Step into the Heat

Step into the Heat

Yeah, I know. We usually say get out of the heat. But what if you step in to the difficult conversation? What can you make happen? What can you change? Sure, stepping into the trouble spot has risk. But it also has opportunity. What hot spot can you step into to make...
What will you do with your 179 days?

What will you do with your 179 days?

That’s it. Then 2023 will be done. Where will you be? Is it where you want? Is it where you left off in 2022? Somewhere in between. I don’t know about you but this year has been filled with starts and stops and do-overs. But we still have half left. Where do you want...
What’s Next?

What’s Next?

That is what I am trying to decide. And I need 2 minutes or less of your time to help. I have quick survey for you. If you have followed me for a while, you know I wrote a weekly blog about problem-solving, self-discovery, communication, and leadership for four years....
Get What You Want…Look for the Good Stuff

Get What You Want…Look for the Good Stuff

It’s been a very strange week. My sense of things is somewhat out of sync with reality. And not in a particularly fabulous magical way. Quite the reverse. On Sunday I hung out in sweats on the couch with Netflix in the background. I would have told you I...
Get What You Want…If You Ever Believed in Santa

Get What You Want…If You Ever Believed in Santa

I did at least until I was five. Then I saw my mom’s friend before he finished dressing the part. They tried to convince me “he was just helping.”  But for five years, I believed in a magical thing. And life seemed to live up to it.  Here’s the thing. Believing in...
Get What You Want…What Are You Waiting For?

Get What You Want…What Are You Waiting For?

Three years ago, a friend of mine received a deadly diagnosis. She found a treatment protocol and got her affairs in order, and then went about living her very best life. She took the trips, saw her friends and family, wore the costumes, got the legislation she cared...