Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: that old saying, “laughter is the best medicine,” holds true for me this morning. I woke up stressed about the workshop I am facilitating this evening. And when I came down to feed and water the kitties, my cat treated me to his silly method of drinking water. He…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words. Actually, it’s only one power word. The word is, “yes.” Do you have an idea? Say yes to it. Do you want to try something? Say yes. Do you want to do something new, be someone new, try something new? Say yes. Throwing ourselves into the attempt is how…
Is life handing you a bowl of poop soup? Kvetch, complain, moan, whine, all you want. But do it to yourself and get it out of your system. And then? Go and do something about it. That’s how we fix things. We do it one step at a time. We do it by not giving up….
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words:I have scent allergies. So, I am particularly sensitive to and aware of my breath. If I breathe in something harmful, I get immediate feedback. But, it’s not like I can stop breathing. 🙂 We all have to breathe. And the deeper we breathe, the more air we take in,…
Today’s Show Up Journal power words: there’s really not much else to say about it. You are fantastic. You are amazing. You’re incredible. Now go and do.
It’s tempting, isn’t it, to try to do it all and to try to be all things to all people. But somehow that tactic never works. We are always left with that doubt that we didn’t do enough. And that is because we couldn’t do it. There was no way to live up to all…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: isn’t it funny how the great conversationalists seldom speak? I think Dale Carnegie had it right. People engage with us when we are curious about them. So, the best way to be regarded as a great conversationalist and/or communicator is to be curious about the other person, to engage…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power word: integrity. This one was tough to write about in the journal this morning. We all live through days where we don’t live up to our fullest potential. We all live through times when we give slightly less than our best. And we make excuses or get defensive and even…
Today’s Show Up! Journal power words: I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about fear lately. Many of us walk around with either small or humongous fears eating away at us every single day. The reason I think they pick away at our spirits and our motivation is because we give them too much power…