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The Foush Report

Rahaf Harfoush New York Times Best Selling Author and Digital Anthropologist

Join Digital Anthropologist and Author Rahaf Harfoush for a weekly dispatch that covers culture, technology, leadership and creativity. Come for the analysis, and stay for the memes.

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🍰 Animal Themed Wedding Cakes, Glycine Girlies, and Fractured Friendships

Hi, I'm at the farm this week, getting ready to deep-dive into some deep work sprints: researching, reading, and writing. I've been thinking a lot recently about the concept of "emotional granularity"-- a person's ability to differentiate between the specificity of their emotions. Turns out, many of us have a limited emotional vocabulary: happy, sad, angry, anxious, good, bad, etc. Being able to better name what we're feeling (for example: ashamed vs. bad) is hugely helpful in managing and...

20 days ago • 6 min read

Hi hi, I've spend the past week in Paris catching up with friends and enjoying city life. I attended a mind-expanding dinner hosted by Institute of Healing Arts in Paris where a group of people came together to have deep heart-centered conversations about the state of the world. It's so easy to feel isolated in these turbulent times, but creating the space to really connect with other people reminds me of how much we are all deeply similar. Over delicious food and wine we discussed everything...

about 1 month ago • 7 min read

Hi friend, I'm back on the farm after a stretch of travel that included Toronto and Orlando. It's always restorative to slip back into the rhythm of country life, especially at the beginning of spring, with its unfailing promise of renewal, the scent of cherry blossoms and the beautiful melodies of birdsongs. Did you know that birdsongs are good for your brain and your mood? Navigating this season of rebirth alongside the weight of the world's suffering embodies a profound duality. It's a...

about 1 month ago • 5 min read

Hi Friend, I've spent the last week in Dubai on a research trip and for a family reunion in celebration of my father's 75th birthday. For the first time in over twenty years, my father and his two siblings were able to share the same space. For my sisters and cousins, our reunion was nothing short of miraculous, a seamless reweaving of the fabric of our family. We stayed up until four in the morning, chatting and spending time together - no one wanted to miss a single moment. Yet, this joyous...

about 2 months ago • 6 min read

Hi friend, I'm back on my farm in France, recovering from a whirlwind trip to the US. I've been fighting off some sort of cold all week, which is the reason why this dispatch is a little late. Luckily, my annual planning always includes buffer time and sick days, so while I might be behind this week, I've planned for this scenario so my year-end goals won't be affected. It's done wonders for my mental health, because there's nothing worse than feeling sick AND like you're falling behind. The...

2 months ago • 10 min read

Hi hi, Greetings from LA where I'm currently riding out yet another "once in a lifetime" storm powered by an atmospheric river that's been causing flash floods and mudslides. I've been on the West Coast for work and implementing one of my intentions for this year: slower paced travel so that I can properly catch up with friends. I ended 2023 feeling like my whole world had turned upside down. The on-going atrocities in the Middle East, in Congo, in Sudan and in Yemen opened my eyes in a way...

3 months ago • 8 min read

Hi hi, Over on Instagram, you told me you wanted to see a more detailed review of what I read last month. March was full of long flights and layovers, the perfect conditions to dive into a few good books. Let's get into it! 1) Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell. The premise of Dan's book is that entrepreneurs need to be optimizing for their time. It's NOT about hiring people to grow the business, but instead, hiring people to buy back time on your own personal calendar. This was a key...

about 1 year ago • 8 min read

Hi! I tend to have low expectations for politicians in general, but I was gobsmacked by the sheer stupidity displayed by US Congress in questioning TikTok CEO, Shou Chew. I think I physically recoiled at the absurd lack of knowledge displayed by the very people responsible for legislating this topic. It is very clear that most of the people holding positions of power had zero idea how Tiktok works, nor social media, the internet, or technology in general. Furthermore, the unacceptable...

about 1 year ago • 6 min read

Hi hi, This year, I made a promise to myself that I would actively invest in healing all aspects of my life, including facing my creative insecurities. I'm tired of self-doubt or worrying about what other people think. If you're a creative, you know this type of work requires a deep unraveling of self-limiting beliefs, wounds, and difficult emotions. There are so many ideas and stories that are piled up in my imagination waiting for me to stop being...blocked? Afraid? Unsure? I don't even...

about 1 year ago • 7 min read

Hola! I'm drafting this dispatch from a cute cafe in the heart of Condesa, a funky neighborhood in Mexico City full of cafes, cute shops, and best of all: a ton of people who love their dogs. There are dogs everywhere. Am I in Heaven??? Have you heard about the feud currently unfolding between Selena Gomez and Hailey Beiber? No? You don't spend hours on social media following the antics of celebrities that you don't particularly care about and get invested in the drama because you love seeing...

about 1 year ago • 6 min read
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