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The NINE Method for Calm & Confidence

An excerpt from my 2024 book, Shifting the Energy: When you find your mind stuck on painful thoughts or you detect tension in your body, it’s helpful to take a few minutes to recalibrate so you don’t continue to burn through emotional and cognitive energy at such a rapid pace. NINE stands for Notice, Invite,ContinueContinue reading “The NINE Method for Calm & Confidence”

Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List

While the pandemic lockdown helped many of us recalibrate our life priorities and gave us a new perspective on how we should spend our time, some of us are finding ourselves sliding back into the old familiar grind of high-pressure hustling to tackle the ever-expanding to-do list. The root cause? Prioritization. When too many thingsContinueContinue reading “Overwhelmed? Use Your Values to Tame Your To-Do List”

The Forgiveness Ritual for Lightening the Load

Whether we’re lightening our load by forgiving ourselves or someone else, the practice of forgiveness can be a powerful way to reclaim our energy and brain space. Try this technique the next time you want to practice forgiveness but you’re having a tough time letting go.

5 Expectations of Today’s High-Impact Employees

As life priorities continue to recalibrate in the wake of the pandemic, today’s employees are looking for work experiences that satisfy five essential human needs: 1 – Achieving GROWTHImproving their skills and making progress in their occupations and careers(Note: this does not always mean promotions) 2 – Having an IMPACTMaking a difference in meaningful waysContinueContinue reading “5 Expectations of Today’s High-Impact Employees”

5 Signs of Burnout Leaders Might Miss

These burnout indicators can result from the emotional exhaustion typically caused by a strained relationship between employees and their leaders. Lack of accountability or ownership Having a bad attitude Decrease in work quality Sudden withdrawal or silence Increase in sick days and call-offs They tend to diminish as leaders and other decision-makers become more intentionalContinueContinue reading “5 Signs of Burnout Leaders Might Miss”