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Are You Stuck on "Gotta Do It All"?
Are You Stuck on "Gotta Do It All"?
(Annoying, but it’s trying to save you!)Ever find yourself mentally spinning in circles, stuck on the song of "I gotta do this, gotta do that, gotta do everything perfectly, right now!"? It's like our brains get caught in this loop that won't quit.
That, my friend, is the double team of anxiety and overwhelm dropping by for an unwelcome visit.
Here's the deal—people like us thrive when in the thick of it. Deadlines chasing us down, emails are piling up faster t…
Uncovering the Hidden Opportunities in Challenging Situations: Lessons from My Cancer Healing Journey
Lesson 1: Shifting Your Mindset The key lesson I learned was to shift my mindset from feeling like a victim to embracing g…
Unmotivated? Let’s shift it…
A year of lock down, zoom fatigue, uncertainty may have left you feeling unmotivated, or just plain tired. You may find yourself a little in a slump at this time, or anxious without necessarily knowing why. At least I was feeling some of all of that, and wanted to share with you the practices I am doing to shift myself. I am happy to say it is working.
Here’s the deal. There are some things that you can do right now that are completely within your control to get you back on track and feel energi…
The Human Side of Business: A Human-Centric Organization
Solution for organizations to thrive in a pandemic
COVID-19 has disrupted all aspects of business, creating many opportunities for innovation as society, companies and people have the opportunity to define a new future.
How do organizations thrive in a climate like this? The answer: by becoming human-centric organizations and having human-centric leaders.
What is a human-centric organization?
https://youtu.be/ChMXk1KtUK0
A human-centric organization is a workplace with conditions that allow employe…
Make "Scary" Your Teacher
Studies show that we spend only 10% of our time and our energy in the present moment. 40% in the past, thinking what's happened to us and 50% in the future worrying about what will happen.
So, 90%, of the time, we are missing each moment.

What if we let our expectations and worries die each moment, and then fully wake up and live in each moment?
They say that the biggest fear we all have is the fear of death. Sometimes I wonder if we also fear life itself.
When uncertainty comes we may be scare…
Befriending Your Overwhelm and Anxiety
If you’re facing anxiety or overwhelm, you’ve probably got one thing on your mind — how to make it go away. But what if this challenging emotion was actually trying to help?
Over the years I have realized that leaning into any kind of emotion and being curious allows me to understand myself better and therefore help myself more.
Leaning in can be difficult if this emotion is perceived as uncomfortable and negative. At times even positive emotions can be uncomfortable. Anything that is felt very …
What’s distracting you?
What is distracting you? Is it food, alcohol, Netflix, your work… something else?
I found out what my distraction was, and did what I needed to do.
Struggling with negative thoughts? Practices to help with that.
Negative self talk is something that most of us experience from time to time, and it comes in many forms. It can create stress, not only to us but to those around us if we’re not careful.
Negative self talk can be overridden by cultivating a compassionate heart, which is loving-kindness for yourself and others.
In this video, I walk you through how to reframe your thoughts. You can practice this reframing exercise, and s…
Focus on things you can control! Let me help you see how.
The world is certainly undergoing through many changes. With change often comes anxieties and the fear of loss. The more centered, objective and neutral we are, the more resilient and adaptable we become to this temporary situation. That is why focusing on high priority actions and things we have control over is an expression of wisdom.
In the video below I have pointed out the things you can still control to keep calm a…
How do you close the knowing-doing gap?
Would you agree that we are prone to cram our minds full of new things to know, yet fail to put into practice those few important things we need to do?
There is a gap between our knowing and our doing.
I want to resolve this for you as you can hear in my video below:
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