The Power of Emotions in Our Lives
Emotions are funny things – they are nothing, in a way, and yet they hold huge power in human lives. The power […]
Category: Mastery
The Unknown Costs of Toxic Relationships
Too often we err on the side of keeping toxic relationships in our lives for far too long. We tell ourselves we’re […]
Shifting From Self-as-Enemy to Self-as-Ally
One of the bigger paradigm shifts I teach is moving from self-as-enemy to self-as-ally. Most people are beating themselves up. They’re fighting […]
Over-responsibility: an issue for leaders who care
What seems largely unexplored is the heightened sense of responsibility or “over-responsibility” that some leaders feel. Especially caring leaders. They can spend […]
Bigger Picture Thinking Is THE Role of Leadership
A comment I hear all the time from leaders is that they’re spending too much time down in the trenches and not […]
Belongingness From A Different Perspective
“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ? Michel de Montaigne This is a really […]
Beyond Emotional Intelligence: Understanding Repression and Suppression
Looking for a deeper level of emotional intelligence than the average taught means understanding how emotions work within our greater consciousness. Learning […]
Intuition and Flow or In the Zone
How are intuition and ‘in the zone’ similar? Both involve experiential knowing rather than textbook or analytic knowing. Seeing things in their […]
Stress and Brain States
It’s helpful to consider stress from the point of view of our brain states. Beta is the dominant state of the alert, […]
Stretching the Possible
Rock balancing – who’d a thunk?!? Just shows there are many paths to getting to ‘in the zone’ or the benefits of […]