clarity/clar-i-ty n. the quality of being clearthe quality of being easily understoodthe quality of being certain or definite When was the last time you saw with crystal clarity? You held a certainty about the way you understood things. It’s a good feeling isn’t it? Clarity is a light that shines the way, while confusion is [...]
The Clarity to know. The Confidence to be. The Courage to act. This, my friends is what I call 3C Living. This has been a year filled with highs and lows. From Winter Olympics and a royal wedding to yet another school shooting and refugees fleeing violent acts. Sometimes it is a struggle to live [...]
Life has a way of boxing us in when, out of convenience or self-limitations, or even some skewed duty to others we fail to reach our potential. We often look at the success of others and wonder what their secret is; better support, a stronger financial base, or maybe even dumb luck that allowed them [...]
New Year’s resolutions don’t seem to really work for me. Instead of a heavy lift with multiple goals that lack direction or the detailed mechanics of ‘how to’, I find that focusing on one word for the year fits how I think and delivers the many micro-successes needed to keep the ball rolling without losing [...]
Spiritual Intelligence? Is that really a thing? Absolutely! Intellectually, you may assess a situation, opportunity, action or structure based on fact or experience that’s supported by your IQ, or Intelligence Quotient. Emotionally, your judgment regarding the same situation, opportunity or action might have a strong, “Yah, but …” based on your EQ, or your Emotional [...]
We’re often reluctant to say, “No” or offer some other form of polite decline to another’s request, in part because we are unsure of the response we’ll receive, or out of fear of hurting another’s feelings. But in our efforts to live intentionally and purposefully, ground zero is embracing truth; our own and that offered [...]
Frustration, a sense of detachment in your personal or professional life (or both!), and the inability to see a path forward can cloud your perspective and thus, make the world in which you exist feel smaller and darker with each passing day. Your thoughts and actions, and more importantly, your reactions begin to come from [...]
I was out for my typical New Year’s ‘kicking things back into gear after eating my way through the holidays run’ and thinking about the big blank slate of the new year in front of me. What did I want out of 2017? Besides wanting to run more than 10 minutes without huffing because I [...]
Confronting 3 Fears Keeping Us Anxious Our reactions to certain fears can create a frenzied self-talk that keeps us spinning. Here are 3 consistent fears I see not only in my coaching, but experience in my personal life as well. See if you can relate… Jenna is finishing up her graduate studies, and with lingering [...]
My word for the year is more of a phrase…probably even more of a mission statement. Back in January I chose, ‘Stay-the-Course’. It serves as a compass that orients me and keeps me pointed in the right direction. Now that it is September, January is a distant memory and I wonder on the impact of [...]
