I’m gonna be a mixologist today, because I have a couple of metaphors I just have to mix. It’s Groundhog Day today. Of course, I think about the movie. I can’t help it. It’s become…
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Do these pants make my butt look smart?
One of the things that really gets in the way of us being authentic people, leaders, partners, friends is behaving the way we want to look rather than the way we really feel. That sounds…
let me do it myself
“Mommy, let me do it by myself!” That’s okay some of the time. Like, when we are learning to tie our shoes, when we need to practice, or when someone is smothering us. Most of…
I’m overwhelmed…I’d better get cleaning
I know the signs of overwhelm. It doesn’t happen a lot, but when it does, I know it instantly. I can’t make a decision. I start dithering – going back and forth between options, or…
Is this mine?
Sometimes – often, actually – we are carrying around things that just aren’t ours. We carry them around and we trip over them all the time. Most of this baggage is some form of conditioning…
It’s time to rest
Every now and then, we absolutely must stop and rest. If we don’t either our body, our mind or our soul will force us to rest. I’d like to ask you today to take the…
Wait…I’m a temp?
You know how when something hard or stressful is happening, one of the things that often works to make us feel better is to stop, take a breath and remind ourselves that things will be…
CTLS: Feedback
I’ve been doing a lot of group coaching sessions on the topic of feedback over the past month. It’s helped me to put a lot of structure and polish around my own insights, of course,…
React or respond?
Wanna know a secret? I’ve learned to keep my reactions to myself most of the time. I don’t think I’d make a great poker player, because I’m sure I have a tell or two, and…
A critical eye
I heard something today that struck me. It was a very familiar concept. In fact, I share it all the time with my clients. But it was said in a new way, so I was…