I’ve been through a lot of illness in my life. When I was 19, I had Hodgkin’s disease. A few years later, I had rheumatic fever. I had breast cancer two years ago and had a double mastectomy. After the chemotherapy, my neck hurt so much, I couldn’t hold my head up. I’m 56 and…
With the pressure we are all under, social distancing and staying home and watching our economy slow down, there is a resurge of PTSD in homes around the country. My very dear friend is a horse whisperer, who has helped many children with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) heal. One day while having lunch together,…
Many of us first transitioned to remote work in 2020, and two years later, some workplaces have gone back to the office, some are still remote, and some have adopted a hybrid approach. There are so many benefits to flexible work, but one of the challenges can be forging meaningful connections with co-workers when communicating…
Happiness is a measure of success: People are not just giving up jobs in the Great Resignation, they are redefining parameters of success and what it means to them. We look for success because we think it will make us happy. Know that happiness is a state of mind, not a destination. A happy state…
Do you have a lot of fears in life? Are you struggling with the fear of failure, the fear of uncertainty and the fear of success? You don’t have to be in fear all the time! Learn how to deal with uncertainties and take control of your mind to become courageous in life in this…
The movement many now refer to as “The Great Resignation” has continued with strong momentum in 2021, hitting mid-career professionals most heavily, as well as those in tech and healthcare fields. According to the December 8th, 2021 data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job openings increased to 11.0 million on the last business day of October, and hires…
Many people believe that having a great idea is the most important prerequisite to being an entrepreneur—and they couldn’t be more wrong. That’s because an entrepreneur is a businessperson, and you don’t have to be innovative to run a thriving business (although it certainly helps). Otherwise, we wouldn’t consider independent franchise owners as entrepreneurs, would…
In the realm of modern leadership practices and principles it has become very en vogue to claim that one’s role as a leader is to “hire great people and get out of the way”. Certainly hiring great people and not actively creating barriers for them are easy to agree with, however there is in fact…
Overcoming fear and making life changes is hard. It’s even harder when it’s a big change—breaking up with someone you love, leaving your old job, starting your own business, or hundreds of other difficult choices. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve…
Have you been attempting to control your partner without realizing it? Have you ever justified taking on your partner’s emotional, relational, financial, or logistical responsibilities with: “I can do it better and/or more quickly, so I might as well just do it myself.” “They aren’t making it a priority, so I have to do the…
