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How Adversity Helps You Thrive
To me the greatest challenge isn’t overcoming adversity but surviving it with panache. The setbacks are going to come down – sometimes several times a day. So the question is not how to avoid them, but...
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Five Ways to Thrive No Matter
1. Create your own hero’s tale. Think about the challenges you are facing and then write the ending you desire. Do this on paper, and visualize the process in your mind. Imagine how your favorite...
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Everyday Stress Hurts Us the Most
One of the third grade girls doesn’t want to play with my daughter at recess. I’m not sure what to cook for dinner tonight – right now peanut butter sandwiches are an option because it’s about all I...
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Four Quickie Ways to Ease Stress in the Moment
On my best days, I see the kind of routine moments of stress like jury duty, and the third-grade meanie, and a family subsisting on peanut butter because I haven’t had time to shop, not as stressful,...
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How Change Can Save You
I don’t want to be a stayer – you know the gal at the party who is the very last to leave. Yet, there are times when it all feels so fun and good I don’t want to go. Like ever. Like want to...
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Stay Curious and Change is Easier
Our days are marked by transition. The sun comes up. The sun goes down. We change out of our work clothes and into our pajamas. We eat something different for lunch. Each day, our bodies are remade as...
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You’ve Got This
There was the “but-all-the-other-kids-wear-flip-flops-to-school” tantrum a minute before the bus arrived. Then the cat threw up, I got edits back just before 5 p.m. that needed to be done TODAY and...
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Three Ways to Surf through Stress
Some days feel as though I’m standing at the ocean’s edge where the ground is solid until the next wave comes in and chisels away the sand around my feet. Then, I’m unsteady and off-balance. The earth...
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Power Up Your Psychological Courage
Each day there are little things that we can do quickly, in-the-moment, to make the next moment a little better and brighter. I call them Power Ups and over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of these...
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Power Up by Practicing Courage
Each day there are little things that we can do quickly, in-the-moment, to make the next moment a little better and brighter. I call them Power Ups and over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of these...
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Strength-building with Bad Days
pixabay.com Sweet P has a hole in her boot. And, I didn’t give her enough peanut butter to go with her apple. Her partner was too noisy in the pod and the teacher told them to quiet. AND she spilled...
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Standing in the Storm of a Bad Day
I don’t have many bad days. I do have plenty of crappy moments, but I do my best not to let them run away with me. I deliberately choose to do the things that will help me get through the sticking...
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How Stories Impact Our Success
Monday, I wrote about how we never know the WHOLE STORY. We never know what’s truly going on in someone’s life so it’s best if we just lead with kindness. Even if others seem a little snarky and...
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How to Get A Lot Done Without Feeling Overwhelmed
After she brushed her teeth, slid her binder in her backpack, and picked up the papers that had fallen on the floor Sweet P was done. Washed out by 8 a.m. “Ugh. Sometimes life just feels so hard,” she...
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Choosing Agility
Farioff, Source: Pixabay Each year I pick a word — a theme to guide my year. Do you do this too? Rather than a specific resolution, I feel like the Word O’ The Year creates kind of soundtrack for my...
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Do This for 30-Seconds and You Will Feel Good
Photo by rawpixel.com on Pexels.com I am so not kidding. For me this 30-second practice begins with my first cup of coffee. I get excited when I hear the coffee maker go on. Which tells you a couple of...
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Tired All the Time? Not Anymore.
Seems most of us — as in 75-percent of us according to Gallup — regularly feel tired and burned out. But there are ways to recharge. One biggie is to add in some small things that you find meaningful....
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