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Do you sometimes feel like you are sleeping next to a roommate that you hardly know anymore rather than the love of your life? Did you know that 66% of working moms say that their marriage has taken a backseat after their baby was born? Do you find that to be true for you? If so, you are not ... Views: 1632
Productivity does not need to be hard. Hard work does not define success, nor real productivity. Success as we tend to define it does not often equal happiness, either. Perhaps if we stop implying that hard work and success are required before we can be happy, we can be happy as we work and ... Views: 1307
It is easy to forget why you do what you do in the heat of everyday challenges…
And I certainly forgot yesterday…
All kinds of events being thrown at me…
Facing fears…
Teaching children…
People trying to tell me what to think…
Me forgetting that I don’t have to listen…
Me ... Views: 975
Man!!! When last were you just ‘YOU’?
When last did you let yourself express your own thoughts, your own feelings, your own individual personality?
We have all been trained and trained to be anything but ourselves so before you say ANYTHING, you check yourself, you see if it will stand ... Views: 901
Lately I find myself frequently recalling a particular Jewish folk story. It’s typically entitled something like “It Could Always Be Worse.” In case you’re not familiar, here it is (with thanks to The Bonai Shalom website for sparing me rewriting it from memory):
A poor man lived with his ... Views: 1311
Such situations are manifesting the world which connotes that 21st century will be led by women. This we are saying because within world trends and activities hard heartedness and selfishness are about to be uprooted and in its place goodwill, cooperation and generosity will get reinstated. ... Views: 1270
The resistance feels strong within you. So strong that you keep holding back on saying the words that you want to say. YOU think no one cares and so, you stay stuck doing work that you do not really want to do because you think that that would make you safe.
Except you are bored to ... Views: 1205
Ok, let’s get real here…
You are a leader with a message…
You want to teach, to speak, to coach, to heal, to transform people with that message…
But to date, you have not got the traction you want with this message of yours…
And mostly because you think you have to wait for the right ... Views: 713
I see you…
Walking around with a cage around your heart…
You think that you have to be hard, callous, calculating in this world…
And so you hide from the world…
Because that is not who you are…
But you have been hurt…
Hurt badly…
By those who should have loved ... Views: 881
You may be called to the whole 7 billion people on the planet…
Or you may only be called to 10 people
Are your people hearing your voice?
You may wake up feeling down and out…
Or you may wake up feeling full of the joy of life…
Are your people hearing your voice?
Stop buying into the ... Views: 981
It takes courage to be the leader…
To be the one that keeps showing up even when it feels like no one is listening…
To have a dream, a huge big dream that no one else can see…
It takes courage to believe enough in yourself to just keep putting it out into the marketplace…
To keep ... Views: 1164
You do know that you are THE product of your online business, right?
And you do know that that is why you struggle so much to sell anything in your business?
There is a part of you that doubts yourself and actually does not like yourself. You know all the mistakes you have made, you know ... Views: 1025
As I write this, I am taking a group of people through the EMPOWERED TO WIN bootcamp and also working with more than the usual number of private clients and something that I know more and more to be true is that most people do not understand the level of discipline required to live a rich, ... Views: 1063
Sometimes you know something needs to change, but maybe it’s something big and you’re not even sure where to start, let alone every step you will need to take. Maybe it seems too big and like if you aren’t able to do it “all” then it’s not worth doing anything. Maybe it seems impossible and ... Views: 1213
If I were to ask you right now to tell me something big and bold that you would like to do, you may think of some amazing ideas.
Now go do them!
I can almost hear the words flowing in your minds, “But I can’t!”
But that’s not it.
And I can hear the wheels going again in your minds, ... Views: 961
I have discovered that my true passion is to help people feel comfortable in their own skin. Over the years I have been coaching, and more than a decade of my own personal growth, I keep on coming back to self-acceptance. Within the journey, throughout the process, over the peaks and along the ... Views: 2002
It’s a woman’s world…too
“A woman has power, but collectively we have impact.”
- Shelley Zalis
The strength of (most) organizations is their people. As products evolved into businesses into organizations, the way human resources were perceived also evolved. Today, numerous ... Views: 874
How many times do you say ‘I need to manage my time better?’ or ‘If only I had more time?’ or ‘Time just seems to disappear?’
If it’s quite often then you’re not alone – the vast majority of the clients I work with and the women I come across every single day say time is their biggest issue – ... Views: 1387
I noticed something recently that I want to talk to you about.
Do you ever find yourself thinking the following deep thoughts...
Ugh. Why do I still feel like shit? I thought I’d be totally confident after all of this divorce stuff was over, so why is my confidence still in the dumpster? ... Views: 945
Ok, I admit it! I’m not perfect! Whew – I feel better getting that off my chest! Sometimes I feel a lot of pressure to seem like I’ve got it all together. My kids are watching me. My clients are watching me. People in organizations where I hold leadership positions are watching. I know, I ... Views: 1470
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How did you start you day? Did you greet the morning with the expectation of good things, with the intentionality of happiness, or did you feel like pulling the covers over your head, and like chicken little, just burying yourself? Your thoughts as you begin your day, is a major factor in ... Views: 1340
Okay, it’s time to put up and really decide about this business of making your dreams come true. I’m directly speaking to those of you who have believed your own excuses for far too long, or who are biding your time, waiting for your ship to come in. (Update: There are no ships headed for your ... Views: 1063
Just start writing…
Just start speaking…
Just start doing whatever the heck you want to do…
Stop over thinking it…
Stop trying to be the guru…
Stop trying to be super-professional…
Stop trying to be anything other than YOU!
Stop telling yourself that ‘you’ is not good ... Views: 1004
You long to be free…
Free from the shackles of a life that is okay but not quite what you want.
You kinda know what you want but you are scared that it is too big…
Or it is impossible for you…
Or you are simply scared that you have invested so much time and energy following the rules ... Views: 941
Dru Rivers is the co-owner of Full Belly Farms located in the beautiful Capay Valley of northern California
Since she attended U.C. Davis and majored in agriculture, she has played her bigger game by feeding her compelling purpose of having no chemical farming. “We are committed to fostering ... Views: 1066
During a leadership coaching workshop, I came upon the idea that for everything I say “Yes” to, I am saying “No” to something else.
That started me thinking about what it is I say “No” to. I kept finding that it was much more effective for me to say “No” to things to make the space to fully ... Views: 1105
“Service to others is the payment you make for your space space here on earth.” ~Mohammed Ali
A while back, I received an email from a friend who was looking for a few good women to help her lead a leadership program at a girl’s camp. I read the email and almost skipped right by it until I ... Views: 1121
It can be so hard at times, right? To keep pushing forward when the fire of change is burning through your body and every fibre of your being wishes you were not a maverick and you could just quit and pretend to be happy with the status quo.
OK, lets be honest – quitting is not an ... Views: 1123
The Nines is a fashion site that puts a twist on the classic celeb fashion tracker, with a team of stylists keeping a pulse on outfits that stars are wearing and, in turn, recommending more affordable versions accessible to the average shopper.
The Nines is no average fashion site. They slice ... Views: 793
Meaning to give your kitchen a renovation but pulled back by budget?
Fret not amigos! You are not alone. Lifestyle shops and home decoration stores are striving night and day to offer amazing items for those with a budget cap. With a little bit of research (and some good luck), you can find ... Views: 211
live with intention. walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
Laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
... Views: 1087
live with intention. walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
Laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
... Views: 1146
live with intention. walk to the edge.
listen hard.
practice wellness.
play with abandon.
Laugh.
choose with no regret.
continue to learn.
appreciate your friends.
... Views: 1184
You have always known that you were born to win…
It has been a constant burning within you…
A refusal to settle for the nonsense…
A refusal to be less…
A refusal to back down and give into the fear and shame and guilt of mistakes made…
And you have been tempted, OH SO tempted to give up ... Views: 784
You have something to say but you think and think and think yourself out of it because you are scared about how it will be received…
The message you have for today does not seem politically correct enough…
You worry that people will hate you for saying it…
Your friends will be shocked that ... Views: 921
I catch myself doing this every now and then…
And it is usually noticed because my productivity goes down…
I am second guessing again…
Trying to get the words of that advert exactly right…
Trying to choose the perfect image to get the perfect ‘YES’ response…
I know that there is no way to ... Views: 825
This morning, I got caught up again in trying to know before taking any action whatsoever, if something would work or not…
I fell for it again…
I got to thinking and overthinking what text to put in my adverts for Facebook…
Trying to go see what others had done…
Trying to see the end before ... Views: 887
I get tired of knee jerk responses from people who are not willing to question their beliefs.
Beliefs that have been passed down to them by other people who were not willing to question their beliefs. And so, these unfounded beliefs keep going from person to person, generation to ... Views: 1575
Stop holding back thinking you are greedy or selfish or not allowed or any other reason you come up with…
You are created for freedom but YOU MUST CLAIM IT…
No one will give it to you until you have the confidence to decide that it is yours and you go after it against the odds of living in a ... Views: 841
You think that no one wants to hear what you have to say…
And yet, right now, in the world, there are so-called ‘leaders’ who tap into a vein of malcontent amongst the everyday, regular people and they say what those malcontents are thinking and use it to give themselves an advantage…
Not for ... Views: 1023
Yesterday, I had friends round and it was lovely to hang out…
Not many are let into my inner crazy but these are because they get it more than most…
They get the push, the need to be all we are created to be…
Now that does not mean we agree on everything but it means I can just be…
I can say ... Views: 927
Our leadership “true potential” is not realized simply by inspiring others or feeling inspired or just having more information. Knowledge is not really power until it is applied. Recognition or an “aha” are only nice, interesting tidbits until you muster up the courage to make the change. ... Views: 1202
I heard too much yakking about Leap Day (February 29) being an “extra” day this year. A “bonus” day. A day to do something special. Every time I heard this notion from someone in person, on the phone, or on the media, I wanted to scream, “Don’t you get it? Every day is a bonus day!” Perhaps ... Views: 996
Two Keys to Transformation - Awareness and Self awareness
Dear friend, to get a clear understanding of self awareness, it's a good idea to first understand awareness itself. So what is awareness?
Simply put, awareness is our capacity to notice things. We may be aware of the time or aware ... Views: 1375
Today I was invited to attend the Success 2013 Conference with Les Brown, Bill Cosby, Larry King and other motivational speakers/success coaches. All the speakers had something meaningful to contribute, but I connected with Les Brown in a profound way.
This was my first time hearing Les ... Views: 2620
Sometimes lessons in leadership come from the most unlikely places; when you look for life's lessons, it's amazing where you will find them. I have found them in the small details, the fleeting moments, and the major life-changing transitions. As Valentine's Day approaches, I want to share some ... Views: 1327
Sometimes lessons in leadership come from the most unlikely places; when you look for life's lessons, it's amazing where you will find them. I have found them in the small details, the fleeting moments, and the major life-changing transitions. As Valentine's Day approaches, I want to share some ... Views: 1359