When I was a little girl, I dreamed of going to Harvard University. I wore my crimson Harvard sweatshirt several times a week and made fond memories of eating Tasty Burgers with my middle school speech team that traveled to the Cambridge campus every spring for a national speech tournament. But as limiting beliefs began to shape me in high school, my plans changed. I no longer saw myself as a Harvard girl. “Harvard is …
Last week I wrote to you about the necessity of developing a healthier relationship to your feelings in order to have emotional intelligence and high performance in your life. In order to do this, we need to understand that all feelings are neutral. They are not good or bad; they just are. They are part of the human experience. Sure, we often label feelings like joy, happiness, love, and gratitude as “good” feelings. And feelings …
My husband and I prefer to spend our money on experiences, rather than toys and the latest gadgets that clutter our home, so we took our boys to Disneyworld last week as their Christmas present. While at EPCOT, we rode Mission: SPACE, an attraction that simulates being an astronaut blasting off from planet Earth and landing on Mars. The experience required me to put into practice 4 self-mastery tools that I regularly teach my clients. …
We can’t achieve a business or personal goal with the same knowledge, skills, or mindset that we currently have. Instead, we have to GROW into our goals — that means we must change. While change is necessary and inevitable, most of us (and our teams) fear it and that fear holds us back from making lasting change that will significantly up-level our lives and businesses. There are 3 main fears or concerns we have about …
Sometimes I feel so alone. When I said these words to myself as instructed to by my chiropractor this morning, it felt like my carefully protected carafe of tears was about to burst open. “I am alone” is the underlying false belief that has been running my life since I was a little girl. To hear someone else say it, and then for me to breathe into how this feeling was showing up in my …