Stop that voice in your head that says you’re not good enough. Stop second guessing yourself. Stop thinking about the things you could have done differently. Stop thinking about things that are out in the future. Instead Know that you are perfect right now. Know that...
History is my thing, particularly the “story” part of history. I have a thing for the past. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer living in the present. I have absolutely no desire to return to some idealized and romanticized version of my youth. I’m too busy enjoying today....
One day as I was killing time shopping for cards at a Hallmark store, I found a card with a bonus – a magnet reading “Detours still get you there.” I’m the queen of detours. I bought three of the cards. That magnet and the Beatles song The Long and Winding Road have...
For many years, I’ve heard about people who choose a word to be the anthem for their years. I’ve read about it in books, heard about in podcasts, and watched webinars about why it’s a powerful process. I’ve flirted with idea of choosing a word, but, until this year,...
I heard about an excellent activity on the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast. Gretchen Rubin is a writer who studies happiness, and one of her happiness strategies is for people to create Happiness Projects. In Episode 147, Gretchen shared a voice memo from a...
This week my inbox has been awash in emails reminding me that the New Year is here and I need to get ready. It’s loaded with advice about creating the best resolutions, writing goals that work and on and on and on. Ugh. Enough already. Instead of another post about...
I don’t know about you, but I see a lot of articles about extinguishing the voices in our heads. A whole lot. I’m proposing a different take on those voices. What if we think about using those voices as strategic tools to carry us forward in our lives and our work?...
As I’m writing this, it’s a beautiful Monday morning in December (I usually write my posts on Saturday, stay tuned to find out why I’m writing this on Monday) in Atlanta. It’s 24 degrees outside, and there are still 4 inches of snow on the ground. The snow has been on...
The thought hit me like a ton of bricks: I am a little beat up – both literally and figuratively. Over the past 5 years, I’ve been through a lot. Some truly horrible, life changing, gut wrenching events and some this-20-minute-drive-has-taken-an-hour-and-a-half...
Patience is the antidote to settling. The impetus for writing this blog came from coaching several clients who thought they had to settle for any job they were offered. I wish this were a new problem. As a matter of fact, I wrote about it 2 years ago. It’s so...
