I recently asked a client: What are you doing right? One of the worst habits is self-criticism. It is easier to find what’s wrong, where you’re falling short, where you’re less-than than it is to look at how wonderful you and your life already are. In your need to overachieve, be productive and accomplish results, you […]
Since birth, exercise and I were not only NOT best friends but we probably didn’t even live in the same city. For years, I’ve given myself the resolution to exercise more. And then didn’t/found convenient excuses/got lazy. I’ve tried the gift goals route, the habit tracker route and the reward route (i.e. buy cute exercise […]
I came up with this prompt for my annual 31-day journaling challenge. Then I couldn’t get it out of my head. My 18-year-old self would be surprised at who I am today. She might not recognize me. I believe she would have been prouder of the woman I was 10 years ago, newly pregnant, riding […]
Yesterday, I spoke to a client about acceptance that doesn’t only encompass our accomplished, ambitious, achieving, positive selves but also embraces our shadow sides, the ones we desperately don’t want others to know about–the unproductive, the lazy, the unkind, the unmotivated. Acceptance means admitting that… Sometimes I’m excellent, sometimes I’m just average. Sometimes I’m productive, […]
Say these two sentences out loud. “I’m quitting.” “I’m leaving.” Do you notice the subtle shift in energy between the two? “Are you quitting or leaving?” was one of the eight questions to ask before you leave your job as I wrote in this blog post. The difference lies in the responsibility you take for […]
There’s so much advice swirling around the ideal job, such as: Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. Follow your passion and the money will follow. Find a job that matches your strengths. Leave when you’re at the peak of your career and make them miss you. Leave […]
