The Intentional Pursuit of Big Dreams
Lately, I’ve been reflecting on duality. Yin and yang. Happy and sad. Brave and afraid. Right brain and left brain. Today and Some Day. The question I keep coming back to – How do we hold both? Some Day & Today Life comes with tradeoffs. My today is both limiting and enabling. Empowering. Inspiring. So,... Continue Reading →
I played enough Super Mario growing up to know that powering-up was where it was at. That moment when you got the Super Star or the Magic Mushroom took everything to the next level. Even if things weren’t going especially well for you leading up to that moment, the power-up was a total game changer. ... Continue Reading →
As Glennon Doyle so brilliantly says, “We can do hard things.” But…how? And, there are so many hard things. Having the hard conversation. Making the tough decision. Deciding on your next career move. Navigating a challenging health or relationship situation. Not knowing how any of it will go. Knowing only the hard and the uncertainty.... Continue Reading →
Ice Cube taught us that we need to check ourselves before we wreck ourselves. And, certainly, I’m a proponent of intentionality, thoughtfulness and self-reflection. But, how much checking is too much checking? Can you also wreck yourself by over checking yourself? It shows up time and again in our professional lives. That instinct to check... Continue Reading →
For a long time in my career, I struggled to take vacation and to truly unplug if I did. I thrive on productivity and it always felt impossible to really step away. I remember the first time I read about unplugging being pro-productivity. And, pro lots of other things, including well-being. It was such a... Continue Reading →
“I can’t believe we’re here again.” The refrain resounding among friends and colleagues, round the country and the world, as the Omicron variant jolts us all into this latest phase of the pandemic we’ve been struggling to navigate for the last two years. Right when so many felt like things were finally getting back to... Continue Reading →
Last year, I was asked to write a letter to my younger self for a leadership series sponsored by our women’s employee resource group. It wanted to be a poem…Sharing it here in case any of the messages resonate in this time of reflection and intention-setting. ***Finding Athena (a.k.a. Letter to My Younger Self) Little... Continue Reading →
I remember, several years back, arriving at a spa nestled in a serene resort. I felt a million miles away from my real life, despite only being one and a half hours down the freeway. Work had been intense. I was constantly out of my comfort zone. Stretching my limits every day. Some days to a... Continue Reading →
As we collectively reimagine normal, not just in the workplace but in our holistic lives, I took my team through a visualization exercise and have shared it a few times by request since. Sharing the prompt and questions here in case they are helpful to you or your team. It’s been fascinating and inspiring to... Continue Reading →
Some Days are different than Somedays. Somedays are dreamy but untethered. Unaccountable. I believe in dreamy but proactive. Intentional. You cannot simply amorphously wish and expect your dream to come true. You must embrace agency. You must create. Some Days are specific. They may not yet possess every precise detail but, what is there, is... Continue Reading →