What Are the Pieces of Your Puzzle?

What Are the Pieces of Your Puzzle?

What Are the Pieces of Your Puzzle?   A Find Your Gift Exercise. Do you know what makes you tick? Can you identify the activities that set your heart on fire – and are you integrating them into your life and career? Understanding your special gift is key in...
The Art of Aliveness – How to Listen From the Heart.

The Art of Aliveness – How to Listen From the Heart.

Can you remember when you first learned to read?   When all of a sudden a whole new world opened up, and you were able to delve into adventures and mysteries unavailable before? For me, it was the difference between feeling trapped in a small village in the Black...
Make Yourself Happy First

Make Yourself Happy First

Do you take care of everyone else in your life first, only to realize that you have no time left for yourself?   It’s tempting to put the needs of others before your own; it doesn’t require discipline, thought or self-reflection. “Let me quickly...
Want a Better Life? Create It.

Want a Better Life? Create It.

The One Thing I Don’t Like About My Job …   If there’s one thing that I don’t like about my job, it’s this: out of 10 people I work with, only two or three take the steps that are necessary to bring about the change they want to see...
Fake it Till You Make It: Self Coaching in Action

Fake it Till You Make It: Self Coaching in Action

Most things in life happen because you expect them to.   You assume to feel a certain way when you wake up in the morning – and most likely that’s what you’ll get. You anticipate a line at the post office when dropping off a letter and, voila,...