It dawned on me today that my shoulders are rising. It's a crazy statement I know and it does not mean that I think I am getting taller...I am in my 30s and 5'0" (lol). A few years ago I sat on in a room with a dear friend and coach sharing all of the anxieties I had a...

It has been almost one year since I have written my last blog entry and I must say it feels good to be typing this. But it was not easy getting to this point. I woke up this morning and among the many things on my mind, I asked myself "Why did I stop writing?" I have a...

I have come to learn that transitions happen well before transitions happen. I want to say it was probably the middle of a work week when I was sitting at my desk and realized that I would soon be preparing for a transition from my job. I did not have a date or even an...

Hello there! It is said that up to 70% of employees spend time putting out fires at work. Now this may not sound like such a bad thing, but really what this means is that 70% of employees spend the majority of their workday jumping from problem to problem and providing...

Hey friends! I have been doing lots of thinking about what it means to live out my “purpose.” I can recall many years ago that I was told to read The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren and I literally thought that this was the key to learning why I was placed here on e...

When I was in grad school I was introduced to the book Linchpin by Seth Godin and thought that he provided some sound advice. Of course as a graduate student I was obsessed with the idea that I should be viewed as indispensable in the workplace because I was fully awar...