The Efforting Trap
Yesterday at the end of a yoga class the instructor shared a sentence that made me pause. "We’ve got one body. We've got one life. Let's enjoy it."
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What your people need most: Hope and Clarity
As I guided our Inspiring Midlife Leadership cohort through another transformative session last week, I was struck by the profound wisdom emerging from these remarkable women.
I’m Done Performing for Patriarchy
I’m enjoying midlife and up until recently, I couldn’t really pinpoint why. I feel powerful, creative; my relationship with myself and my intuition has never been stronger. In a word, I feel free.
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I am noticing a theme in the incredible midlife women I am surrounded by these days. We are picking our heads up, scanning our lives and wondering ‘how did we get here’? The years have gone quickly, and there is so much more for me, I know there is. But how do I figure that out? And where to from here?
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Midlife is often portrayed in our culture as a time of decline, a season where growth slows, and possibilities narrow. I caught myself buying into this narrative as my 57th birthday approached in early January. I was feeling so much resistance to this age because I don’t want my growth to slow or opportunities to disappear.
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Your inner wisdom is calling! Will you answer?
For most of my life, I haven’t been very good at listening to my body. It’s not like I ignored it on purpose; it was more that I didn’t understand the language it was using. My body has been calling out, but I haven’t been willing to pick up. That wasn’t going so well for me.
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As I've written before in this space, on June 28, 2024, Brené Brown made an important announcement to the Dare to Lead™ facilitator community that she had sold the training rates for the program to the digital coaching company, BetterUp. (You can read my original piece on the subject here).
Since that time, there has been a great deal of hard
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I am, at this moment, deep in the experience of navigating change. The kind of change that happens to you, not the kind you initiate.
Even though I’ve been changing things up for the past 13 years as an entrepreneur, I did all of that on purpose, eyes wide open. This time, it was unexpectedly thrown at me and that’s new territory.
Read MoreI signed up for an entrepreneurial program because I wanted to learn more about online marketing and business systems, and what I got (and what I needed) was a new awareness of the mindset I was holding and the beliefs that were holding me back.
Read MoreI am “supposed” to publish a blog today based on my self-imposed schedule and the expectations that I set to show up for you consistently with great content on this blog. This morning I chose NO, not feeling it and I am not doing it.
Read MoreI vividly remember the first time I heard the emotion of grief being named in the early weeks of the pandemic. It felt freeing to name that emotion and acknowledge the grief that I was experiencing and support my clients to acknowledge their own grief and how it was showing up for them at work and at home.
Read MoreSo much magic happened in that moment when she chose to be brave by sharing her truth and being vulnerable. Her story was met with empathy and compassion, which then unlocked more sharing within the group and a realization that they were not alone in their experience of feeling shame. And, in case you thought vulnerability and connection is only possible in a face-to-face environment, all of this took place virtually!
Read MoreI have noticed a theme in my coaching conversations lately. The phrase “I want to feel comfortable with this decision” or “I want to feel ready before I go after that leadership role” has come up often with my clients . . . My observation is that we are avoiding the discomfort that comes with learning something new: our growth zone.
Read MoreMindfulness in education has been on the rise the past few years, especially as scientists continue to discover that mindfulness is a key component to learning and teaching with reduced stress and anxiety. As a previous secondary school teacher I know first-hand the stress that comes not only with being an educator . . . now throwing in a pandemic—yikes!
Read MoreIn the midst of a pandemic, I decided to invest in building my #DreamTeam, which is literally a dream come true . . . So, guess what . . . I am now the leader in my own business. I, keenly aware of the need to start practicing what I teach, am now showing up as the brave leader I want to be.
Read MoreAs a trusted thinking partner to my clients, I am witness to both the feelings and thinking of the leaders I coach. And, here’s the thing . . . those two layers to the conversations—feelings and thinking—are always inextricably linked, but you may not realize it until it’s too late.
Read MoreStepping into courage is what creates strong leaders. It is what inspires others to do the same. It is pushing aside the belief of “why me” and shifting it to “why not me”.
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