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June is the perfect time of the month to recalibrate how we're doing against the goals we've set for ourselves.
In this video, I share my review process and a free tool which can help you get some visibility and insights as to where you might want to focus the next 6 months.
You can access it by...
5:30 am. I'm laying in bed bleary-eyed, having just turned off my alarm. I think I slept OK, but I’m still exhausted and the thought of going to work seems more than I can bear again today. And yet... I sit up and hang my legs off the side of the bed, mustering the oomph to get out of bed and into t...
I learned a valuable lesson last week. Wednesday started well enough. I woke up, went walking, meditated, and then I made the mistake of opening the wrong app on my phone. Fast forward 8 hours and dazed and confused, I realized I had spent the entire day playing Bubble Pop on my phone. WHAT??? You m...
I was talking to a friend who is a senior-level female executive this week and was asking her "When you think about the women you work with, what do you think gets in their way of achieving their goals and desires?" Part of her answer was "Life balance" which makes perfect sense. And the rest of her...
Are you feeling stuck? Do you feel like you're not living up to your potential? It might be your limiting beliefs holding you back. Do you know what they are? Do you believe that you're not good enough, or smart enough, or pretty enough? If so, it's time stop letting your beliefs hold you back from ...
Toxic people. There's no doubt they are everywhere. You might have one in your family, at work, or even as a friend. Toxic people are energy vampires who drain you emotionally and leave you feeling exhausted. They are often negative, critical, and judgmental. And worst of all, they can be manipulati...
I was reminiscing about my days in corporate recently and I remembered something that happened years ago. It was late in the day or early evening, and I was still plugging away because I had a big presentation coming up in a few days Sitting in the office next to me was my teammate who was doing pre...
Have you heard of Pieter Mondrian? He was a Dutch painter whose creativity and artwork evolved drastically after WWI. He went from painting trees and landscapes to using bold colors and structure in his art. I’m sure you’ve seen some of this later works. Here’s an example:
Now, you may wonder “wh...
I woke up again in a cold sweat with my heart beating out of my chest. It was happening increasingly often. But the worst part was not being able to go back to sleep. That was my life for many years! And then, my stepdaughter came to live with us. She was plagued by several issues which meant that h...
We all know what it feels like to be stuck in a rut. You're going through the motions day after day, but you can't help feeling like there's more to life than this. That's where I was 2020, the year before leaving my 9-5. Some of it was COVID related, some of it was family stress related. I felt lik...
"Ugh... I just don't have it in me..."
"Ugh... I just don't feel like it..."
"Ugh… I just don’t care…”
Do you find yourself saying that more often in the last few months? I have days when it seems to be all I say to myself and other days where it's not even a blip on the radar. When we're in a state ...
We are all born dreamers. When we're children, we marvel at the world. We have tea parties with imaginary friends, we role play and imagine ourselves as police(wo)men, doctors, actresses or fire marshals. Growing up, we pay attention to everything we see and hear. And that's one way our beliefs abou...