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Wisdom or Wounded? Healing With An Open Heart
Healing with an Open Heart Although we can understand the ideas behind forgiveness and see its wisdom, the process of bringing forgiveness into our lives and applying it to situations where we are...
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Dealing with Difficult People: Those Who Cannot Admit They Are Wrong
“Mistakes are the portals of discovery”- James Joyce Meg appeared in my doorway, hesitated and then slowly walked toward me, her finger outstretched, pointing. “Have you seen the Miller file? I think...
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The Key to Productivity Isn’t More Rest, It’s Intentionality
For some of us, the notion that working only part-time on a legacy project is the best approach is tempting. Is it possible to do such a thing? Sure, of course. Free time and the ability to choose how...
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Building a Healthy Relationship with Money
My father always told me that “money can’t buy happiness, but it can sure prevent a lot of unhappiness.” While our beliefs and priorities don’t always align, I’ve found this to be a fairly true...
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The Best “Place” I’ve Ever Been…
Almost three years ago I threw out all of my belongings, stopped renting an apartment and lived only in AirBnBs. I moved every few days. I lived out of a carry on bag. I had fewer than 15 belongings,...
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The Suck Factor of Life Balance, + Passion as a Cure to Stress
I no sooner want to be balanced than I want to be a “good” girl. “Balance” is not something I want to live down to. – me If consensus is overrated, I think balance is too. I have no interest in living...
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Try This Simple Night Meditation Called “The Evening Review”
Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps that...
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About That Tantrum
A note to the customer who just had a meltdown. To the groom without a perfect wedding, to the rental car customer who had to wait twenty minutes, and to the boss who’s furious that the delivery wasn’t...
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Your 12 Step Program to Become a Recovering Perfectionist
“Perfection is the lowest standard any human can have.” — Heather Forbes Think your child needs a perfect parent? Think again. In fact, your quest to be perfect gets in the way of loving your child...
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The Top 3 Lies Keeping You Single
When single, have you ever found yourself saying “I’ll date when I lose those last 10 pounds”, or “I’ll date once I’m in better shape” or “…once I’m finished getting my Ph.D.”? Today we are going to...
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Breaking the Cycle
This week on the podcast, I coached on a topic I have never coached on air before: breaking the cycle of unconscious parenting. My caller, Cathy, shares about the struggles she has as a mother. She has...
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My Favorite Books About Parenting
I’ve read many parenting books, but there are a few that really stand out to me – in many cases, I’ve read these books several times. One thing I’ve discovered is that when a parenting book is truly...
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You Always Fit Perfectly in You
Don’t sit down and block the road of life — whenever life enters a period of dynamic growth, there will always be a complete lack of familiar patterns. With this lack of familiarity comes tremendous...
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Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams
After studying more than 500 successful tech companies, Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke University, concluded that the...
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How to Make Fear Your Best Friend
Nausea. Terror. Fear. My stomach rose into my throat. I walked on a swing bridge high above roaring rapids at Mount Cook, New Zealand recently. Heights scare me. Bouncing up and down on a swing bridge...
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How to Be Successful in Life
Somewhere in the depths of our soul, we all have this deep-seated desire to be successful at something, to be great at something. It is ambition. Many people aspire after wealth, diamonds, riches,...
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Spring Clean Your Body
Spring is undeniably a good time to deal with your body. We are all (the willing and the unwilling) forced to deal with warmer weather and the inevitable t-shirts, skirts, and shorts that emerge for...
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How Letting Go of My 9-5 Helped Me Explore My Life Purpose
Growing up I was always a vivacious and curious child, I had something to say and I made sure that my voice rippled in the hearts of those that I encountered. I would always think and reflect that...
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The Ultimate Guide to Achieving Peak Performance in Life
(rules, “non-rules”, and bibliography and a “tl;dr” for each section) *** I wanted to get better at poker. I showed up at the local underground club and within ten minutes I was out $1000 and I went...
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7 Things I Know About Active Letting Go. (Sure Beats Waiting.)
Note: “active letting go” is not to be mistaken for “passive letting go”, whereby life rips stuff out of your grip, or you paint yourself into a corner, or things get so heavy they stop you in your...
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