On Being Imperfect I screwed up today. I missed a meeting with an important person in the organization I am really excited to be working with this year as a leadership and team building consultant/coach. No excuses, I made a mistake and missed it. Immediately after that missed meeting, I had another meeting where no […]
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Tell Me More These are the 3 words we need to say when someone comes to us with a problem:“Tell me more.”It’s tempting to want to jump in and start giving advice, fixing, and filling in our own story- but the truth is, we always need more information. And by saying, “tell me more”, you
Finding Moments of Silly and Connection I know how ridiculous I look to anyone who passes by my minivan before I speak at a conference or event, and I’m okay with it.Because my pretalk ritual is to put Lose Yourself by Eminem on and keep up lyric by lyric with the volume blasting. And then
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Here’s To Being Wanted, Not Needed This morning I wasn’t needed, and it was great. Despite having made myself throw up over 20,000 times in my life- I laid awake for hours last night determined to not give into the nausea that was steadily growing. But soon I was seeking relief on the cold bathroom
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Our “Yes Day” The truth behind our “Yes Day”. I was going to write about how we did a “Yes Day” weekend for the girls, where they got to choose activities that we would say yes to. I was going to write about how important it is to quiet the reflex to say “we don’t
How Do You Want To Win? I risked embarrassing my 7th grade daughter last night at the Cross Country meet in front of her teammates.But it was a risk I was willing to take for the sake of leadership.Because leadership is a lifestyle, not a title. There is no age requirement or level of education
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An Apple for Teacher An apple for teacher…Finley wanted to give her teacher an apple she picked at the orchard.But instead of it being in her backpack the next morning, I found it back on the counter.She had decided not to bring it to her teacher because she was scared that the other kids might
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Who Will Hold Your Hand At The End? Who will hold your hand at the end? Whose hand will you hold? This week, my mom held the hand of her childhood friend, Janne, as she took her final breaths. They were friends from childhood and because Janne never had kids, we became her adopted nieces.Pancreatic
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves I felt my stomach do a slow flip.My heart rate increase.My mind started racing – the thoughts coming in faster and faster.I felt anxiety bust down the door and order the narrator of the destructive stories I tell myself to start telling the:Story of not good enough.Story of will never
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Life Happens in the Pause I was reminded today of a incredibly important life lesson: look before you sit- thistles in the butt hurt.Oh and that the power of the pause is hard to put into words.The weather was perfect today.My “take advantage of this weather” to do list was not completed.The sun hadn’t finish
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