Debriefing 2020 and Renewing for 2021: Breathe, Feel, Write, Reflect and Release
Last year was difficult. You spent most of it living with uncertainty and extra work. You may have spent it losing money, making painful cost cutting decisions, and being excruciatingly patient. You may have eventually struggled with less work. You tried to bring more value to your stakeholders (colleagues, customers or clients, board members, partners, [...]
Welcome 2021! What just happened?
Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay May 2021 bring you renewed energy to grow in clarity, compassion and strengthen your ability to find contentment in what is. This is your center. The human experience is messy. Give yourself permission to ground in the present moment and know the most important person in your life - [...]
I am so grateful for you! Now breathe, reflect, squeeze & repeat
I am so grateful for you! This blog has been a joy of mine for 5 years. It is one of the first activities I started when beginning business in 2015. I haven't missed a month. Sometimes the readership is low and sometimes it is high. Sometimes, I get responses from readers and even a [...]
A Mindful Technique: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
5 steps: a mindful grounding technique In your environment, right now... Observe five things around you. Feel four things. Hear three things. Smell two things. Taste one thing. Ground yourself any time today by connecting with the present moment and everything around you. For more information about cultivating clarity, compassion, and contentment in your [...]
Equanimity
You may not know what this word means, but you have been doing it for the last several months...or not on occasion. e·qua·nim·i·ty (ekwəˈnimədē/) noun: mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation: "She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity. (Source: Oxford Dictionary) It [...]
Mindfulness: Beginner’s Mind
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” ― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice When was the last time you let something "wow" you? Beginner's mind is the concept of innocence, openness and newness as opposed to expert, fully knowing, and ordinary. [...]
Recharge: What do you need?
The adaptation required of you has been on overdrive this year. The shake up is the wake up, as I like to say, taking a positive view, letting go of what we cannot control and increasing our awareness. The good: learning to appreciate what we have, slowing down, practicing patience, taking good care of self and family, [...]
A Mindful Approach to Work
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay "This is the real secret of life to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play." ~Alan Watts Work to produce, to create, to share, to build, to participate, learn, and grow. Do [...]