The saying goes “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” By extrapolation you could say don’t judge a person by their title, but that discounts the intrinsic human tendency to assess one another in a matter of seconds. This is why it is so critical to be really clear in how you introduce yourself; what […]
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The Wisdom of Your Inner Voice There’s that intuitive voice speaking up again: Girl, your square peg don’t fit in that round hole! Yes, I know. Not proper English, but my Inner Voice can get a little sassy. And impatient. There are times I can visualize her smacking her ethereal forehead as she gasps, “Doh!”
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Shine your light! Shine it Bold! Shine it Bright! Shine it Beautiful! Are you too much? Too loud? Too excitable? Who says? Keep your voice down! You’re not wearing that, are you? Who says? Don’t say that! Take it down a notch! Again, who says? Who told you that back then? Who’s telling you now?
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What do you do when someone acknowledges your good work? Are you able to accept it or do you find your Inner Critic raises its ugly head? Do you stridently say, “Thank you, I thought so too!” What about, “Thank you, I did my best!” Perhaps, “Geez, thanks! It’s a small miracle!” Or “Aw it’s
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The power of story moves us through our days defining our experience. What stories are you telling these days? What are you telling yourself? And what are you telling others? These are the stories of your life. The words you use and the way you string them together shape your world. Whether you mean it
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Can you name your superpower? Naturally, the tendency in responding to this question is to think of fictional Superheros and Villians; the likes of Wonder Woman, Super Man, Gollum, and Darth Vader. But I am not asking about conjured powers of our imagination. Rather, I am talking about those innate powers within us that we
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Do you ever feel like a fraud? Do you ever feel like you’ll be found out? Found out for not being all that? All that you let on to be? All that others have come to expect of you? Have you ever felt like an imposter? An imposter who didn’t belong because you didn’t have
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QTIP! Has anyone ever told you to Quit Taking It Personally? You may have heard it from a parent, a friend, or a colleague. I have heard some version of it from all three. Unfortunately, I have taken other people’s bad behavior personally more often than I’d like to admit and I’ve worried far too
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Who are you? And who are you becoming? There are so many ways to answer the first question of “Who are you?” A big part of it is how you define yourself. Do you see yourself primarily as your gender, family, work or community role? I suspect it’s an AND. We are not just one
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This week I am celebrating my country because of its rich history and the freedom that history gives me to challenges its complexities. Will you be celebrating? The United States of America is my home; it both has my heart and causes concern. I grew up being schooled on my country’s impressive birth as a
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