One of the most liberating benefits of raising your self-awareness goes well beyond noticing your patterns and tendencies. It comes from your choice after you start genuinely seeing yourself as you are. By taking an honest look at yourself, you have the opportunity to choose if you are supporting or hurting yourself and others. You…
Oh, the pressure to be better. Being better doesn’t have to mean doing more. Being better doesn’t even require being more. More is not in the equation here. You may surprise yourself to know that striving to do less and be less allows space and grounding that is both nourishing and invigorating. For established leaders,…
Yesterday’s gorgeous weather had ice cream written all over it. So I surprised the kids and drove straight from school pick-up to our favorite ice cream spot. I went mint chocolate chip this time when I usually run, taking down a small child to a soft serve vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. It was risky. First…
You can’t save your face and your ass at the same time. Something’s gotta give. We’ve heard the exhaustive conversation about curated social media feeds to convey an image of casual idyllic cool like the hipster who spent hours in front of the mirror just to look like they rolled out of bed. Speaking of…
Why do we love Shawshank so much? Hope. It offers hope. It shows us that no matter where we feel boxed in or trapped in any aspect of our life, there’s a way out with people who find us on the other side. It shows us that we’re not alone. Because damn today was a tough…
You: “How are you?” Them: “You know, Groundhog Day over here.” The sense of pandemic repetition to the point of delusion has happened to the best of us. Waking up and feeling like you nabbed the lead in a remake of Groundhog Day sans the dry humor of Bill Murray or the natural beauty of…
Wasn’t 2020 supposed to give us all Ph.D.’s in resiliency to the unknown? As you map out your big goals, ideas, and “Why the hell not’s” in the months and year-ahead, you may look out and feel the flooding of the age-old questions, “Do I have what it takes?” “What if I get lost out…
Remember when you were a kid and eyeing a freshly opened cardboard box had you panting with anticipation? Not for what was inside but the box itself – pure gold. The possibilities were endless. A classic, four-sided adventure, welcoming us with flaps open wide waiting for us to have at it. Funny how as we…
There are a lot of positive and uplifting posts and sentiments out there right now. And, they’re needed. Absolutely. It’s the ultimate joy of the holiday season…right? We’ve been dealing with a pandemic for what seems like a lifetime. We should have a better handle on it by now…shouldn’t we? Not so fast. The problem…
Camped out in your head? I’m right there with you. Reminding ourselves what’s in our control and what’s not is the fastest way to feel a sense of relief and space inside and out. This exercise helps bring you back and takes two minutes. 1. Grab a piece of paper and a pen or pencil.2.…