Furious and Fuming | What Really Makes You Angry In our previous blog, we looked at your relationship with anger and different ways you may get angry. And while we touched on the physiological flight or fight response to anger in that blog, let's see if we can dig deeper into the biology of anger and what really [...]
Furious and Fuming | Your Relationship with Anger Have you ever been really angry? The answer is probably yes - we all get angry. Anger is a normal human emotion that we all experience. The classic definition of anger is a strong feeling of being upset or annoyed because you see something as wrong. The [...]
How to Assess Your Real Priorities I am often awed by our failure to look at the big picture. My husband has a favorite saying, “People are pole vaulting over mouse turds while the elephants are running through the area.” I have always laughed at this saying but recognize the metaphor as being practical. In [...]
Putting on Your Big Girl Panties Next week is a scary week for me. I have committed to three projects that take me way outside my comfort zone. All three of them are paralyzingly frightening. I am really going to have to “psych” myself up for them. So, what scares you? Giving a speech? Socializing [...]
Running on Empty | The Necessity of Self Care Rituals I was driving down the highway this week when I noticed that my gas gauge was getting low. It was nearly on empty. I learned the hard way in my youth that this means the car will stop and won’t go any further. While this [...]
The Plague of Perfectionism: Good Enough Should Be Good Enough We all have expectations about what we should be able to do, don't we? Run five miles, have the perfect job, fit into certain jeans, cooking the perfect meal, writing the perfect blog (?), be the perfect, spouse, parent, grandparent or friend , find the [...]
Decisions - How to Take Charge of Your Life Our life is made up of decisions. Each day we make 100's of decisions – trivial and crucial. What do I wear? What do I eat? Do I go that meeting? Do I quit my job? Do I stop for gas before work or after? Do [...]
She Owns It - How to Claim Your Authority I was looking for a new pair of shoes over the weekend – ok ok, I live by the motto “You can never have enough friends ... or shoes.” They were really cute brown low ankle boots that looked great with my jeans. I loved them, but [...]
3 Step Formula to Get Unstuck Life is filled with the challenges that have the power to derail us – a divorce, loss of a job, weight gain, health issues, or generalized unhappiness about something. We can easily become stuck in the quicksand of events that affect us at a core level or by the [...]
September is Suicide Awareness Month Many people are still reeling from Robin William’s death. It has sobered us all to the reality of pain. September is Suicide Awareness month and it seems fitting to continue the dialogue with just one more post dedicated to the topic. I thought I would approach the topic as a [...]
