Everybody leans on leaders. Do you ever feel like you’re the shock absorber for those around you? I know I do. You buffer things, are a sounding board, are the Voice of Reason and helper to those around you who may need a confidential source to confide in when things are chaotic, or you can’t talk with much of anyone about what’s happening in your world. When you’re that resource for others, where…
Since March of 2020,we’ve been pretty uncertain about a lot of things. And really, that’s the way that it’s been, it’s just in the front seat of the car right now. Normally we can fool ourselves and say, oh I know what’s going to happen – when we really don’t know. We want to believe we know what’s coming, and we have predictability. But really, what do you…
Birthdays: they change over time. When you’re young, you can’t wait for them. It’s a day all about you, celebrating who you are and potentially offering rewards and attention. You reach your milestone birthdays and celebrate what the world recognizes that age/stage means. Sometimes there are rituals, regrets and too much celebrating equates to a recognition you’re older, maybe not wiser. As I’ve aged, I appreciate both the opportunity…
“Speak what you seek until you see what you said.” I heard this quote during a two-day event I was attending. Though the concept isn’t new, it certainly simplified how clear we each need to be when declaring our potential future. You must believe it to see it. It’s not the other way around. If you don’t believe it, it can’t and won’t happen. Speak it until you see…
The seduction of Spring. When you live in the Midwest, the winter can be long. Really long. Add a pandemic and it became a fear for many people that we’d really struggle to get through this year. As we reach temps in the 50s and 60s in March, the first temptations and relief begins. We joke that it’s “pre-Spring,” and yet it’s hard not to…
What great questions do you ask as a leader? I love to hear great leaders share their input for the biggest questions they are asking in the moment. One of my current favorites given the conversations happening in our world right now is this: Whose perspective would it be useful for me to understand? When thinking about envisioning a future…
Sometimes you simply need to connect. Nothing more. Time to relax, be outdoors, let your mind roam, break up the monotony, do something different and be at peace letting go of the pace. When you do, you are renewed. There is space. There is abundance and connection and caring. When you make the time, time expands, and you are better…
International Women’s Day. Certainly it’s a day I look for as a woman with a passion for working with other women. Having just attended a women’s conference with one of my daughters, I am in great appreciation of what happens when women convene and band together. There’s a tether that’s unspoken, tangible and immensely powerful. When women gather to elevate and lift each…
Resilience this year hasn’t been easy. We’re all fatigued, tired of the same, and frustrated. Yet we need to carry on. At this stage in the game, here are five things you can do which go beyond our staples: Make a list of things you love to do. Choose one or more of the things on the list and do them – as often as you need to. There is no…
How do you change a conversation – with a person or in your head – from a mood of victimized to accountable? A small word change may be the simplest form of shifting readily. The next time you feel something is happening to you, repeat your story and insert the word “for” every time you’d use the word “to.” When something moves…