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Try this exercise. Name the thing bothering you the most right now. Don’t think about it - as soon as you read that statement, something immediately came to mind. Now ask yourself why that thing/situation/person is upsetting you. If you have a pen and paper handy, write the reasons down. Now ask yourself why those reasons matter. Why do they bother you? Write those answers down. Keep questioning, each time writing down what comes to mind.  After a few rounds of this you will

Years ago when I was keynoting to teenagers, I often got two different reactions to my speeches: A few teachers would come to me after my speech and say “That was great, but it might have been too heavy. These kids can’t handle what you said to them.” The teenagers themselves would come to me after my speech and thank me for talking about the stuff that they desperately WANTED to talk about, but that no one would let them acknowledge. The teens expressed such relief at being

Many years ago, as I struggled with PTSD following an employee committing fraud and then dying by suicide, my husband took me by the hand...

Think about the last time you felt frustrated. It’s very likely you had an expectation that wasn’t being met.  It could have been extra...

Today is my late husband’s birthday. I don’t like to think about the age he would have been or what we would be doing on this day....

My Word document kept freezing today. This happens randomly with some Microsoft Office programs on my laptop…I’ll be working away, when...

Recently I spent a day monitoring the operations of one of my clients. I wanted to watch the team in action and observe their processes....

In my keynote “The Winning EDGE: Mindset Mastery for High-Stakes Success”, D stands for Discomfort . During this presentation I share all...

Many years ago while teaching teenagers at leadership camps I’d tell them that if I drew a picture of them, and they drew a picture of...

Is this you? 🤯 Overwhelmed by the work you can't get to. Feeling like you are failing the people who depend on you. Frustrated and...

Yesterday I had an appointment with an important and trusted health care professional. I only engage with this professional as needed,...

Many times throughout my career I’ve been in conversations where people talked about “good” leaders and “bad” leaders. These terms make...

Recently I spoke at the Alberta Student Leadership Conference. During lunch on the second day of this conference I joined a group of...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and if you are like me, you are seeing several brave posts on social media where people are sharing...

Have you ever hired a consultant or coach who spots an opportunity, or finds an efficiency, and you think “That was SO obvious! Why...

I am a perfectionist - a hard core perfectionist. I’m convinced it’s part of my DNA. I ALWAYS want everything to be PERFECT, and I’m not...

Have you ever found yourself worried about the worst thing that could happen waaaayyy before you should? This happened to me recently. I...

When we are asked to face difficult challenges, our instincts are often to solve problems as quickly as possible - to get out of the...

I communicate for a living - from a stage as a speaker, in meeting rooms delivering workshops or facilitating discussions, and as a...

A few weeks ago I saw a call for help on Facebook. One of our Senior’s Centres has a free library and their shelves were bare. Could...