Are You A Grade-A Self Saboteur?
I had a bunch of successes and good things happen to me recently. Then nothing, except perhaps some sloth. What’s going on I thought? Have I peaked? To find the answers, I jumped into self-reflection and soul searching. Here’s what I came up with – my story adapted from The Kingston Trio’s song Charlie and [...]
Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places
There’s nothing wrong with eating ice cream (especially if it has chocolate AND peanut butter in it). Nor is there anything wrong with buying the latest techno-toy or watching TV sitcoms or having a beer. It only becomes wrong a problem if you chose to do those things as a way to comfort yourself but [...]
Who Were You Before You Thought You Had To Be Someone Else?
“Often the pain of resisting makes us rust like iron, and in order to re-enter the flow of life, we need to be scraped back to our original surface.” Mark Nepo in “The Book of Awakening” Scraped back to our original surface – our delightful, juicy, all-that-you-need-to-be surface. It’s easy to forget [...]
I Don’t Want Cancer To Be The Reason I Slow Down & Enjoy Life
Read. Each. Word. It’s. A. Way. To. Slow. Yourself. Down. And. Give. Your. Mind. A. Much. Needed. Break. Over-stimulation causes stress. Racing through activities and tasks (like skimming blog posts) in order to progress to the next thing on your list makes you anxious. The expression “Take time to smell the roses” is a powerful [...]
I Love You But I Ain’t Listening Any More
This was me earlier this morning. I did not want to listen to my friend tell the same negative story for the 23rd time. So I covered my ears and chanted da-da-da-da until she stopped the broken record and moved on to a new topic. Not one of my more mature responses but it worked. [...]
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If You Don’t Win, Do You Think You’re A Loser?
The Hot Mommas Project is an award-winning women’s leadership research venture housed at the George Washington University School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence and I won the 2011 “History Maker” category of The Hot Mommas Project annual global Case Study Competition. Impressive sounding isn’t it? But, I lost the overall competition, as did [...]
Sucking Up Your Emotions Can Muck You Up
Emotions are an essential part of our thinking ability and not just something extra that mucks up our thinking. ~Dr. Edward de Bono Did you need to read that today? I know I did. Central to attaining your dreams and goals is being yourself and “yourself” includes emotional and intellectual components. The “emotions’ propaganda” most children are taught includes the [...]
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