Determined to Reach Her Goal Sandra is a 23-year-old woman who lives in El Salvador. By working as a waitress and through a scholarship she has received from a non-profit organization called Unbound, it has become possible for Sandra to attend college and pursue a degree in literature.(1)
Sizing it Up When I find myself having the same conversation in the same week with different people, that’s often my cue to share the topic with you. This happened recently with two people of different generations: one a Gen Xer and one a millennial.
Hold Recently, I had a holistic massage that incorporated an ancient Chinese healing modality called Chi Nei Tsang. This is a deep, gentle abdominal massage during which the practitioner provides feedback.
Can’t Help but Smile In July of this year my husband, Jess, and I took a road trip to California. We drove from Scottsdale to Los Angeles, made several stops up the Pacific Coast Highway, and got as far north as Monterey. One Sunday we stopped in Carmel for breakfast before making that winding drive along […]
Last time, in Get Ready for Something Good, we talked about preparing your heart and mind for good things to happen. Now let’s look at the ability to receive. The question is: What does it take to take the good?
Today’s article had been sitting in draft form, for a few months. When I completed the final version, it was the week of the Las Vegas shooting. In light of that tragedy as well as the recent string of hurricanes and fires, I hesitated before broadcasting the subject line: “Get Ready for Something Good.” However, […]
Mid-Year Retreat Last month I attended an event at Mercy by the Sea in Madison, CT with fourteen other master trainers of OASIS in the Overwhelm. A full day of discussing how brain science validates the beneficial effects of even short periods of downtime was an invitation to create this space for me. I did this in the […]
Accounting For It In the last issue, Keep the Heat On, there were two calls to action: 1) to consider where you have spent your energy so far this year and 2) to develop a way to measure successful outcomes.
The Water is in the Pot A few months into George’s executive coaching, we had a joint meeting with his boss for a midpoint check-in. Len had provided input at the beginning of the program, to help George select leadership development goals. They both agreed that focusing on a few critical areas would improve the […]
Have To or Get To? Somewhere between jumping into the shower, grabbing a cup of coffee, and running out the door, it happens. Your mind scans the next 24 hours: What do I have to do today? While it’s perfectly fine to plan the day with this question, I offer you an alternative to use. It’s one […]