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Category: Mindset & Perspective
Are you concerned about an Employment Gap
Are you worried about any gaps in your employment on your resume? One year? Six months? One month? Clients come to me nervous because they have some kind of awkward space in their resume from when they were between jobs. The reasons vary. I worked with a scientist who had a 10-year gap from raising…
Easier Said Than Done
“Easier said than done” means that something is simple to talk about but much more difficult to actually accomplish. It first appeared in print in the 1483 book “Vulgaria” by Terentius Afer, where it was expressed as “It is easyer to saye than to do.” It has been commonly used since the 19th century to…
The Free, Full & Final Gift of Forgiveness
The holiday season is supposed to be joyous, yet for many it’s the hardest time of the year. This year feels especially heavy. Evil seems more visible, pressures mount, and old wounds ache louder than ever. I’ve known far too many people who, when the weight became unbearable, chose to opt out completely. In my…
Precious and Magnificient
Do you possess anything that is both precious and magnificent? The former is something of value, high price, highly esteemed or treasured, while the latter is great indeed, exalted, stately grandeur, and lavishness. Do those two definitions line up with something you have today and right now? If so, what is it? What are the…
Look for the Good
Hi, Have you noticed how easy it can be to make snap judgments—about others and even about yourself? We all do it. We’re human. But here’s the thing… When we take a moment to pause and get curious instead of critical… When we choose compassion over assumption… Something begins to shift. As Jason Mraz so…
Letting go is critical…
What are you holding onto so tightly that it’s creating tension, pain, or suffering in your life?An old belief…A fear…A story about who you think you have to be in order to… (Fill in the blank)? So often, it’s our attachments—our clinging to control, to outcomes, to identity—that create the very suffering we seek to…
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Are you leading to Burnout & what to do about it?
In today’s fast-paced, high-performance world, success often comes at a cost. For many high-achieving business owners and corporate executives, that cost is mental, emotional, and even physical burnout—often fueled by a hidden culprit: perfectionism. Perfectionism, while commonly praised as a driver of excellence, can quietly become toxic. Studies show that 92% of people struggle with…
Balancing Emotion & Logic, for Effective Leadership
The world is rapidly changing, and so is the way we lead. For years, we have been led to believe that the “dominant” trait is what makes great leaders – being tough, aggressive, and logical. But as the modern world becomes more complex, the need for a different kind of leadership is emerging. Leadership that…
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Feed your Brain with Good stuff
Last week we talked about our Habits of Mind – and how they can work for us or against us. You know those negative pesky voices of self-doubt that can become debilitating if we’re not careful. This week, let’s take that one step further and start to notice… What are you feeding your brain? There are two…
Grieving Well is a Skill We Can Grow
I’ve been thinking a lot about broken hearts recently. Whether it’s death by a thousand cuts over a long period of time or a dramatic, instantaneous loss, heart ache is pulsating in my awareness. Grieving is not a skill that society teaches or supports, particularly here in the Western world. In fact, we have a…
