Confidence cannot be faked. It’s also situational. This means that just because you are confident in one area of your life, like the nitty gritty of your job or with your closest friends, it doesn’t mean you’ll be confident public speaking or when leading a new project at work. I recently sat down with my friend Colin Estrem, owner of Estrem & Co. Talent Acquisition, to talk confidence. We specifically discussed how to create more …
Do you forget that your partner is not a mind reader, like me and many of the clients I’ve worked with? “I left the clean clothes on top of the dryer, but my husband didn’t fold them!” one said. “Did you ask him to fold them?” I asked. “No…” she replied. “I really wanted to go to that event but my husband didn’t offer to stay home with the boys so that I could attend,” …
I learned what a poor listener I was in 2009 in the middle of a yoga teacher training. I realized that most of the time when I thought I was listening, I wasn’t actually listening to the person in front of me. Instead, I was crafting my response in my head, thinking about how to make myself sound good, or telling myself how right I was and how wrong they were. Not to mention the …
When my first son was a toddler, I was stressed out nearly every time I was in public with him. Whether at Target or a friend’s house or in our front yard, I felt like his every move, word choice, and behavior was being judged and a reflection of me and my parenting skills (or lack thereof). If he threw a tantrum or cried or wasn’t grateful about a gift he had been given or …
There are 5 types of self-care that you should carry out regularly in order to live an impactful, balanced life you love. I outline these 5 essential self-care buckets in my latest YouTube video and provide several examples on ways to fill each of them. Many of the examples I share are quick, easy, and free! I outline strategies for the 5 self-care buckets of: Physical Mental Emotional Spiritual Relational Give this video a watch …