Noa Baum

Speaker, Storyteller, Author & Coach

Joy now! REALLY? What I’m learning about joy

In this time of COVID-19 pain, suffering, and fear, can we be still be joyful?I recently listened on On Being with Krista Tippett, to writer Ross Gay respond with: How can we not be joyful, especially in a moment like this?  He says joy has nothing to do with ease and everything to do with dying. The awareness that all us humans will die […]

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For the first time

After a recent workshop I led at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Lily, a quiet and intense student, newly-arrived from Ukraine, approached me and said: “I have been in this country for several months and this is the first time, after just a two hour workshop, I feel connected to American people here.” Social Scientists remind

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Embracing difficult stories

In our extremely polarized political environment, I’ve been thinking a lot these days, about changing views or perspectives. Is it at all possible? Our belief systems are shaped by such powerful forces so deeply entrenched in childhood. Our social, religious and tribal affiliations, our upbringing and education, our emotional, psychological and genetic dispositions, our experiences 

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