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Why Your Team’s Power Struggles Are Not About Power at All
It’s Friday afternoon. You’ve worked hard all week, but instead of feeling accomplished, you feel wrung out. It’s not the workload that...
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22 hours ago5 min read


From Drama to Empowerment
How to Shift From Reactive Cycles to Purposeful Leadership Recently, in my own life and work, and in the lives and work of my clients,...
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6 days ago4 min read


Creative Leadership Is an Inside Job
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.” — Georgia O’Keeffe When I...
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Aug 16 min read


The Five Truths of Strong Teams
And How to Use Them to Strengthen Yours When Fin took over a passionate literacy team, he thought things would click quickly. Seven staff...
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Jul 256 min read


Strengths-Based Leadership & Why “Performance” Takes Care of Itself
How to replace dread-inducing reviews with talent, engagement, and belonging It’s Time to Retire the Old “Performance Machine” Picture...
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Jun 264 min read


The Power of Strengths-Based Leadership Development
Do you really know who you are as a leader? Far too often, we step into leadership because we excelled at our last role. Maybe we were...
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Jun 97 min read


The Defiant Path: Leading a Life That’s Truly Yours
We don’t like defiance. Not in teenagers, not in colleagues, not in ourselves. It disrupts. Refuses. Challenges the norm. And yet,...
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Jun 34 min read


Self-Empathy: Taking Your Power Back
“When you do not seek or need external approval, you are at your most powerful.” — Caroline Myss The Empathy Reflex, and Its Hidden Trap...
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Jun 15 min read


From Perfectionism to Presence: Reclaiming Your Enough-ness
Is there a difference between healthy striving and perfectionism? Absolutely. One is rooted in growth. The other, in fear . As Anne...
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May 256 min read


The Craving for Freedom
We all long for freedom. Not just political or physical freedom, but the kind that lives quietly inside us. But what is freedom, really?...
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Apr 137 min read


What Is Happiness? The Simple Brilliance of a Complex State
A much-discussed and often worn-out topic, and yet, one that holds a quiet, awe-worthy brilliance in how its deep complexity can,...
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Mar 288 min read


Moving From Fear to Intuition: Reclaiming Your Inner Wisdom
"At the center of your being, you have the answer; you know who you are, and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu Deep within us lies a...
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Mar 168 min read


The New Leadership Skills for a Thriving Non-Profit Sector
Thriving Non-Profit? Sounds like an oxymoron. If you're an Executive Director or CEO of one, you know exactly what I mean. In a sector...
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Feb 238 min read


Emotional Intelligence: The Game-Changer for Career and Life
How do we reconnect with ourselves and each other? What is the universal language that unites human experience? The ability to name our...
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Feb 177 min read


What Is The Meaning Of Thriving?
Thriving and happiness are often used synonymously, but positive psychology distinguishes them in meaningful ways. Ha ppin ess is...
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Jan 296 min read


How to Overcome Self-Doubt
When did you realize that no one else was to blame? That the voice of doubt, criticism, and sabotage wasn’t coming from the outside, but...
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Jan 259 min read


Authenticity: Breaking Free from External Validation
In a world that thrives on likes, shares, and applause, the pull of external validation can feel inescapable. Yet, living for others'...
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Jan 56 min read


What Does Self-Esteem Mean?
If I were to begin and end my blogging journey with just one article, it would be this one. Believing in ourselves is the most important...
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Dec 17, 20245 min read


The Leadership Skill We Don’t Talk About Enough: Navigating Dichotomies, Nuance, and Paradox
Navigating today’s leadership landscape requires new leadership skills , it's not just about solving problems but about mastering the...
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Dec 14, 20245 min read


Why Coaching Matters: Sanity Saving Island of Perspective
When was the last time someone truly listened to you, not to fix, judge, or offer an opinion, but simply to witness you, with openness...
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Dec 6, 20246 min read
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