Category Archives: Mindset

If January Feels Heavy, You’re Not Behind

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Happy February! I don’t know about you, but most people I’ve talked to recently are just emerging from their own version of torpor—a state of minimal activity that some animals enter to conserve energy during winter. Despite what we’ve been conditioned to believe in our culture, it’s actually pretty unnatural to hit the ground running at the beginning of the year—especially in the Northern Hemisphere, when we’re coming off some of the shortest, darkest, coldest (and often wettest) days of … Read more…

From Push to Pull: Reigniting Your Energy for Work

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I don’t know about you, but transitioning from the lazy days of summer back into the full swing of work is never easy. Over the past few weeks, the weather has been gorgeous, and the call of my garden was far stronger than the call of my office. But the change of seasons always resets the equation. On Monday, it was 95 degrees at the pool; just three days later, it barely cracked 64. Thank you, weather gods, because that … Read more…

The Power of Discernment

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I believe the more discerning we are, the more successful we feel—and become. It’s a radical belief, isn’t it? Most people want to be more discerning but don’t allow themselves to be. They fear it will have disastrous effects on their lives or businesses. Just the other day, I had a client facing this exact dilemma: a prospective project that was financially rewarding, but neither exciting nor personally fulfilling, at least as it was currently scoped and proposed. In this … Read more…

What Lies Beneath: Unearthing What’s Really Going On

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This winter in Sonoma County was dreary.  For a few days, it rained so hard that I was worried about the wildlife. It was pelting down. And when the drainage pipes around our home couldn’t handle the water coming off the hill and gutters, our lower level flooded…multiple times. This also happened last year when we experienced an “unusual amount of rain” and once a few years back too. In other words, it turns out that this amount of rain … Read more…

If It Doesn’t Serve, It Doesn’t Serve

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Right out of college, I took a job at a major publishing house in the children’s book production department in lieu of another offer in an adult editorial department because of my love of children’s books and illustrations, and more importantly because it paid a whopping $1000 more a year, which in 1993 and in the world of publishing was a big deal! When I told my other potential boss about my decision, she warned me about my new boss’s … Read more…

Year End Reflection

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I am a big fan of reflection.  In our Western Culture, we have this tendency to move so fast that once we finish one thing, we are off to the next. I believe that slowing down helps us speed up. In the Navajo tradition, they align the Four Directions with the Seasons, with each one symbolizing it’s piece in the balance of life and nature. The East symbolizes Spring where the warming Earth generates new life. Where seeds sprout into … Read more…