Who we become in the process of pursuing our goals is the reward of doing hard things. I am pushing through another workout, honestly not feeling my best. All kinds of thoughts tend to creep in when I am in the struggle bus. “Why are you doing this? Is it…

Every year I see my loved ones set their expectations for the New Year. Some are happy to carry on as before, while others are ready to take on a New Year’s resolution. The most popular of the resolutions in 2021 include losing weight, improving upon personal fitness, saving money…

What story are you telling yourself? You wake up in the middle of the night feeling anxiety, fear, or maybe anger. Sometimes, during the day little things set you off: a harmless comment from a colleague, a snarky remark from your teenager, or an untimely joke from your spouse. What’s…

Where are we going in such a hurry? And why is it so hard to live in the present moment? When I take an honest look at my life I know that I am living in the proverbial rat race. My days go something like this; I get up at…

All my life I’ve felt a natural inclination to help others. I can still hear my mom telling me that I was too obliging. And truly there’s nothing wrong with being kind. The problem for me was that the lines between being kind and being a people pleaser were blurry…

As my birthday nears I wonder how I will celebrate it this year. According to the script handed to us as children, there should be some cake and maybe ice cream. As I’ve gotten older, the celebration has changed a bit; lavish parties ensue which involve a lot of eating…

A while ago I came across the parable of the blind men in the book Liminal Thinking. The parable goes something like this: “A group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before, have to learn and conceptualize what the elephant is like by touching it. Each…

Today I heard the best take on work life balance in the podcast Manager Tools. By definition balance means to offset or compare the value of one thing with another. Thus, the term “work life balance” implies that we are trying to balance the time spent at work with the…

Why are we so hard on ourselves? I have often wondered why we harshly criticize ourselves when we make mistakes, or something unexpected happens that is clearly outside of our control. Why are we so quick to question our self-worth. We take full inventory of our past mistakes to confirm…