Resilience

Having a Bad Day or Bad Month? Read this and You will Feel Better

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Has work been less than ideal? Has life been giving you lemons? it’s not been easy for many with the Covid crisis. I know friends who have lost their jobs and a neighbor who unexpectedly got cancer. Life can be hard.

We probably all have a lot to complain about right now . However, all I feel today is gratitude to be alive. You can have this perspective too if you read this article. Holly was 27-year-old. She died of cancer and left behind final advice  ...  read more

How to Stay Committed to Your New Year Resolutions – 5 Tips

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I know it’s March. I intentionally waited until now to talk about New Year Resolutions. We are usually super committed in January and perhaps still a bit in February on our New Year Resolutions. March is when we start slipping. I am hoping this post can reinvigorate our efforts 🙂

It’s human nature to stay waning on our commitments. Life gets too busy or it gets too hard. Here are 5 tips to stay the course or recommit to your New Year Resolutions. ...  read more

Everything Happens for a Reason – Do you Believe it?

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No matter what happens in our lives, they happen for a reason – for us to learn, grow, and have a better path than the one we envisioned. My belief in fate is especially powerful and helpful when something unexpected and seemly negative happens.

Fate is defined as forces outside of your control that make things happen. An example of fate is when you miss your bus and meet the person who will turn out to be your spouse while you are standing on the platform waiting on the next bus. ...  read more

Focus on What I Want Instead of What I Don’t Want

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stressful work

Work has been stressful. At a macro level, there are massive organizational changes in motion and definitive news of layoffs coming this year. At the micro level, my leader resigned last week and I have to deal with lots of politics, ineffective processes, and incompetence.  I guess “work” is not called “play” for a reason.  🙂 ...  read more

April Coaching Call – Examples of How We are Coping with the “New Reality”

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I feel blessed to be able to talk to some members through our monthly coaching calls. Last months, we touched on two subjects

  • How to Build Your Reputation Remotely with Your Manager
  • How to Build Mental Toughness during this “new reality.”

I am thankful for members who shared their personal experiences with all of us. Here is the 15 min discussion on the second topic above. I will be sharing the recording for the first topic next week.  ...  read more

I Have Been Crying a Lot and It’s Okay

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I have probably cried at least once a week since March 13, the first day of our voluntary “Shelter in Place.” It always happens unexpectedly. The first time was when my 8 year old showed me her first eLearning homework. She wrote about the “3 good things” from the weekend. It was simple and lovely. As soon as she left the room, I cried uncontrollably. I didn’t even know why. I think it was because  ...  read more