Category: Leadership
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Stealing Your Peace
Unsettling experiences—we all have them. Sometimes things just don’t go our way or, worse yet, surprise us in ways that might leave us saying “didn’t see that one coming.” You know those times, the ones we replay over and over in our heads, the ones that wake us up in the middle of the night,…
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Filling Holes
Here’s what I don’t think—I don’t think that our childhood is the absolute determinant of who we become. I believe that we all have different skills and abilities and opportunities and that we truly can achieve that which we desire. But what I do think is that there are beliefs and behaviors that we hold…
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Overcoming
I had the great gift of spending the weekend with a group of incredible women. Other than the facilitator and one friend, everyone was new to me and everyone’s story was new. The focus of our retreat was preparing for and envisioning the year ahead, 2023 while it is still bright and shiny and ripe…
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New Year, Renewed Light
The changing of the year on the calendar is always one of those lines of demarcation—a chance to decide what we want to be different going forward. It is easy to cite the obvious targets. I will exercise more or eat better or get more sleep . . . That’s all great, especially if you…
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The Worst Enemy
I did an exercise in a class once, perhaps you have done it as well. If not, give it a try. Number 1 through 5 and write “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly, I would . . .” Then give yourself the time, and the honesty, to fill in those lines. How many…
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Don’t Leave
I was reading a brief blurb the other day about a celebrity couple who have been married for multiple decades, which, in today’s world, is often seen as some sort of feat. When asked the secret of their enduring relationship, the answer was the simple two words “Don’t leave.” Sounds pretty basic, doesn’t it? But…
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Decompressing
I long for the ability to decompress, to be able to take even a moment and let go of all the obligations and the stress, of the endless list of things that have to be done or worried about or figured out. I have, only half jokingly, said that I think I came from the…
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As If
It is easy to look at someone else’s life and think they’ve got it all figured out. It’s easy to think that everything works for them while nothing feels like it’s working for you. It’s easy, and maybe it’s human nature, but it’s wrong. Pretty much always wrong. I had a conversation this week with…
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Transformation
I’ve been thinking about the concept of transformation. The word and the concept feel sort of magical to me. It’s the caterpillar becoming a butterfly and the ugly duckling the beautiful swam and it’s the change we sometimes see when someone’s face alights with a smile that lights up a room. But is it really…
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Doing Hard Things
So much of the direction of our life reflects our personality. We see it in our relationships, in our work, in our choices. We play our roles in life firmly based on who we are and who we have always been. That’s not to say we can’t learn and grow and change along the way.…
With a Full Heart 