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  • Overcoming Overwhelm

    Overcoming Overwhelm

    In my coaching, I hear “I’m feeling overwhelmed” a lot. In my past roles, I said “I’m feeling overwhelmed” a lot myself. Today I want to walk you through my go-to technique to overcome this overwhelmed feeling. Stressed vs. Overwhelmed This feeling of overwhelm can stem from any number of root causes, but here’s the…

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  • Father’s Day Gratitude

    Father’s Day Gratitude

    Now don’t act surprised. If you read my Mother’s Day post, you knew this one was coming. This Sunday is Father’s Day, a time to practice gratitude and celebrate the fathers and father figures that have touched our lives. My Father’s Influence In my Mother’s Day post, I shared an excerpt from a life story exercise…

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  • Running with the Bunnies

    Running with the Bunnies

    I dedicated my running in May to the Love in Action Challenge, honoring the memory of Jack Grubbs by raising money for his favorite charity, SHADE, to build a new cafeteria for their school. If you’d like to contribute, please visit my donations page. In today’s post, I’ll share some highlights from the month. If you’re looking for life…

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  • How Are You?

    How Are You?

    When someone asks you, “How are you?” how do you respond? For many years I would answer this question on auto-pilot. I was either “Fine,” “Busy,” or “Crazy-busy.” The phrase had simply become another way of saying hello. Once I became aware of my automatic response, I began to take the question more seriously. I…

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  • The Rider and the Elephant

    The Rider and the Elephant

    This week’s post continues the theme of Influencing for Change which I started last week when I discussed how to strengthen your connections. Today I want to share a few insights from an excellent book on the topic, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by brothers Chip and Dan Heath. I was gifted this book…

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  • Strengthening Connections

    Strengthening Connections

    I recently spent time with a coachee discussing techniques to influence change, particularly in areas where you lack explicit authority. There are numerous strategies you can employ in this area. For today I’ll focus on one key aspect – identifying the key individuals that will help you influence that change and strengthening those relationships. Identify…

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