The Power of Perspective.

This month is my five year anniversary from breast cancer. Certainly an experience I never prepared for, expected, or initially welcomed. At the moment of the diagnosis I had a very clear choice since either way this “cancer thing” was happenin...

Many times inspiration comes at the most peculiar times… I was mowing our pasture today and love the straight lines of the tractor carefully arching over the hills in an organized way. As I looked at my work I noticed my efforts were unsuccessful. I saw random jigs and...

As a leader you make many important decisions each day, decisions that impact coworkers, teams and process.  Decisions that have a ripple effect far outside your sphere of influence.  It is easy to get paralyzed by this reality and avoid decision making or you could ha...

Dr. Atul Gawande is an advocate for coaching. He has written many beautiful articles, articulated his position on stage, and brought us into the vulnerable world of asking for support and guidance. Atul Gawande- Want to get great at something? Get a coach

I think we can...

Consider this… prior to 1954 it was considered “physically impossible” to run a mile in under 4 minutes but that year in England a 25 year old medical student defied all odds. He ran the mile in 3 minutes 59 seconds.  Two months later another person broke the record an...

You are not alone if you find your self overwhelmed and buried by the endless tasks and commitments to serve others… but, how is this serving you?

Why do we feel that thoughtfully rejecting an offer to help is anyway connected with us being “unhelpful”, “selfish,” or “t...

I struggle with the idea of “did I have it bad enough” to have something worthy to say or reflect upon, as if this is a race and only the top three can be considered winners. Most people do not die from cancer, and neither did I, some certainly “had it worse” and some...

Fear is a really strong emotion.  It is not only a verb but it takes us over like a noun!  It becomes so big and controlling it is like a person standing beside you, leading you down a path.  Most of the time the root of our stagnancy and unhappiness is the...

Have you ever heard something or read something that has stuck with you for many years?  Unsure of the significance and why it stays present in your mind?  Here is mine… Oprah said many years ago…. “allow your space to rise up to meet you.”  Years later I found clarity...

I had one of those talks with my 8 year old daughter today that was powerful and blog-worthy.  (I have to admit; I joke that I should have a sign on our door that states, “Anything and everything you say may be used in a blog post!”)  My daughter came to me and asked “...