I’m sharing my fears with you to acknowledge that even as someone who has built a business around personal vulnerability, I experience hesitation and sometimes intense anxiety about putting myself out there.
Read MoreWhen friends and clients ask with excitement how I’m feeling as I launch my new brand, core values, and negotiation course, I tell them the truth:
“If you gave me a list of emotions, I’d circle them all.”
It’s been a wild ride!
Read MoreRecognizing that instinct to stay small and play it safe is going to be an ongoing practice (I notice my hands are sweating as I type). But, as I wrote in my journal, the trip and the resulting certainty felt like a clarifying – a brightening.
Read MoreSitting at my desk, I got a message from a friend that terrified me. My brain instantaneously went to the worst-case scenario.
Read MoreWhen we experience our own failures, our tendency is to attribute it to something inherently wrong with us, rather than seeing failure as a frequent occurrence for almost everyone. Here’s what we can do about it.
Read MoreWhen someone gives negative feedback, every detail can stick in our brains indefinitely. But what about a positive reaction? Mere hours after someone gave me particularly meaningful feedback, all I could remember is, “So-and-so said something nice.” People tend to shrug off the affirmations pretty quickly. This is where a Kudos List comes in.
Read MoreAs we evolve together in this ever-changing landscape, remember it’s ok if you feel weird. We’re basically a group of adult awkward turtles.
Read MoreWhat messages did you get about money growing up?
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