What’s your morning routine? Have you thought about it? Do you know why you take the same actions consistently to greet the day? Are you aware of how you feel when, for any reason, you can’t complete them? As it…
Stop Drop & Roll into Deeper Listening
A few years ago, when my daughter was in her gap year between high school and college, she and I went out to lunch. She had been accepted into the college she very much wanted to attend, and they had…
7 Quick(ish) Ways to Spring Clean Your Mindset!
Yeah, it’s March. Up here in New England, pretty much everyone who hasn’t flown off to Florida is cranky about something – mostly because snow is still on the ground, it’s still cold, our power bills just went through the…
The Heart of Changing Minds – Deep Canvassing
First – A Story In 2019, when Donald Trump was President, a dear friend and colleague of mine, Bill Dufris, created a huge sign and stuck it on his lawn. In large letters, it asked the question “What Would Jesus…
Your Daily Routines + Awareness = Meaning
What’s your morning routine? Have you thought about it? Do you know why you take the same actions consistently to greet the day? Are you aware of how you feel when, for any reason, you can’t complete them? My summer…
’Tis the Season to Bust Beyond Our Boundaries!
Don’t you hate it when another emergency message crash lands into your email about something ELSE you can do for a CAUSE you signed up for in a weak moment? You know, when you had the illusion of having time…
March into Spring with the Controller!
It’s happening… even up here in the chilly northeast. The snow falls and melts away before we can argue about who’s turn it is to shovel. I woke up to cardinals signaling loudly to the ladies at the first kiss…
Taking on The Avoider
February can be a beast. I feel sluggy, disorganized, cranky… Somehow, I just can’t stop getting in my own way. You too? I think there’s a scientific term for this. It’s called a bad case of The Februaries. But you…
Toxic Positivity: The True Christmas Grinch
You walk into your workplace on a deceptively “normal” day, if there is such a thing anymore. The floor is sparsely populated now, various people on vacation. All is calm, all the fluorescent lights are bright. Suddenly Liz opens the…
The He(ART) of Marketing
I made myself indulge in something called a “mini-collage color workshop” last month. It wasn’t easy. And I’m not even that comfortable writing about it here. I had to drive over an hour to get there and sacrificed half a…