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  • New Parents, Are You Talking Enough To Your Babies?

    New Parents, Are You Talking Enough To Your Babies?

    Seriously. What do you do around your babies and toddlers? Are you fully engaged in conversation with them, even at this young age? Or do you have your head buried in your phone? Distracted by a TV or book? Not even talking to your partner? Partner not even there? In the book Meaningful Differences in the…

  • How Many Shoulds Do You Have?

    How Many Shoulds Do You Have?

    Is your life filled with “shoulds”? I should do this. I should do that. How many of these do you have right now? A lot? If your thoughts are filled with “shoulds”, how does it feel to have them there? Lurking in your consciousness. Always present. Taunting. Tempting you to do them because…well…you should. But…

  • Is All That Information Helping You?

    Is All That Information Helping You?

    When you have some issue, do you go looking for information? Go onto Google and look it up, read every single article about it? Buy books? Ask friends, experts? Listen to podcasts? Then after collecting all that information, what do you do with it? Anything? Any movement towards some kind of solution or resolution? I…

  • Holiday Gatherings Rough For You?

    Holiday Gatherings Rough For You?

    Hey everyone, we are on the edge of the holidays and hope you are all looking forward to some time off and cheer. I bet some of you are dreading the holidays…? Unfortunately, for many, they are filled with much stress and distress as meeting up with family and friends may be difficult. As much…

  • Have You Hugged Someone Today?

    Have You Hugged Someone Today?

    Really. Saw someone and just wrapped your arms around them and squeezed tight. And with some feeling too. No words needed. Just held them. Brief or long. Doesn’t matter. Try it now. How does it feel? Good? Amazing? Comforting? Calming? Loving? That someone else out there is sharing your touch, your very feelings right now?…

  • Is the Scarcity Mindset Holding You Back?

    Is the Scarcity Mindset Holding You Back?

    Dave Lu has written this amazing post on how the immigrant’s mindset of scarcity, especially passed on to their children, can really hold someone back in all areas of their life. While his post focuses on the Asian American experience, it applies to anyone who comes from an immigrant family, and can be extended to…

  • Cyclic Sighing to Calm Yourself and Lower Anxiety

    Cyclic Sighing to Calm Yourself and Lower Anxiety

    Want an easy way to calm yourself, and potentially remove any anxiety? Enter Cyclic Sighing. Researchers at Stanford University have found this simple breathing technique can relax you quickly as well as lowering anxiety and have you in a better mood all day! And it only takes about 5 minutes! And such powerful results for…

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  • Are You Wiped Out After a Full Day of Work?

    Are You Wiped Out After a Full Day of Work?

    Do you end the work day just completely spent? No more brain capacity at all? Totally exhausted mentally and physically? And in this day of all day Zoom meetings, it’s even more prevalent, right? Just sitting there, staring at the Brady Bunch of meeting attendees, trying to focus and pay attention to what’s being said?…

  • Is Your Life Driven by Avoidance of Pain?

    Is Your Life Driven by Avoidance of Pain?

    Or avoiding discomfort? Some possible negative future event, like lack of money, food, or disease? Or even lack of love? This comes up often in coaching sessions. It came up yesterday in a session where we were exploring their passions. This client had difficulty coming up with his passions. For every one that he came…

  • Dogs Are Smarter Than Humans

    Dogs Are Smarter Than Humans

    We could learn a lot from dogs. Dogs just enjoy the moment. The moment of being with their human. Enjoying the view. The company. The companionship. The human? We’re looking at our phones. Worrying about the future. About what else we haven’t gotten done today. What other people think of us. Who is loving us…

  • Do You Micromanage?

    Do You Micromanage?

    Or maybe you do and you aren’t aware of it? Perhaps you can see it in the discomfort of your team, who bristle at you telling them exactly what and how to do things. Are you always looking over their shoulders? “Checking in”? Maybe…don’t TRUST them to do their jobs? The negative effects are clear.…

  • Do You Procrastinate?

    Do You Procrastinate?

    Delay getting things done? Waiting until the last moment to work on things? And usually getting them done, but feeling crappy about it? This often comes up in coaching sessions. We do often deploy the tools shown in the excellent infographic. However, we always look to what is underneath. What is the root cause of…

  • Are Your Thoughts Toxic?

    Are Your Thoughts Toxic?

    Did you know your thoughts can be toxic? These are the words that you use to describe your own stories. These are the words that you say to yourself every minute of every day. These are the words that you say to others around you. Words have power, driving your thoughts to have many physiological…

  • Are You A Bad Listener?

    Are You A Bad Listener?

    What, me bad at listening? No way! Great communication skills involve great listening skills. If we are trying to build relationships, we need to respect others, and build true understanding of what they are saying to us. It will involve a level of letting go of our own self-centeredness to enable us to truly engage…

  • Do You Quit When the Going Gets Tough?

    Do You Quit When the Going Gets Tough?

    I love Banksy! I would have loved to see him render this one though. Progress is never linear. Acknowledging that it is volatile can be a critical mindset change in your life. How might you feel differently if you EXPECTED that you’ll have moments of accelerated growth as well as moments of backwards movement? That…

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