Courage is a must
A beautiful historic auditorium, amazing people, and my own parking spot are the making for awesome events. The last two days I got to give keynotes for all the City of Bloomington team members. A big team and a lot of
The one feeling that’s standing out, wrapping around everything else, is gratitude.
I am living and breathing the emotional wellbeing work I teach every single day as I facilitate what could possibly be my last Dare to Lead™ training. And let me tell you, I’m feeling all the feelings. Even the ones
Connection is what it’s all about
"I'm just being honest.""These are just the facts." First, drop the minimizing word 'just'—it doesn’t soften your brutal honesty. Second, let’s rethink the whole 'brutally honest' approach. If your honesty feels unkind—or worse, cruel—it’s time to reassess. Finally, I’m way more likely to
Daring to be their most courageous self.
Another Dare to Lead™ cohort is in the books and these amazing people are walking into the world armed with the skills, tools, and language of courage and daring to be their most courageous self. It is always so amazing and
A ton of hard work and a dream come true
Seven years ago today I found out I got my first TEDx talk. It was a ton of hard work and a dream come true. And yet it is wild what I remember most about it - the stuff that was hard
Three days of learning, connecting, and practicing the courageous life.
Pens and markers in every color. Sticky notes everywhere. A really beat up and well-loved workbook. Five orgs, two with small teams represented. Here goes something! And that something is the Dare to Lead™ work. Three days of learning, connecting, and practicing the courageous life. My next
Protect your peace and joy.
It feels like the list of things to feel easily offended by is endless these days. An endless, constant barage of posts, clips, quotes, opinions, and everything in between that wants to assault my mind, heart, wellbeing, and peace. Except my peace
