Find the theme
Thirteen weeks ago, I posted a list of my personal commandments and my advice on how to write your own. Once a week for the next twelve...
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- May 22, 2017
- 2 min
Say yes
What do a game of Battleship, an overpriced notebook, and a Monday night movie have in common? They are all requests from my family I...
- May 15, 2017
- 2 min
Do the right thing
I've generally been known as an honest and stand-up person. I learned the importance of integrity from both of my parents, and it's...
- May 8, 2017
- 2 min
Choose the bigger life
For the past 8 years, becoming a speaker has been my dream. I love teaching and inspiring audiences of all sizes. It is my very favorite...
- May 1, 2017
- 2 min
Embrace
"Everyone is so touchy-feely here." That is how I was quoted at the retreat I attended my freshman year of college, which was full of...
- Apr 24, 2017
- 2 min
Lean into discomfort
Finish this sentence: I could never ______________________. It has been my experience that any time you hear yourself saying "I could...
- Apr 17, 2017
- 1 min
Look up
Have you experienced this phenomenon? When things are going well, everything goes really well? And when things are going badly,...
- Apr 10, 2017
- 2 min
Let it go
Do you have a "let go" list? A place to record the slights and frustrations that somehow seem to steal too much of your attention? Think...
- Apr 3, 2017
- 2 min
Consider the impact
"How can I learn to slow down?" I asked a friend. "I've been working on talking more slowly and moving more slowly for over half my life....
- Mar 27, 2017
- 2 min
Have fun first
I know I'm not the only person to wake up with a to-do list scrolling through my head. Those of you who share the affliction might be...
- Mar 20, 2017
- 2 min
Be the light
I was feeling pretty blue this fall. First the time change, then disappointing election results, then turning 40 (and feeling decidedly...
- Mar 13, 2017
- 3 min
Do it now
Does this happen to you? You remember something you need do. You think to yourself, "I should do it now" but immediately replace the...
- Mar 6, 2017
- 3 min
Look forward
"What are you looking forward to?" For over a year my friend Lisa would ask this at the end of our every-other-month calls. Often the...
- Mar 2, 2017
- 1 min
Identify your personal commandments
I had been feeling a bit lost since turning 40 last fall and wanted to do something intentional to reclaim my own priorities and sense of...
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