May 30, 20172 minPersonal GrowthFind the themeThirteen 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...
May 23, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsSay yesWhat 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 16, 20172 minRelationshipsDo the right thingI'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 9, 20172 minPositivityChoose the bigger lifeFor 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 2, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsEmbrace"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 25, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsLean into discomfortFinish this sentence: I could never ______________________. It has been my experience that any time you hear yourself saying "I could...
Apr 17, 20171 minPositivityLook upHave you experienced this phenomenon? When things are going well, everything goes really well? And when things are going badly,...
Apr 10, 20172 minPositivityLet it goDo 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, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsConsider 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 28, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsHave fun firstI 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 21, 20172 minPersonal CommandmentsBe the lightI was feeling pretty blue this fall. First the time change, then disappointing election results, then turning 40 (and feeling decidedly...
Mar 14, 20173 minProductivityDo it nowDoes this happen to you? You remember something you need do. You think to yourself, "I should do it now" but immediately replace the...
Mar 7, 20173 minPositivityLook 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 3, 20171 minPositivityIdentify your personal commandmentsI 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...