Meltdowns. Temper tantrums. Whatever you call them, they happen to the best of us.

I had a spectacular one last week, complete with my favorite swear words, crying and not a little yelling...

Pop quiz:
Pretend you’re at the gym, getting ready to lift a set of dumbbells. How does each of the following scenarios make you feel?

1) Using heavier dumbbells than ever before for...

I was running in our local park one day, chugging along the trails. I’m not a speedy runner, and sometimes there’s a lot of self-talk to keep myself moving. This particular day was...

Ever feel like you’re deeply stuck on something? It’s like you’re wading through oatmeal and despite wanting to make progress, it feels impossible. Perhaps you’re spinning...

Sometimes the throwaway lines are the most valuable.

At the very end of a training class this past weekend, one of the instructors said “99% is a bitch. 100% is a breeze.”

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If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area.

Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in.

Go a...

Want to do something new, but not sure how? There’s a template for that.

Sometimes the simplest information sounds so genius. While listening to one of my favorite podcasts (The Good...

Ever find yourself putting something off until you have more time/the planets align/you’re better rested/etc? Yep, me too.

Here’s what I remind myself when I start to settle into this...

Recently I gave a talk on goal setting and one of the audience members said “I love that you ask Where’s the thrill?”

It’s one of the most important questions when...

If you’ve logged any time in the corporate world at all, you’ll know exactly what I mean when I ask if your goals are SMART. 

SMART goals are Specific Measurable Achievable...