All tagged Attitude
Here’s the hard truth - it's actually not the other person that's making your work difficult. 🤯 Yep, I said that. Think about it for a moment. That other person is just being herself, right, wrong or indifferent. We can’t control other people’s behavior. What we can do is control our experience of that person.
Do you ever have those days where it seems like everything that can go wrong does? Those are the times when you can really experience the life-changing power of gratitude.
My monkey moment. It’s the day my life changed. 🐒 I was at a low point in my life. To the world, I had it all together. Yet, I was slowly crumbling inside. I was overworked, overwhelmed and at a loss for how to change. Maybe you feel this way? Bali changed that. But how did I get to Bali?
What brings you joy? Did reading that question cause your heart to skip a beat? Do you find yourself holding your breath? If this is you, you're not alone. Take a deep exhale and keep reading. When I ask clients this question, I usually hear crickets. Many can’t immediately tell me what brings them joy as they’re often operating on autopilot from a place of stress. Joy is a state of being often tied to feelings of pleasure and happiness.
Turbulence. Chaos. Disarray. Conflict. It comes in life when you least expect it. It seems as if it’s always there, lurking in the corner wondering the best time to strike. When it does, how do you respond?
I was 19 when I met this Jackie. Clear as day, I remember sitting on the couch with my ex-husband (then a nervous 21-year-old) as we awaited his mother’s arrival home from a softball tournament. Little did I know then that her vivacious spirit would help raise me from a young, naive college student to a grown woman.
