Fuel Your Inner Drive
With the changing season and warm weather approaching, now is a great time to re-evaluate how we spend our time with respect to our personal priorities. When thinking about what seems like a simple concept, what is often revealed is a disconnection between our personal priorities and the amount of time we spend on these [...]
A not-so-small, secret confession: my boss’s boss is kind of an insecure douche bag (henceforth called “DB,” and yes, I know the term is a little juvenile, but in this case, it fits perfectly). He constantly tries to shut me down in meetings when I have a salient point that may run against his personal-agenda-grain, [...]
Add the kind of structure you apply to your work to achieve your dreams Throughout my life I’ve reached a lot of professional goals: executive level at a Fortune 100 company, a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota, a black belt from National Karate, a job in the editorial department of a daily newspaper, [...]
Has your life reached a dead end per se? Do you want more? Are you prepared to take the necessary actions? If so, here is the first step: Hit the Delete key of life. In order to change your direction, the first step is to rid yourself of things that link you to your past. [...]
We have the capacity to change unwanted thoughts from racing through our mind. We have the ability to bring closure to unhealthy thought threads that too often control our every move. Are you promoting positive thinking? Are you setting yourself up for participating throughout this day as your best you? It starts with the messages [...]
There’s the inevitable feeling of lethargy that you get when you are internally cluttered, which can look something like this: you are exceedingly short on sleep and “down time;” your diet is long on the white sugars and flours, caffeine and alcohol; the only thing green you have ingested in way too long came out [...]
Forgiveness The first step to forgiveness is the willingness to forgive If you can state despite your resistance , your willingness to see the spiritual innocence, the light in the soul of one who has harmed you, you have begin the journey to an un shakeable place. by Marianne Williamson Forgiveness..so often neglected or underrated, [...]
My coaching clients and I use the house of life as a metaphor for self-examination and strategic planning. The rooms within our houses are extensions of who we are. We fill our rooms with things, people, projects, and perspectives. Naturally, we become comfortable with, attached to, and at times complacent about how our rooms – [...]
February has been a month full of hearts, Valentine’s and heart health. Did you know that the number one killer of women in the United States is heart disease? Heart disease kills more women than all cancers combined. Shocking, isn’t it? I blogged about women and heart disease several months ago, however, it is so [...]
Yes this is me! Let me start by saying I am not sport minded or an athlete or a risk taker or even coordinated for that matter! But for the last five years I have been going mountain snowmobiling. It is not trail riding. Mountain snowmobiling is off trail, balancing yourself and using your body [...]
