Hey friend,

Here’s the truth: remote work doesn’t break you.
But the mental gymnastics of working from everywhere (and being reachable from anywhere) absolutely can — if you don’t get ahead of it.

We’re done glamorizing the “freedom” without talking about the pressure, the comparison spiral, the decision fatigue, the quiet FOMO that sneaks in when everyone else looks like they’ve mastered this remote-life thing.

This issue is for the high achievers who are crushing it on the outside… and managing a whole internal universe the world rarely sees.

Ready to make your mindset your real competitive edge?

—Ric & Shellie

P.S. Know a remote worker navigating the mental side of this? Share the newsletter with them. 🙌🏼

BELIEF RULES

Mastering the Mental Game of Remote Work: Turning Your Inner World Into Your Advantage

By Sarah Leslie

Belief Rules is a bimonthly column guiding you to the real Cause of your life experience, so you can align with truth and create what you want. Tools, reflection, and mindset shifts that work.

Are you crushing your deadlines while quietly struggling with the mental weight of location independence? High-achieving remote professionals rarely talk about it — but most experience it. 

The secret to mastering your mental game isn't pushing harder; it's becoming intentional about who you're showing up as. 

Discover how shifting from obligation to purpose transforms your entire remote work experience—and why your inner wisdom is exactly what you've been missing.

Shift Your Mindset, Transform Your Remote Work → 

QUICK TAKES

Keeping Your Head in the Game

✅ Watch out: FOMO in hybrid teams is real!

✅ Mental Health for Remote Workers

✅ Mental Resilience in the Workplace: How to Strengthen Your Mind and Support Others

LAST WEEK’S POLL RESULTS

What's your biggest mental challenge working location-independent?

THE CULTURE EDIT

Remote by Design: Mastering the Mental Game

The Culture Edit: Your invitation to shape the remote life that works for you.

Remote freedom asks more of your mind than your calendar. Without cues or built-in structure, you become your own compass, and some days, that mental load feels heavier than the work itself.

Mastering the mental game isn’t about doing more. But having less mental clutter, and designing your inner environment with the same care you give your calendar. This week, treat your mindset as your most essential anchor.

Observe: Where does your focus drift most often, and why?
Reflect: What expectation are you holding that no longer serves you?
Reimagine: Design one mental boundary as clearly as you’d set a meeting.

by Maria Scarzella Thorpe | Workplace Culture Strategist & Founder of Nomad Pass – Designing Retreats and Culture Experiences for remote and hybrid teams.

MEME OF THE WEEK

THE VIBE

News to Use

🔆 Remote professionals are quiet quitting Fridays. Their rebellion could open the door to a 4-day work week

🔆 The office is not a culture it is a surveillance ritual. Remote teams win and managers confuse control with leadership

🔆 Remote Work Statistics and Trends for 2025. Employers facing hiring challenges could benefit from offering flexible work arrangements.

STATE OF REMOTE

Smaller Companies Stay Flexible, Even Outside Tech

POLL – NEXT WEEKS TOPIC

Next week: Building Your Professional Brand- Standing Out in a Sea of Screens. Cultivate a distinctive professional identity that opens doors and creates opportunities.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Real People. Real Gatherings. Real Fun.

Tired of staring at your home office walls? Good news: your people are gathering everywhere from mountain peaks to dance floors.

Hiking Table Rock. Vinyl nights. Marketing hack days. Coffee chats. Cocktails with humans who get remote life.

Pick your vibe. Show up. Thrive IRL.

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