How Empty is Your Wellness Tank?
If you want more balance, you must fill up your wellness tank.
7 Lessons Learned by Going Off the Grid
“I’d love to (fill in the blank), if only I had the time.” Most likely, this statement bubbles up often in your busy, fully-committed life. Rarely do I meet an individual who feels they can afford time off the grid to travel, take a class, or simply push away from the computer at a reasonable…
Do You Agree With This Thinking?
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it. ~Henry Ford Propped on my bedroom shelf, directly above my white laminate desk, rested the iconic, orange “THINK” sign my mother gifted me. Being eleven years old, the accompanying story about some company named IBM using the slogan…
Why You Must Morph
When visiting my parents recently to celebrate Dad’s 90th, I watched as he carefully pushed the phone buttons with his oversized, arthritic fingers to re-order his medicine from the VA. I smiled and told him what a rock star he was for adapting to technology. A Baby Boomer friend, who reluctantly learned to use her…
Three Powerful Ways to Prevent Stress
Do you feel exhausted before the day is even half over? Stress drains us of our energy, weakens our focus, our immune system, and our brilliance. Research shows prevention is still the number one way to reduce stress beating out even exercise and meditation. Stop the stress from happening in the first place to start…
Is Waiting the Hardest Part?
“So, do you have a job yet?” my parents once again asked during our ritual, weekly call to which I replied, “Not yet.” Given the latest research on waiting, I now understand why my folks were anxious. After all, the outcome was out of their control, coupled with the fact both were concerned for my…
Listen to the Quiet
“How come you never listen to music?” I asked my mother on the drive home from practice one night. “I prefer listening to the quiet,” she replied. As a 15-year-old teen who couldn’t wait to get home and blast my music, I silently thought, “I’ll never be like you.” And then it happened. While driving…
Are You Having an Out-of-Money Experience?
If so, the truth is you need to go on a diet. A money diet. Now I realize that four-letter word can make the best of us run toward the nearest mall to stock up, just like starting a diet can send you on a Farewell to Food tour. But here’s why you must. Only…
Motivational Speaker Recommends you Communicate More Effectively With the Opposite Sex
Your communication style might be costing you sales, a promotion or leadership opportunity. Different communication styles can be offensive in the workplace, or at least drive people crazy and add stress to their lives. There are female communication styles, male styles, and Bridge Brains. A Bridge Brain is someone in the middle of the gender/brain…
Make Your Word Gold or it Has No Value
What is the value of your word? One of my coaching clients recently hosted a direct sales party. If you’re unfamiliar, the get-togethers follow the Tupperware party model, but showcase everything from cooking tools to clothing, anti-aging creams to adult toys. Fifteen people said they would come, and eighteen more said maybe. Not wanting to…