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Love: Humanity’s Core Intelligence

Love: Humanity’s Core Intelligence

As we move forward in a world where AI could help solve global hunger or climate change—or just as easily drive mass manipulation, political chaos, and economic exploitation—we must remember this: AI itself is not the opportunity or the threat. We are.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Sep 11, 2025
Ask For What You Want

Ask For What You Want

Because closed mouths don’t open doors—and sometimes the doors that open change everything.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Sep 4, 2025
Turmeric, Lavender, and a Lesson in Self-Care

Turmeric, Lavender, and a Lesson in Self-Care

Why slowing down is neither laziness nor luxury—it’s preparation for living love well.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Aug 28, 2025
The Problem With ‘Never Be Perfect’

The Problem With ‘Never Be Perfect’

Here’s the real problem: “not perfect” isn’t just a tough game—it’s the wrong game. We’ve been taught to chase it as if it were the prize, when in reality it’s a rigged game. No one wins. No one even gets close. And while we’re busy playing it, we miss the real game entirely: becoming healthy.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Aug 21, 2025
The Art of Receiving Affirmation

The Art of Receiving Affirmation

Why it feels so hard—and how to let it in.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Aug 14, 2025
Live & Let Live: The Art of Loving Without Control

Live & Let Live: The Art of Loving Without Control

My mom taught me something most of us spend our whole lives trying to learn: how to love without controlling, how to release people from our expectations.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Aug 7, 2025
Let Love Rule: The Muscle Memory of a Better World

Let Love Rule: The Muscle Memory of a Better World

Letting love rule isn’t soft—it’s disruptive. It calls us to reorder our lives, surrender ego, and risk kindness even when it costs us. It’s not the easiest path, but it just might be the most reliable path to a better world.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jul 31, 2025
The Gift Inside Regret

The Gift Inside Regret

How emotionally intelligent people use regret not as a punishment—but as a path to love, learning, and repair.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jul 24, 2025
What the World’s Happiest People Know That We Often Forget

What the World’s Happiest People Know That We Often Forget

Insights from the Global Flourishing Study—and one quiet moment on my couch.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jul 16, 2025
Highest and Best Use: A Question Worth Asking

Highest and Best Use: A Question Worth Asking

Is the life you built still the life you’re meant to live?

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jul 9, 2025
Why Accepting Love Is Harder—and More Healing—Than We Think

Why Accepting Love Is Harder—and More Healing—Than We Think

Love, it turns out, isn't just something we offer. It's something we receive. And some of us have to learn how to receive.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jul 2, 2025
Be Committed To Do What It Takes To Have What You Want

Be Committed To Do What It Takes To Have What You Want

What burpees taught me about love and commitment.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jun 25, 2025
Confession: I'm a Recovering Judge-a-Holic

Confession: I'm a Recovering Judge-a-Holic

Judging feels delicious. Like salted caramel bitterness. It gives us a tiny high. A sense of superiority. A moment of certainty in an uncertain world. But there's something hidden underneath it.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jun 25, 2025
What Is Love—Really?

What Is Love—Really?

What energy are we living from? Not just in theory—but in practice, in posture, in presence? That's where the real definition of love begins.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jun 11, 2025
The Map You Didn't Know You Needed

The Map You Didn't Know You Needed

One simple practice of connection, curiosity, and presence can guide and transform relationships beyond daily chaos and challenge.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Jun 4, 2025
What If Stuck-ness Isn’t a Life Sentence?

What If Stuck-ness Isn’t a Life Sentence?

“Every single one of us struggles. Every single one of us needs to work through things. You can't get through life without struggling in some way.” Still most of wait...

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
May 28, 2025
Love In a Time of Contempt
Contempt

Love In a Time of Contempt

Contempt is quietly dividing us. Can we stop it?

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
May 21, 2025
Want More Joy? Spot What’s Right!

Want More Joy? Spot What’s Right!

Gratitude won’t fix everything—but it just might change the atmosphere, soften sharp edges, and make space for joy to take root—in the quiet, in the ordinary, and even in the hard.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
May 15, 2025
They Said Something That Stung. Now What?

They Said Something That Stung. Now What?

How to you speak up when feeling hurt without burning the bridge

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
May 7, 2025
Feel It With Me. Don't Fix It For Me

Feel It With Me. Don't Fix It For Me

Starting with solutions doesn't always lead to connection. And if we're not careful, our drive to fix things can actually disconnect us from the people we care about most.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Apr 30, 2025
What a Four-Year-Old Taught Me About Love in Motion

What a Four-Year-Old Taught Me About Love in Motion

Every day we are confronted with small bids for connection. And each time, we have a choice: Will we turn toward? Or turn away?

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Apr 23, 2025
The Ache We All Carry, The Hope We All Need

The Ache We All Carry, The Hope We All Need

At some point, every one of us hits a wall. We lose our bearings. We run out of answers. And in that moment, we face a choice: shut down or reach out.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Apr 16, 2025
How Belief-Shifting Can Rewire Your Life

How Belief-Shifting Can Rewire Your Life

What if the problem isn't your life—or even your feelings? What if the real problem is the story you've been telling yourself about yourself?

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Apr 9, 2025
The Seduction of Certainty

The Seduction of Certainty

It's easy to crave certainty. We want definitive answers in our relationships, careers, and beliefs. We feel safer when we know what's right, whom to trust, and where to go next. But what if certainty isn't strength? What if it's actually limiting us?

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Apr 2, 2025
Who Is Your Home? (And How Do You Build It?) Part 2

Who Is Your Home? (And How Do You Build It?) Part 2

Finding your “home” in the people who truly know and love you is a profound gift—but keeping that home strong takes work—because the best homes aren't the ones that never face storms, but the ones built to withstand them.

Jonathan Penner
Jonathan Penner
Mar 26, 2025

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