Last week I finished reading The Desire Map, by Danielle LaPorte. It rocked my world. Her premise is that identifying your core desired feelings, and then using them to guide you will help you find the life that you truly want.
A few pages into the book I knew I had found the next piece that I ...
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My Vision for You
Hey mom, how are you doing with life?
Are you tired, happy, exhausted, hopeful, productive, overwhelmed, content with life, hungry for change, busy, bored, loved, and lonely?
I am all of those things, simultaneously, all the time. If you identify with that feeling, you are not ...
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Life is Not a Classroom
I've been unschooling myself ever since I finished my masters degree 8 years ago.
It wasn't on purpose. I didn't know it. I didn't even have a word for it until this year. But I've had to, in order to find my way. Let me explain.
We all joke about how school didn't teach us enough about life. ...
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Ownership, Self-Awareness, and Weight Loss
Can thinking like a leader help me lose weight?
I'm going to find out, I'll let you know. (Forgive me if that's not where your focus is. Feel free to skip this one and wait for the next post if you want.)
I've been through the baby weight loss journey twice, after boy 2 and boy 3. My baby (#4) ...
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Motherhood as Leadership
I've been searching for something. Something that would make things click into place, that would bring me that elusive feeling of alignment and purpose, transcending the apparent fragmentation and division I experience balancing family life and a job. Although it's not that simple, this is more than ...
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Managing vs Leading
Recent conversations at work have got me thinking about management and leadership, and as a result re-reading Tribes, by Seth Godin. In it he makes an interesting distinction as he asserts that "managers manage by using the authority the [company] gives them" and that leaders don't care about ...
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