PinnedCatapult Your Leadership Now: 5 Reasons Why Mindfulness Is The Mother Of All Leadership SkillsEach year billions of dollars are spent on developing professional women. There are scores of trainings on how to better communicate, be more agile, how to listen, be a better mentor, more creative, less reactive, visionary… the list drones on. It’s enough to make one’s head spin. The skillsets needed…Female Leadership4 min readFemale Leadership4 min read
Dec 24, 2020How to Access Your Brain’s Sweet SpotWe’ve all been there. Deadlines looming, the to-do list stacked as high as your brand-new stand-up desk, with your kids, parents, and/or spouse hovering in the doorway, barging in on your train of thought, hijacking the few precious moments you set aside to eke out any productivity and meet that…Brain4 min readBrain4 min read
Jul 15, 2020A July 4th Miracle: How we Survived a Hit & Run in the Colorado MountainsI knew that if I left my body, it might take time to return. So I refused. And instead of disengaging, and disassociating from what had just unfolded, (and can be an understandable reaction ), I asked that we turn off the audiobook, and all other “distractions” so that I…Car Crash4 min readCar Crash4 min read
Jul 7, 2020Why and How you Can Start Meditating, Now (Especially if you think you can’t!)Why and How you Can Start Meditating, Now (Especially if you think you can’t!) Over the course of my time teaching Meditation and Mindfulness, I cannot count the number of times I have heard “it’s just not for me… I can’t quiet my mind enough to meditate,” or, “I can’t, I am bad at it.” Does that resonate? I get it. I, too, was…Meditation4 min readMeditation4 min read
Apr 4, 2020Freedom from the NoiseOne of my all-time favorite quotes is from Michael Singer. A truth I have been teaching for years, he boils it down into a candid sentence — a sentence which means more now than ever before. “You are not the voice of the mind; you are just the one that…Wellness4 min readWellness4 min read
Mar 10, 2020Attack the Coronavirus: the Unexpected, Powerful OffenseAs I type, perched at my desk, I am wildly aware that we all sit in different cities around the world, holding different perspectives and varying levels of fear regarding the most recent global pandemic, the Coronavirus. Much hangs in the balance as business trips and conferences get canceled, markets…Coronavirus4 min readCoronavirus4 min read
Jan 6, 2020A Wonder-Filled Year: It’s Powerful and Here’s WhyI’ve been asked quite a bit recently — what my intention is for the new year — and the decade to come. The word that has surfaced is wonder. …Writing2 min readWriting2 min read
Dec 17, 2019Forgive Me: Two Simple Barrier-Breaking Words. Here’s Why: (it’s not what you’d expect)Forgive me, as I may not relay this brilliant, heartfelt lesson in its fullest form, though I promise to try: Yesterday, at the start of class, I heard the following, “When we are in shame, fear, anger, or frustration, there is no space for love. Isn’t that what we are…Self Improvement4 min readSelf Improvement4 min read