“What we’re talking about is getting to know fear, becoming familiar with fear, looking it right in the eye—not as a way to solve problems, but as a complete undoing of old ways of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and thinking. The truth is that when we really begin to do this, we’re [...]
“Like tiny seeds with potent power to push through tough ground and become mighty trees, we hold innate reserves of unimaginable strength. We are resilient.” ~Catherine DeVrye, The Gift of [...]
“Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” ~John C. [...]
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ~Ambrose [...]
When I was a boy and would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” ~Mr. [...]
“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” ~Elizabeth [...]
“I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning my day difficult.” — E.B. White Welcome to 2020! It’s the start of the new year, and for many of us, we reflect on career changes we’d like to make: I want a job [...]
Photo 1: In the studio; Photo 2: With Angela Davis I was recently a guest on MPR’s Angela Davis show discussing introversion in the workplace. Behaviors that are highly regarded in professional settings are often challenging for introverts, such as speaking up in meetings, being outgoing, and [...]
“In school you get the lesson and then take the test… In life you take the test and then get the lesson.” Source unknown A client in his early 30s told me: “I got school. I knew what was expected of me. I chose to study or not study, and then got a grade that usually reflected what I [...]