INSPIRATION BLOG
Extend Kindness ♥
Extending kindness to yourself can help you overcome challenges, build a stronger relationship with yourself, and reach your goals. Kindness can be found in the way we talk to ourselves, the way we nourish our bodies, and how we choose to engage with the world around...
The Power of Empathy
With so many people struggling with burnout or finding it challenging to find balance and/or happiness at work, empathy can be a powerful antidote and contribute to positive experiences for individuals and teams. Take a look at this powerful article supporting that...
5 Ways Gratitude Improves Your Health
Gratitude is the expression of appreciation for what one has. It is a recognition of value independent of monetary worth. Spontaneously generated from within, it is an affirmation of goodness and warmth. When we get a hold of the idea that everything we have is a...
You Can Be Both…
I was speaking with a friend recently and when I asked her how she was, her response was a simple "Good". But her voice really didn't sound "good". So I shared my observation, "Well, you say you're good, but that doesn't really sound convincing." She went on to...
Can Worry Be A Habit?
Our brains are incredible problem solvers. But what happens when our brain doesn't have enough information? Or just gets a little over-zealous? In these cases, our brain starts asking "What if" questions. What if they don't like my presentation? What if I can't make...
Go Towards Positivity
I ran across this Byron Katie quote the other day – “We don’t hear what someone said. We imagine what they meant.” Often we immediately go to the negative and start to make assumptions that most of the time, are simply not true. Many times we do the same with stories...
Do You Communicate Confidence?
It's very common to, at some point, lack self-confidence. According to Katty Kay, The Confidence Code, it only takes two years in the workplace for women to be faced with a lack of confidence. And it's an interesting phenomena that highly competent women often can't...
212 Degrees🔥
Is your life running at 212 degrees? At 211 degrees, water is simply hot water. But when water reaches 212 degrees, it produces steam. And steam is a powerful force that has the ability to move multi-ton trains and boats. Just that one more degree... that one small...
Trust Change
For me 2022 is a year of intention, of opening up, expanding, evolving, and being my best self. I stand in my power, count my blessings, take risks, learn from the mirror of my relationships, and am light in each relationship. Sometimes a drastic change feels...
Can Taking Breaks Really Reduce My Stress?
Stress can occur at the thought level, at the focus level, and at the brain activation level (your survivor brain region). If you are 100% present, you cannot experience stress. Why? Because if you are 100% present, you are in the calm, clear-headed part of your...