Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

High-performing founding teams handle conflict differently. They fight just as much as everyone else, they’ve just learned to make disagreements productive instead of destructive. This isn’t speculation. It’s based on six years coaching hundreds of founding teams through communication breakdowns. I’ve worked with bootstrapped social media influencers, advertising agencies, and founders backed by Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz. Speed Kills Connection Successful founders move fast. You’ve built speed into everything: how you think, how you talk, how you decide. This velocity is your competitive advantage. This velocity works for operations. But when conflict gets emotional, speed becomes your enemy. And…

Now that all of us are interconnected, creators have to think of unique ways to interact with their target audiences. An emerging trend has been to use Reddit’s Ask Me Anything feature. Recently, producers Andy and Barbara Muschietti did just this to discuss IT: Welcome to Derry. Unfortunately, the executive producers didn’t have time to answer all of the fan questions. However, the few tidbits of information that were given should make horror fans hopeful for the future. Likely the most exciting news is that Andy still plans to combine IT and IT: Chapter Two into one giant film filled…

To heck with it. I’m done. Bah humbug. Well not quite…but I am rethinking the holiday mania and realizing that rather than beating myself up for not living up to Hallmark expectations of what the holidays should look like, maybe I need to rethink what is reasonable. After all, a big part of psychological resilience depends on whether we experience our lives as being under our individual control. When it comes to making the holidays merry and bright, it feels like we have lost touch with the fact that expectations are social constructions. They are mostly in our minds, reinforced…

Experience Twice the Terror and Action in Resident Evil™ Requiem with Dual Protagonists Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy: “Prepare yourself for a double dose of terror and action when Resident Evil™ Requiem releases to the world on February 27, 2026, across PlayStation®5, Nintendo Switch™ 2, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam with the fate of two protagonists – Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy – intertwined as they investigate a series of strange deaths that may just lead to uncovering the hidden truth behind the infamous 1998 Raccoon City Incident. Revealed at The Game Awards 2025, the legendary Leon S.…

A 2021 study published in Scientific Reports explored how the way we talk to ourselves, either positively or negatively, impacts brain function and cognitive performance. Researchers used fMRI brain scans and a problem-solving test to compare two types of self-talk. The findings from the study were two-fold: Negative self-talk was found to have a positive impact and lead to better performance on the second round of the test. This happened possibly because it created a state of heightened attention and internal motivation. People became more alert and focused after criticizing themselves. Positive self-talk was linked to changes in brain connectivity…

I discovered my first Great Lie in third grade. We took 100-question timed math quizzes on Fridays, and I was determined to win the much-coveted prize: a trip to the front of the room to pick a round pin for your backpack (or, if you were a nerd like me, your shirt). One Friday, I was on question 99 when Ms. Foley rang the bell. “Time’s up!” I felt it in my stomach. I knew it in my heart. I shouldn’t do it—but I did it anyway. I filled in question 100. And I got them all right. Ms. Foley…

Move over Halloween Horror Nights, Santa is coming to town! Well… sort of. Many of us experience Halloween drop as we head into mid November, revived briefly by holiday horror movies or local Krampus events. But that void inside still exists, and it is lonely and hollow. Only a house of gore and jump scares […]

A recent clinical miss for me was waiting too long to have “the talk” with a pregnant client whose baby arrived early. A few years ago, I began noticing a pattern: clients who were six to 12 months postpartum were coming into session describing unexpected shifts in mood and anxiety. We would search through possible triggers. Then it hit me: breastfeeding might be playing a role. My clinical education hadn’t prepared me to assess breastfeeding experiences at all, and I didn’t see other providers asking my clients about it either. These clients would see their OB-GYNs and return with no…

While we might be saddened that another season of Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans has come and gone, it isn’t time to move on just yet. I was lucky enough to sit down with this year’s winner, Evah Destruction, to talk about her victory and what it means to her. And what does this year’s Queen of the Underworld want the fans to know? Always lead with kindness. Q&A With Evah Destruction Luna Gray: Hi Evah, congratulations on your recent win on The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2! It’s been incredible to watch your journey. I mean, your drag has…

Have you ever noticed that when you’re amazed by something (at a concert, a sports event, or gazing at a sunset with others), you forget your social anxiety and worries—at least for a minute? For a magical moment, you felt the glow of connection to the people around you and a sense of belonging or oneness. Something astonishing drew your attention beyond your busy headspace out into the wider world around you. Dacher Keltner, a prominent researcher on awe and wonder, calls this awe-infused, social experience with others “collective effervescence.” For over 10 years, neuroscience has shown us how awe…