I get really excited for fresh starts. The end of the year and start of the new year is my favorite time! And this year, being the beginning of the 20’s makes it even better! There are so many things you can think about with regards to wrapping up the year and decade. Remember- you … Continued
How many times have you heard this- Hope is NOT a strategy. When we hear it we tend to write off hope and not give it another thought. I had a great discussion the other day and our consensus was that people get hope mixed up with the word try. Like when you say I … Continued
I am fresh off a week of surrounding myself with gratitude. I started by doing my gratitude challenge, writing 25 gratitudes each day on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 100 on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday. After immersing yourself in gratitude that way, I can tell you it’s hard to turn it off. I have so … Continued
Grace has been a word that has intrigued me for a long time. In my coaching practice I use values cards with my clients and grace is one of the words in the deck. Having pulled the card out many times over the years, I have explored the word’s meaning both in the dictionary and … Continued
One way to get stronger in your business and your life? Pause. Taking time to think, plan, reflect, review and even rest is essential to reaching your biggest goals and creating the life you want to live. Many of us lead busy lives and just go go go until maybe a vacation- go go go … Continued
What are those things that when you do them, you feel happy, light hearted, positive, in flow, uplifted or any other description of feeling upbeat? These things, because of those feelings are giving you more energy. And more energy means more vitality. The definition of vitality is literally: the state of being strong and active; … Continued
October 2019 on the blog is all about the word STRONGER. Getting stronger requires courage- and when courage is required, fear is usually lurking. One of the best books ever- even reading the title helps me- is Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway! by Susan Jeffers PH.D. It’s a classic. Somehow I grew up … Continued
Thriving as the result of a particularly favorable environment. This is the definition of the word FLOURISH. A word I am growing to love more and more- the more I consider it’s meaning and interpret it for myself. A week ago I lead a retreat called the Thrive Retreat. I read a lot of words … Continued
Devotion. Back in January I picked themes for each month of the year. Words that sounded good to me, that I wanted to explore further the meaning of them in my life. I always like looking at the definitions of words as a place to start. Devotion: love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, … Continued
This blog post is almost a no brainer at this time, but here it goes anyway! First the obvious- we are living in mentally and emotionally difficult time. Do you notice that some people are truly devastated over recent events while others are not? What is the difference? I don’t have all of the answers, … Continued