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A MadLibs Approach to Chasing Your Dream(s)
Let’s talk about your Story. I’ve always been a fan of MadLibs, so let’s do a little exercise here to give you an inside scoop or idea into you are right now. My name is ________________. Right now, I work ______________________________. My favorite thing...
A BirdsEye View of What Really Matters in the Office
It can really be a feast or famine environment in cube land. When I first entered the full-time arena, I was met with some really lovely people. There were a lot of post-graduates who also had joined the workforce. It was a really collaborative time for the five of...
If You’ve Hit this Breaking Point… You’re meant to work for yourself.
If your soul is craving values like fulfillment, significance, creativity, autonomy, freedom, comfort, trust or collaboration, it's pretty easy for your current corporate culture to feel like opposite day, every day. Here is the first of a few validating reasons that...
How I Knew I Wanted to Leave my Cubicle Job
When I looked up the definition of a cubicle, here’s what I found: “A cubicle’s purpose is to isolate office workers and managers from the sights and noises of an open workspace so that they may concentrate with fewer distractions. Cubicles are composed of modular...
Clients don’t come through the Window (& Other Feng Shui Lessons)
After I finish a yoga session at home, I often am not quite ready to work yet... leading me into one of my favorite classrooms: YouTube University. I often stumble upon exactly what I'm looking for, which is part thanks to the Universe, part thanks to the algorithm....
Can I get Overworking and Trying to Prove your Value for $500, Please?
Even though I’ve exited the cubicle...I too, still am unlearning the desire to prove, prove, prove my way to the top. In fact, I’m writing this, I’m having a beer at a local restaurant near my house. It’s 2:53pm (Central) - and I have spent the morning being a little...
Daily Practices for Alignment
I was recently interviewed on my morning and evening routine to stay in my joy - here's what I had to say: What tools or practices can one leverage to find alignment intheir lives? Creating a morning and evening routine is essential to not start the day...
Where You are Now, is Not Where You are Headed.
YIPEEEE ---> I started a 5 minute a day podcast and I'd loveeee for you to check it out! Here's the link. Now, onto my deep message to change your life. I am learning that where we are right now isn't the end all be all, even if we...
The Only Thing You Need to Do This Month to Chase Your Dreams
If you're trying to figure out if you should cut dairy, stand on your head or run a marathon this month - let me save you the color-coded calendar steps. Here's the deal: For the next 30 days, just spend 20 minutes going towards a dream. It can be losing weight,...
Improve Your Reaction to Crazy Family Members with one Simple Solution
So, you’ve conquered your self-doubt, you are beginning feeling optimistic, joyful and loving (Yay!)... and then, you go home. Not home like your safe haven home, you know, the place where you slide your heels off and exhale with exhaustion after being around...
6 Ways to Pull Yourself out of a Panic
Once upon a time, I had a full-time job, the intensive kind, where almost 80 emails would ransack my inbox every single morning. One day, as I was quickly filing and sorting the pointless email messages, trying to be ‘effective’...my world fell through. My chest...
An Empathetic Solution to Forgiveness
I've got a little empathy exploration exercise for you... First, I want you to think about a situation that pissed you off, made you sad or made you want to light something on fire. Got it? Remember, Forgiveness is for you. Cool. Now, Imagine what the other person or...