It's a clumsy title admittedly, but it describes me. It covers my collective experience and includes the purpose I want to serve in my career and life. I believe in clarity, as you might have noticed by my tongue twister of a business name The Center for Clarity, Compassion & Contentment. So between the title [...]
This is the year for mindfulness in life and work. Mindfulness is observing the present moment non-judgmentally. While it seems so simple, we are more often lost in thought and judgment than observing the present moment as it is. Accepting what is, is a function of resilience. Trusting in your ability to navigate your world [...]
Image by Anja on Pixabay This year, give yourself more compassion than normal. You have adjusted to changes, unable to do some of the things you love most, such as travel and connecting with others. You have been working with more than an average amount of uncertainty. February is the perfect time to [...]
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, [...]
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! 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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. [...]
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, [...]