Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Personal Growth, Self-awareness
I was really angry the other day. I mean, swearing-in-my-car-to-an-imaginary-person kind of angry. I had a somewhat legitimate reason for being angry, as I was concerned about possible damage to my kids’ health due to toxic fumes our contractors were emitting into our...
Intelligence, Leadership, Meditation, Personal Growth, Perspective, Self-awareness, Yoga
When we practice being more open, we are becoming mentally stronger and smarter. When we are open, we have better control over the fluctuations of the mind, or stated differently, our thought patterns. Mental control is a powerful and essential quality of great...
Communication, Love/Relationships, Millennials, Personal Growth, Workplace Culture
Kind words echo; they are little gifts. Compliments are one way to give uplifting little gifts to others in your day. A friend of mine called Pattee is a walking bottle of appreciation. Wherever she goes she’s dripping drops of gratitude, appreciation, and mostly...
Leadership, Personal Growth, Success, Yoga
The greatest leaders in the world believe they have something to offer and they find meaning in it. They don’t question their worth and they are self-motivated because of it. We are motivated by things for which we feel personally connected. It is possible to find...
Business, Communication, Leadership, Personal Growth
In a world where communication increasingly takes a written form and responses are truncated we can easily forget courtesy. And so, when we juggle emails, texts, and Instant Messages back and forth like ping pong balls, it can sometimes feel that we are in a...
Leadership, Personal Growth, Success
You probably already believe that waking up, checking your phone, and feeling the need to tweet in the middle of the night is not all that helpful to a person’s wellbeing and likely not the best example to follow. Here are two leadership issues to consider. All...