Empowerment Category
What Motivates You to Get Out of Bed?
Posted on November 1, 2017 Leave a Comment
Why did you get up today? Was it because you had to, or because you wanted to? Did you drag yourself begrudgingly from your cozy nest, at the last possible minute — again? Or did you fling the covers off, plant your feet solidly on the floor, and spring up to greet the day? Did […]
Dog Bucket Debacle
Posted on October 25, 2017 Leave a Comment
I had assumed that in learning to step off of the hamster wheel in my head, life would have more calm and ease. That moving through life more mindfully means that stupid stuff doesn’t happen anymore. Nope. Not true. Case in point: I calmly and easily backed our rig over a 5-gallon bucket of dog […]
Six Words to One Story
Posted on October 18, 2017 Leave a Comment
Here’s an exercise for our creativity muscles: write a memoir in six words. No more, no less. Six words to tell a story. Hmmm. Lemme think about this for a bit… I first learned of this in Pam Grout’s new book, Art & Soul, Reloaded. As an example, she shares the story of Ernest Hemingway […]
Transmuting Our Rants Into Raves
Posted on October 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
I love how many free video series are out there on a variety of learning topics! I’ll happily spend my time with many of these. The most recent ones I’ve seen in my email inbox teach about increased self-motivation, support for writing and publishing a book, and creating balance between work and home. Short and […]
Own Your Truth
Posted on October 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
Assertiveness: the individual dance of finding our steps between strong-willed and compliant. As both an overall approach and within individual settings. Many of us have experienced the help of others offering encouragement for us to be more assertive when we’re struggling. They tell us we need to ask for help. To delegate. To let go […]
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