Aug 16, 2018 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem, Parenting |
When my first child was born, I was so overwhelmed and stressed out that I found it difficult to be fully present in the moment. Over time I got better at it, but I found that motherhood and its demands made it very difficult to be emotionally present. My mind was...
Aug 9, 2018 | Leadership & Career Development
As part of my coaching and leadership business, I spend time coaching people around personal and professional relationships. Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that the word “respect” comes up quite a bit when talking to love couples, as well as business teams and...
Aug 2, 2018 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
When I was a kid, I loved having a pen pal. I had one through my Brownie troop, a couple through school, and periodically a family member pen pal. There was something so exciting about getting a letter in the mail and learning a little bit about another person, as...
Jul 26, 2018 | Leadership & Career Development
This post was first published at the American Management Association’s website Playbook on May 11, 2018. **** One of the more common comments that I hear from women is that they don’t need to ask for a raise. Why? Because their boss knows they want one, and when...
Jul 12, 2018 | Happiness Fulfillment & Self Esteem
In honor of me enjoying my summer, I decided to repurpose an old blog post of mine. Actually, this is the first post I ever wrote. I was terrified to publish it to an online local newspaper so I read and reread it until I finally worked up the courage to hit send....
Jul 5, 2018 | Stress Relief |
When I was a kid, summers were truly the best part of the year. It was mostly unstructured time to hang out with friends at a pool, be lazy and bored, and annoy my parents. I was great at it. My parents’ lives seemed to slow down a bit with a short vacation or my dad...
