“Staying positive doesn’t mean things will turn out okay. Rather, it is knowing YOU will be okay no matter how things turn out.” For me, one of the ways I stay grounded is to find perspective when things are happening. Recently, I was at the gym and thought I had socks in my shoes when I didn’t. My coach looked…
Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.” Parker Palmer As I look back on the most challenging years of my life, one of the greatest outcomes for improving the quality of my life was from a promise I made…
Whenever you anticipate something new or an unexpected change, you’re bombarded with feelings. Your anticipation, excitement, fear, doubt and everything in between. How can you reframe these moments to be catalysts for action rather than a speed bump or stuck point? For me, I need to focus on what my first step forward can be. The question “why not me?”…
One-quarter of the way there! Wow. For those of you who have been with me since the beginning, thank you. I don’t know who is playing along unless you comment, but thankfully when I connect with people in person, they tell me they are! If I waited for the likes and shares to validate this practice, I’d have quit a looooong time…
Our world is shifting rapidly. We all appreciate certain changes better than others. The nature of relationships and communication also gets trickier as we go. How do we connect and engage as technology provides the instant response we are now conditioned to receive? Imagine this (borrowed from a social media post, author unattributed from newspaper): “I am trying to make…
@michelleobama tweeted her workout playlist this week as inspiration to anyone working on resolutions. I was inspired by it and added several of her songs to my list as well. Should you need some musical motivation to work through your plateau, find your own groove, continually learn or just enjoy…I’ve included a sample below! Please add your favorite songs in…
If you read my blog often, you know I’m a big Seth Godin fan. His recent blog, The Dolittle Effect was a really good one. In it, he talks about how the movie tanked, yet it had 4 key ingredients for what should have been an incredible success, yet it wasn’t. The final line of the blog says “sometimes, the…
Frequently, I work with teams on Team Health using Patrick Lencioni’s work from the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. One of the most valuable parts of his pyramid is the encouragement of healthy conflict. The most powerful metaphor I’ve found to describe how a great leader has used healthy conflict for the greater good is a story (which I don’t…
Great practices define you. What you do consistently determines what’s possible and available. This list of 25 tiny habits (practices) by Kim Quindlen in Thought Catalog is a great accumulation of little things which make a big difference over time. Practice some or all, most are a short time investment, with big returns. All 25 appear in blogs 242, 243,…