How To Quit Your Job the Right Way

September 20, 2022

The Basics of Organizational Design blog post

The Basics of Organizational Decline Theory

August 24, 2022

The Pathology of Burnout and Disengagement blog post

The Pathology of Burnout and Disengagement

August 12, 2022

Three Practices to Release Your Past blog post

Three Practices to Release Your Past

July 21, 2022

Reevaluating Our Holidays According to Our Business Values blog post

Reevaluating Our Holidays According to Our Business Values

June 29, 2022

Releasing Past Workplaces blog post

Releasing Past Workplaces

June 11, 2022

Panic Attacks and Crashing Plates blog post

Panic Attacks and Crashing Plates

May 19, 2022

Managers Mental Health blog post

Should We Be Addressing Our Manager’s Mental Health?

April 28, 2022

Workplace Healers blog post

Workplace Healers

April 21, 2022

Planting Seeds with Fire blog post

Planting Seeds with Heart Fire

April 7, 2022

The Mary Poppins Method blog post

The Mary Poppins Method

March 23, 2022

3 Ways To Make That Job Description Shine blog post

3 Ways To Make That Job Description Shine

February 24, 2022

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The World Won’t End if We Dare To Change

February 23, 2022

When Being Angry Is Hard blog post

When Being Angry Is Hard

February 9, 2022

When Dreams Come True blog post

When Dreams Come True

January 11, 2022

Winter and the Sides We Hide blog post

Winter and the Sides We Hide

December 29, 2021

The Gift of Nothing blog post

Gift Guide from the HRart

December 15, 2021

Your Collective Whole Being blog post

Your Collective Whole Being

December 1, 2021

The Newest Secret in Job Hunting blog post

The Newest Secret in Job Hunting

November 17, 2021

How to Make Your Onboarding Paperwork More Gender Inclusive blog post

How to Make Your Onboarding Paperwork More Gender Inclusive

November 3, 2021

Yin to the Darkness blog post

Yin to Darkness

October 27, 2021

Permission to Rest blog post

Permission to Rest

October 20, 2021

What Fills Your Cup blog post

What Fills Your Cup?

October 13, 2021

Paper Cuts Hurt blog post

Paper Cuts Hurt

October 6, 2021

Soak Up the Now blog post

Soak Up the Now

September 29, 2021

Basic HR Expectations blog post

Basic HR Expectations

September 22, 2021

Together We Fly blog post

Together We Fly

September 15, 2021

Fear is the Great Teacher blog post

Fear is the Great Teacher

September 14, 2021

Samm Smeltzer at the HRart Center

Faith in the Unexpected

September 1, 2021

Less Is More blog post

Less Is More

August 25, 2021

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Be In the Flow and Grow

August 11, 2021

Growth and People Departures blog post

Growth and People Departures

July 28, 2021

Samm's Top 5 Fave Fiction Reads blog post

Samm’s Top 5 Fave Fiction Reads

July 26, 2021

Critical Care for your Energy blog post

Critical Care for Your Energy

July 14, 2021

The Impact Candidate Fit Can Have On A Career blog post

The Impact Candidate Fit Can Have On A Career

June 16, 2021

Two Steps to Influence Others to Change their Biases blog post

Two Steps to Influence Others to Change their Biases

June 2, 2021

A New Level of Empathy blog post

A New Level of Empathy

May 20, 2021

Can We Please Move Away From Diversity and Towards Inclusion? blog post

Can We Please Move Away From Diversity and Towards Inclusion?

May 5, 2021

Creating A Cultural Rhythm blog post

Creating a Cultural Rhythm

April 22, 2021

Another One Bites the Dust

Another One Bites the Dust

April 22, 2021

Samm Smeltzer at the HRart Center

HRart is an HR Revolution

April 19, 2021

Dear Jealous HRart Worker

Dear Jealous HRart Worker

April 5, 2021

HR is not Immune to Disengagement

HR is not Immune to Disengagement

February 18, 2021

Now What?

June 28, 2020

The Quarantine Cleanse

The Quarantine Cleanse

May 26, 2020

My Yin Yoga Prop Collection

My Yin Yoga Prop Collection

May 18, 2020

Get Your Flamingo Face On blog post

Get Your Flamingo Face On

May 17, 2020

Hearing Crickets? blog post

Hearing Crickets?

May 15, 2020

May the Fourth Be With You blog post

May the Fourth Be With You

May 4, 2020

Sacred Weekends blog post

Sacred Weekends

April 23, 2020

HR Dragon Coloring Book blog post

HR Dragon Coloring Book

April 6, 2020

Qigong for the Lungs blog post

Qigong for the Lungs: The Snake and the Librarian

March 25, 2020

Chocolate and Ice Cream blog post

Chocolate and Ice Cream

January 23, 2020

Happy Times by Zoey

Happy Times by Zoey

January 22, 2020

A Connected Canvas Story

A Connected Canvas Story

January 21, 2020

Happy Board Highlights Happy Moments

Happy Board Highlights Happy Moments

January 20, 2020

One Last Look Back

One Last Look Back

January 19, 2020

Vision Fest Anticipation

Guest Post: Vision Fest Anticipation

January 6, 2020

My Medical Qigong Go-To's blog post

My Medical Qigong Go-To’s

January 6, 2020

A Decade in Review blog post

A Decade in Review

January 1, 2020

Do You Have a Heavy Holiday Heart? blog post

Qigong to Heal Your Heavy Holiday Heart

December 29, 2019

4 Gifts for Yourself blog post

4 Gifts for Yourself

December 15, 2019

Haunting Hints of Joy

Haunting Hints of Joy

October 31, 2019

A Door Closes blog post

A Door Closes

October 24, 2019

My Three Daily Qigong Practices blog post

My Three Daily Qigong Practices

October 9, 2019

My Top Five Entrepreneurial Fears blog post

My Top Five Entrepreneurial Fears

October 3, 2019

What is HR? blog post

What is HR?

September 18, 2019

Three Reasons Busy Professionals Should Consider Qigong blog post

Three Reasons Busy Professionals Should Consider Qigong

August 20, 2019

The One Giveaway That You Are Still A Work In Progress blog post

The One Giveaway That You Are Still A Work In Progress

July 8, 2019

"This is the sign you've been looking for"

Trust Your Gut: It’s Your Intuitive Guidance

June 14, 2019

5 Ways to Add Yin to Your Life

5 Ways to Respond to Stress with Yin

June 14, 2019

The Top Five Benefits of Coaching

The Top Five Benefits of Coaching

June 14, 2019

To Move Forward Something Must Die

To Move Forward Something Must Die

February 21, 2019

Three Vision Fest Takeaways blog post

Three Vision Fest Takeaways

January 31, 2019

2018 Year in Review blog post

2018 Year in Review

January 1, 2019

The Art of Brooding blog post

The Art of Brooding

October 22, 2018

Boston the City of Literal Dreams blog post

Boston the City of Literal Dreams

October 15, 2018

The Way I Am blog post

The Way I Am

September 24, 2018

Mindful Conversations blog post

Mindful Conversations

August 18, 2018

The Key to Effective Communication – Leaving Emotion Out of It blog post

The Key to Effective Communication – Leaving Emotion Out of It

August 4, 2018

On The Brighter Side blog post

On The Brighter Side

July 8, 2018

Lesson in Humanity blog post

Lesson in Humanity, Part Two

June 26, 2018

Lessons in Humanity blog post

Lessons in Humanity, Part One

June 26, 2018

5 Signs Your Team Needs to Retreat blog post

5 Signs Your Team Needs to Retreat

February 16, 2017

Paper vs. Online Evaluations blog post

Paper vs. Online Evaluations

November 29, 2016

Hope is NOT a Strategy blog post

Hope is NOT a Strategy

November 29, 2016

Creating A More Civil Workplace blog post

Creating A More Civil Workplace

November 29, 2016

Relationships are Everything blog post

Relationships are Everything

March 20, 2015

Three “Qualities” of a Manager that Make Me Nervous blog post

Three “Qualities” of a Manager that Make Me Nervous

March 5, 2015

Don’t Underestimate the Dictionary blog post

Don’t Underestimate the Dictionary

February 27, 2015

Is Loving What You Do Enough? blog post

Is Loving What You Do Enough?

February 26, 2015

A Work-Life Balance Wake-Up Call blog post

A Work-Life Balance Wake-Up Call

February 14, 2015