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 […]
You’ve done your Wheel of Life exercise and you’re taking the steps to reach your goals. You’re devoted to them: you give them time, good energy, effort. You work hard. You visualize. You surround the thing you want with good feelings, bright lights, rainbows and unicorns. You believe. But what if what you want doesn’t work […]
There’s a popular coaching tool called the Wheel of Life. You take a look at the different areas of your life and rank your satisfaction with them from 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest). It’s a tool I rarely use because I think it’s such a cliché (I like […]
