As you may have noticed within yourself and others, the new decade dawning in our midst seems to yield an invigorating sense of renewed hope, even as we may be preoccupied by personal, professional or larger scale challenges such as climate change. This new energy can be harnessed to surge ...
On the threshold of this year’s second half, it’s wise to revisit intentions you have set in January and ask yourself if a course correction is needed. For some of us, even the most compelling goals and intentions can be derailed because we are constantly at risk of being sidetracked. ...
With the advent of a fresh year, we tend to crave newness. We can choose how we respond to that craving on the vertical spectrum of changes, from relatively minor, less significant, to a deeper course correction that will yield greater meaning and fulfillment. For example, we may indulge that ...
Remember that September feeling of excitement prior to starting University as a young person? Having associated this time of year with the beginning of a learning phase, we are naturally inclined to feel that yearning to learn anew. Ok, not necessarily a formal course of study or an extended journey ...
I was recently among a group of peers who are coaches and therapists when the focus of conversation shifted towards money. As we talked about the beliefs we grew up with regarding this essential resource, diversity characterized our mindsets and views. Several in the group admitted to still having difficulty ...
Regrets – many of us have them, especially in the second half of life. They can be painful; such as the story I shared in my book Living Forward, Giving Back, about an older woman who experienced regrets as intolerable agony while nearing the end of her life. In a ...
As millions watched recent athletic performances from around the world at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, we were amazed by the incredible efforts, persistence and dedication embodied by these athletes. From a collective standpoint, it seems as we sit to watch, we experience triumphs vicariously especially through winning athletes representing ...
As we greet this brand-new year, it’s wise to carve out time to reflect on what 2017 brought you, and what you have given of yourself into it? What progress have you made towards specific goals and dreams? And do your aspirations now need to be reviewed or re-imagined? What ...
Having recently returned from the International Positive Psychology (IPPA) conference in Montreal, I am filled with fresh research information and inspiration from new and practical findings in this exciting field. At the start of this conference, Dr. Martin Seligman inspired the 1,300 people in attendance with the idea that every ...
In a recent coaching session with a woman launching into retirement, the conversation focused on various options she is considering to re-engage, not merely “retire”. As we explored her transferable skills and natural talents, I sensed she had a strong leadership edge that was seeking to come alive and put ...