Are You Living on Autopilot?

A lot of my work is about helping people develop self-awareness. We think we know ourselves but so often what we know are just stories from the past. We assume that our thoughts, our feelings and our experiences add up to who we are today. We think that who we …

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Fill Your Energy Tank

When we’re fully present and able to acknowledge our accomplishments, we fuel ourselves to do the next thing. When my children were little, I always talked to them about filling their “Love Tank” when they were feeling grouchy and unhappy. I would say things like, “It sounds like your love …

It’s Okay to Be Here Now

The extent to which we live in the past (and as long as we have unresolved issues from the past, we live in it to some degree) is the extent to which we cannot be fully present, either with ourselves or with others. When we release all the old stories …

Treasure Hunt: Finding the Golden Nuggets of Leadership

If everyone were truly living in the present, and fully aware of following their natural instincts and talents, leadership would just be a natural thing that happens. When we clear the gunk, the stuff we’re still attached to from the past, we can find the golden leadership nuggets that are …