19 Ways to Show Your Business Some Love
How much do you appreciate your business, and the life it makes possible for you? How often do you express your love for what you and your business do together, send your business love letters, declare your love from the rooftops? What about doing it today? Being in business all these years…
Read MoreHow To Love Your Own Company
Why is it so weird to say to ourselves, “I love you”? I’ve read plenty of things that say you’re supposed to love yourself, even giving ideas of how to go about it, and yet it’s almost like a badge of honor to say how challenging that is… when you say it’s hard to…
Read MoreNew Year, New You + Activity
What would you like to bring with you into this shiny New Year? What would you like to leave behind? There’s a certain type of pressure that comes with the completion of the year, an obligation of sorts to pull it together and make next year really count. It can be hard to put…
Read MoreFinish Well vs. Finish Strong
What if you play with the pace of your work and life? Here’s why – because in order to finish the year well, you need to know what your pace is and adjust your expectations accordingly. Operating on autopilot often goes like this: I have a lot to do, so I need to…
Read MoreManaging Your Energy at the End of the Year
How do you manage your energy as the end of the year approaches, with so many things pulling for your attention? Projects to wrap up… Holiday events to plan/attend… Family obligations to take care of… It’s ironic how many things are on our literal and mental to-do lists at a time of the…
Read MorePrepping for the Final Two Months of the Year
Why is it that at a time of the year when our bodies want to slow down, society has us speeding up? This is the question I’m asking myself as we enter the final two months of the year. I’m sure it’s not just me who feels like you’re supposed to make so many…
Read MorePositive Challenges
Why do we often assume challenges are negative? Thinking back, I realize many of the challenges I’ve faced have been positive challenges, although it may not have felt that way at the time. learning something new looking for ways to deal with something differently than I did in the past dreaming about creating something fresh,…
Read MoreWhat Challenges are You Facing?
Challenges have a way of sneaking up on you, if you know what I mean. As you glide through the month, notice what shows up in your life and work, and how often things feel challenging: this is what I’ve been doing and it’s been eye-opening. I’m surprised by how often something occurs to…
Read MoreDecide It’s Time to Reinvent Your Life
If you’re considering a reinvention, you may feel like you need permission, or a really good reason why. You don’t. You can reinvent yourself just because you’ve decided you want to reinvent your life. But in case you’re wondering why people reinvent themselves, here are a few of the biggies: I feel stagnate / bored…
Read MoreWhat Does Reinventing Yourself Look Like?
What does reinventing yourself look like? This question has been on my mind as I’ve prepared for this month’s theme, Reinventing Yourself. I’ve thought about my own reinventions, some big, some small: moving from Texas to California, getting married then divorced, trying out new colors for my clothes. Through them all, I’ve felt…
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