Evolving with Intention, In Writing and In Life It’s taken me a little while to write this blog. That’s not unusual for me; I often struggle with writer’s block and …
Aspiring: Put Your Fears in Perspective to Move Forward
As the work week starts up again, i’ts easy to get wrapped up in stress and overwhelm where our attention is focused mostly on what we fear or want to …
Creative First
Feeling blue, again? It may be because you’re not allowing your brain to be as creative as it wants to be – letting it make new connections and come up …
Feeling Stuck? Uncover Your Immunity to Change
At a social gathering a little while back, upon learning that I’m a Career and Leadership Coach, a family friend remarked, “how can someone who is in the middle of …
Mindfulness: The Key to Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman defines 4 crucial competencies of emotional intelligence that are key to high performance: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. Guess what capacity is essential to all? Mindfulness: …
Think you’re “too much”? Nature doesn’t.
“For those with heavy head who think themselves too big, too tall, too wild, too rough or fading ’round the edges — you are nature’s brightest flower.”* Barbara Flores Throughout …
3 Ways You May Be Giving Your Energy Away
Like most of us that live in the PAID environment (Pressure, Always On, Information overload, Distraction1), I’ve struggled to manage my time so that I don’t always feel stressed, overwhelmed, …
Stepping Back: Why It’s Important to “Manage the Stress of Who You Are”
If you’re feeling stressed out about work or a relationship (or the state of the world in general), it may not just be the work or the relationship that is …
The Frog in Boiling Water: 3 Common Themes for Busy People
Ask almost anyone how they are doing these days and they’ll take a short, quick breath, or a long sigh, before answering with the inevitable, “Busy.” It’s become the standard …
The First Leadership Coach in Space?
If I hadn’t become a coach, I may have become an astronaut. As it turns out, the quality that would have made me a good astronaut is the same one …