Like many of us, I have been putting in a lot of hours on my work life and my business. And I needed a vacation and brain break. So, what did I do? I combined two of my passions (astronomy and photography) and planned my vacation around the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. I…
As we engage in telling our stories, we can use creative design features to communicate more authentically and effectively. The key is to find the form and function that best tells our tale. Color plays a major role in that process. Design ideas for palette, look, and feel can come from anywhere. This butterfly inspired…
Today’s Show Up! journal power words. In this case, in talking about our bodies. The organism knows what it needs but we often don’t take the time to slow down, hush up, and pay attention. Oh the information we would get about people, situations, ideas, and most importantly ourselves if we took the time to…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: there is not much else to say about this one. Procrastination kills ideas. Maybe those will be tomorrow’s power words. Because they are the truth. If you don’t at least act a little on your idea, on your thought and inspiration, it will die a meaningless death. Instead, do…
Today’s Show Up! Power words: it will smell sweeter and it will taste you see year if you know you were the one who grabbed on with both hands and never let go until you had achieved. That is what it’s all about.
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: when I was a child, I didn’t keep a journal. I didn’t want to take the time to organize my thoughts, And I believed writing down my wishes was a pointless effort. Rather, I worked in the world with intuition I lived with and through reaction to what is…
Today’s power words were tough to write. I am cutting away behaviors, activities, and thoughts that don’t support my highest goals. But those patterns have ingrained themselves into me. The grooves are there and are hard to buff out. Today, I realized I have to do it. In order to focus on the path of…
Today’s Show Up Journal power words: Are you scared? Good. A little fear is good. It will sharpen you, but don’t let it paralyze you. Stop wasting time and do the work. Do. Create. Do you feel unhappy? Do you think you’re a failure? It’s time to rethink that. Change your thoughts. Transform them. Turn…
We all have times when we interact with people who are nervous or anxious. In professional situations, we might find it when we have to speak with employees, when we interview people, or when we ourselves are interviewing with a new manager. Here are some hints that a person is nervous or anxious in this…