When envisioning future events that are a stretch for you, do you focus on what could go well, or do you stress about what could go wrong? Due to the negativity bias of the brain, it’s quite likely that you spend some time stressing about what could go wrong. In...
Do you have access to your inner wisdom to guide you on your path? Regularly connecting with a trusted source of inner wisdom brings you the clarity of purpose and inner/outer alignment that leads to much greater fulfillment and impact. There are three places to...
With the amount of polarization and the pandemic going on these days, there is no shortage of opportunity to get reactive. And when you are caught in reactivity, the perceived threat (real or imagined) takes you out of your neocortex and into your reptilian brain,...
Like many of you, I’ve taken years of programs and coaching hours that among other benefits worked to eliminate negative self-talk. I felt that I had healed this issue. Then, I was intrigued by and attended a "Positive Intelligence" program that promised to address...
You may have heard the saying that negative experiences stick like Velcro and positive experiences stick like Teflon. This is due to our genetic ancestry since those who worried about danger even when it was absent survived to pass on their genes, while those who...
These are definitely trying times – I know for myself, each time I think the political and global situation can’t get any worse, it does. It’s very easy and natural to feel reactive in response! Yet, if we allow ourselves to get thrown into reactivity, we cut...
Rick Hanson, author of Buddha's Brain, said it succinctly: "Back in the Serengeti, the animals that were relaxed and unconcerned got eaten, and the nervous vigilant ones survived." Fear for our survival is wired into our DNA! Just ignoring a fear and pushing...
One thing. At... a... time. What happens for you when you hear that phrase? Do you take in a breath and feel relief at the permission to do just that? Or when you try to slow down do you feel anxiety and even more pressure? If you are not feeling overwhelmed by the...
