A resilient mindset is not about “being strong.” It’s about the ability to stay grounded inside while flexibly integrating what is happening outside of us. This week we tackle resilience from a mindset perspective. Here are a few quick tips: As high performers, being resilient means we stay flexible so we can adapt to change. […]
Do you feel a sense of belonging at work? Do you feel that your voice matters? Do you feel safe enough to express your opinion authentically on the work front? Do you or your leaders focus on cultivating an environment that recognizes each person’s value? That encourages every single person to contribute to the collective […]
Are you feeling depleted? Energetically drained? Utterly exhausted? Even after a full night’s sleep? Are you feeling disengaged at work? On the home front? From your social network? Your hobbies even? If so, you’re like many high-achievers who walk through my door hitting the brick wall known as burnout. 15 months into navigating one of […]
It’s happened to all of us at some point; we’ve hit that point where our sport feels like a chore, going to the gym is the last thing on our minds, and all we want to do is lay on the couch for an entire day, or go out with friends, or eat the biggest […]
Many of my clients have spent most of their lives giving to others and typically, if that’s led to burnout, then the challenge for them is learning to equally value their own needs. Many times we don’t recognize the downstream effects of the way that we fail to take care of ourselves until we hit […]
How Do You Find Purpose and Meaning in Your Professional Life? Are you on your purpose-driven mission professionally? Does every job have the opportunity to have meaning or is that something that is reserved for the privileged few? Where do you even begin to search for and find meaning and purpose in what you do […]
What does it mean to be present? To live in the moment? To be focused on the here and now? These are all just different ways of saying the same thing. To be grounded, we must be focused on the here and now, living in the present moment. But this task is much easier said […]
This week we are exploring grounding, which involves bringing your focus to the here and now to manage racing thoughts or when we feel overwhelmed or anxious. The objective is to feel calm, centered, and present. There are many ways to ground yourself but one of the top ones that I use regularly is the […]
One of the biggest challenges a leader faces on their road towards high-impact leadership practices is navigating the disruptive emotions that get triggered when the stakes are high, the adversity hits and the pressure starts to build. Leaders have a tremendously high level of responsibility – responsibility for the people they lead, responsibility for the […]
Mindfulness training is one of the best ways to optimize your growth. In fact, growth doesn’t happen without this mindset strategy. Your mindset informs your perception. And your perception informs your sense of reality. Mindfulness training can act as the entry point to altering your mindset, aka your perception of what is true or real. […]
Mindfulness is a favourite topic of mine to cover solely because the majority of my first conversations about it with athletes revolve around demystifying what it really is. Educating athletes on the practical power of mindfulness is enjoyable to me because, initially, there are so many ‘lightbulb’, ‘aha’ moments…which are so satisfying to witness. Athletes […]
This week we dive into the topic of mindfulness. To me mindfulness is getting curious about how we respond to things—it’s an opportunity to work with our thinking. With mindfulness, we shift to an observer and take note of what we pay attention to as well as question our perceptions. Often when we become mindful […]
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