Making Personal Change
I recently read these words from Rosabeth Moss Kanter, management expert and Harvard professor, in Harvard Business Review: “Change is a campaign, not a decision…CEOs and senior executives make pronouncements about change all the time, and then launch programs that get ignored. To change behavior requires a campaign, with constant communication, tools and materials, milestones, [...]
Don’t be greedy with the universe, she said to me. But she didn’t say it in the mean way. She didn’t say don’t dream big, don’t want things, don’t think you deserve. She meant: look at your life and trust it. Notice how you have forever been given what you need. Notice how, while you’ve [...]
Fabulous artwork by Mati Rose We need space for dreaming. Spacious space. Lengths of time. Dreams don’t fight for attention. They don’t yell over noise. Sometimes a dream will interrupt and assert itself, but mostly dreams speak when invited. Dreams speak when we ask: What do I want? What’s my dream? What’s my dream for [...]
Today I’m so happy to be blogging in partnership with two fabulous women, Lianne Raymond and Heather Plett. We’re all writing on the theme of “location dependence” and connection to place. Lianne and Heather are both remarkable writers and leaders. Check out their posts here: Feels Like Home to Me and A Declaration of Dependance. [...]
Wise Living readers, I have a few links/goodies to share with you! 1. My guest post at Tiny Buddha, “16 Ways to Get Unstuck,” a compilation of my favorite simple tools. And my goodness, 1000 people tweeted this article! 2. My guest post at Productive Flourishing, “How to Get Out of Your Business Comfort Zone.” [...]
On Friday I posted my recent Huff Post article 10 Rules for Brilliant Women. My intention on Friday was to include a note, but I forgot the note! What I had wanted to say was this: 1. I’ve posted the article here so you have the rules in a list and in a format that’s [...]
Step back and watch your body, being a body. Watch an arm move through space, watch an ankle turn. Watch your body, as it likes things or doesn’t, as it gets scrapes and bruises as the skin darkens and falls into folds. Step back to the perimeter of the theater and watch your [...]
I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women. Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they “aren’t ready” to take on that next bigger role. They are more attuned to the ways they aren’t qualified than to the ways that they are. They are waiting for someone [...]
1. Hold the process of creating the goal as sacred. Make the goal itself a work of art. “Get in shape” doesn’t cut. “Run a mountain trail and love the run – even in mile 8” just might. Take time to develop a picture of the goal. Use journaling, collage, drawing, or visualization. 2. Know [...]
I’m so grateful to all those writers who have given over their lives to writing about spirituality, compassion, the mind, the heart. To write about how we can be saner, better. My shelves have been full of their works for the past decade, and now my Kindle is too. I remember being 13 or so [...]
