A Mindful Moment

Lo que resistes, realmente persiste. ¿Cómo pasa su tiempo? No me refiero a lo que hace externamente. Como pasa su tiempo internamente? Yo hago muchos talleres y presentaciones y cuando estoy viendo a mi audiencia, estoy profundamente agradecida por todo el interés, y hasta caras ansiosas que me van para atrás. Me da energía, me motiva, y hace que mi trabajo sea divertido y gratificante. Pero invariablemente, siempre hay una o dos personas que no tienen ningún interés de estar

“El hombre puede fracasar muchas veces, pero el no es un fracaso hasta que empieza a echarle la culpa a otra persona.” John Burroughs Todos deseamos que todo valla bien todo el tiempo. Pero por supuesto eso no sucede, y es cuando algo va mal que debemos de hacer una decisión: ¿vamos a echarle la culpa a otra persona o a otra cosa, o vamos a encontrar culpa en nosotros mismos o en otros, o vamos a tomar responsabilidad por nuestras propias acciones? Cuando nuestro enfoque es d

Quizás esto debería leer "la irracional reacción de resistencia" El podcast de esta semana casi no se hacía realidad. Eh estado bajo mucha presión últimamente, por casi 4 semanas para ser mas exacta, porque no es raro que mi línea de trabajo no pueda controlar el flujo y volumen de la cantidad de trabajo que tengo porque mucho de el depende en clientes externos. Trato de permitir espacio entre eventos contratados, divido tiempo para escribir, y soy muy cuidadosa con no tener

It’s not always easy or quick to create or change a habit. But we now know it’s possible because we understand how habits get created in the

If failure was not possible and money was no issue, what would you like to try in life? You just identified something new to try! You’ve fou

We recently looked at anger, so this week’s topic of forgiveness is a natural next step. When we get angry, it’s usually joined and even fueled by at least one of its partners, blame or shame. As I covered in the anger podcast, there’s also usually a good dose of injustice or unfairness involved as well. Hopefully, you can resolve your issues with the other person and move on. But what happens if the angry encounter is left unresolved? You could get really stubborn, declaring

For every minute you remain angry, you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson I spent the last two evenings working with some very angry people. While not my favorite role, I end up doing frequent conflict mediation sessions because there are so many angry people out there. I have a lot of coaching clients, too, who end up in sessions with me because of anger issues. They’re in trouble at work, or in their personal relationships, because other people just

"Change is the only constant in life." ~ Heraclitus of Ephesus Everything changes all of the time, but don’t you sometimes wish you could take a pause? Just a little reprieve to catch your breath? I’m going through that, again, right now. I’m pretty comfortable with change, but it goes hand in hand with increased busyness and that’s what I’m struggling with at the moment. When I launched my company back in 2012, I thought my main focus would be writing. So I created everythin

There’s a Chinese proverb that says, “Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” I don’t know where my belief that doing nothing equated to laziness originated, but I held that belief for a very long time. Busy, busy, busy. And of course, that included being busy judging others who were lazy. I even agreed with the sentiment that there’d be time to sleep when I died. Now if you ask anyone who knows me, they might still see me as a constant doer. That’

Perhaps that should read "the mindless reaction of resistance." This week’s podcast and blog almost didn’t happen. I have been under intense pressure lately, about 4 weeks to be exact. As is not unusual in my line of work, I can’t control the flow of work very well because much of it is driven by outside clients. I try to allow space between booked events, block off time to work on writing, and I am careful not to overbook individual clients. But despite my best attempts, my

“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” John Burroughs We all wish everything would go right all of the time. Of course, that doesn’t happen, and it’s when something goes wrong that we have to make a choice: are we going to blame someone or something else, are we going to find fault in others or ourselves, or are we going to take responsibility for our own actions? When our focus is on blame, it is all about finding someone