If there was ever a week when I needed mental strength, it's been this week. It's been a week of one step forward and three steps back as I've fought to make my voice heard in a world of men, picked up the pieces of someone else's mistakes, waited for truth to find its way to the top of a very messy situation and tried desperately to walk in the footsteps of both confidence and humility. In the quiet of my four walls, I've cried, stomped, and wrestled through a sea of egos, including my own, and contemplated how even a well-meaning cluster of humanity has the ability to hurt so many in its path. How it tarnishes and rusts a foundation. How it can swallow us whole in the sea of emotions if we let it. But we can't let it. Because what we do and how we do it Continue Reading
8 Powerful Words to Shift Your Day
The alarm drums loudly and I awaken immediately to feel a sense of dread bubbling up in my spirit. With my first awareness of breath, I let out a heavy sigh and roll over for another 10 minutes. The cycle is the same each and every week as if I'm living the line from one of my favorite movies (Kate & Leopold), "I don't want it to be Sunday...Sunday is the day before the day I work, so it gets poisoned. Sunday's have a sort of heaviness to them. For me, they signal an end to losing track of time and living the weekend on a whim. As much as I love my job, it's difficult to not let Monday creep into Sunday. Maybe you feel the same. It's no fun to let tomorrow rob us of all that's waiting for us to experience today. A few years ago I decided I didn't want to keep feeling this way. I Continue Reading
Breaking Up with Your Inner Critic for Good
Do You Know What You Want?
Do you know what you want? When was the last time you asked yourself this question? It's not always easy to figure out what we want. Sometimes it's hard coming up with something as simple as where we want to eat. With our busy lives, we often get used to adapting to what everyone else wants and we lose sight of what lights up our hearts. The quality of our life depends on the quality of our questions. If you're wondering what questions have to do with the quality of your life, you're not alone. A few years ago I wondered the same thing. As a lifelong learner, I'm always asking questions and looking for answers. If there's something I don't know, I'll look and ask until I find the answer. It wasn't until I made the decision to really dive in and take deeper ownership of my personal Continue Reading