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Jan 20

Online Personal Assessments

The assessments below are ones I personally completed on my Courageously Imperfect journey. Each helped validate, in descriptive...

Dec 4, 2023

Thriving in Life's Chutes & Ladders

I've had a lot of conversations lately around the analogy of life as a game of perpetual "chutes and ladders." The reference is to the...

Dec 4, 2023

Three Ways to Manage Stress Through Curiosity

Stress: A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. We all experience it. It...

Dec 4, 2023

Annoyed? Frustrated? It May Be Time To Make A Change - Three Questions To Find Out

Recently, my husband was reviewing our monthly bills when he commented, "I really hate paying these whole life insurance premiums every...

Dec 4, 2023

How Curiosity Leads to Clarity

Yes, I'm one of THOSE PEOPLE. I'm one of those people who pick a word for the year, for the purpose of setting an intentional focus and...

Dec 4, 2023

Disrupting the Hustle Habit

I'm observing that many, if not most, of us are back to our "pre-COVID hustle" pace, meaning we're back to feeling over-scheduled,...

Dec 4, 2023

The Gift of Clarity - Where Would You Want to Be A Year From Now?

I don't claim to be a career coach (though I do know someone I would highly recommend if you're ready to update your resume and want help...

Dec 4, 2023

Managing Your Dials: Strengths/Stress

When working with my coaching clients, I help them understand themselves better through models and language, specifically exploring where...

Dec 4, 2023

Navigating Disruption

Several of my recent clients have been going through life transitions, which always include emotional speedbumps that can be...

Dec 4, 2023

Seven Tips for Effective Leadership Communication

This week, I trained a group of leaders who wanted to explore tips for better communication across the teams. Since self-awareness is a...

Dec 4, 2023

A Model for Strategic Decision-Making

It's hard to know the "right" decision to make, especially in light of multiple options that could all be acceptable. When I work with...

Aug 23, 2020

What Growth Season Are You In?

Growing up on a farm in the Midwest, I very much appreciate the changing of the seasons and how they coincided with the farming process:...

Jun 5, 2020

What The World Needs Now…

At the time of this post, racial tension nationwide has escalated to epic heights in light of the recent deaths or George Floyd and...

Feb 16, 2020

Running from or running to? (Part 3)

In this final post of the three-part series, I’ll update you on my journey with the health coach I started working with 8 weeks ago. In...

Dec 15, 2019

Running From or Running To? (Part 2)

In the first post of this series, I opened up about an area in my life that has been a constant battle for me. I also shared my...

Nov 30, 2019

Running from or running to?

With the end of the year approaching, I find myself reflecting on this past year, specifically where I’m at on my life journey. This...

Nov 2, 2019

Is Suffering Optional? Part 2

When you hear the word “suffering,” it’s likely that none of what comes to mind is positive. It’s more likely associated with pain....

Aug 18, 2019

Is Suffering Optional? Part 1

I recently came across an author with a pretty bold statement about the root cause of all forms of personal suffering: All of your...

Jul 14, 2019

Who Are You… Really?

I recently listened to a podcast where the woman being interviewed described a workshop she attended where the first activity was to...

Jul 7, 2019

The Ladder We Can All Climb For Better Outcomes

I recently met with a team leader wanting to “motivate her team to individually develop themselves.” She had already set the expectation...

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