Raising with Resilience

Resilience is the ability to withstand or recover quickly from adverse situations. It’s been at the top of my mind as I’ve prepared for my resiliency workshops through community education and in planning a session on “Recognize, Celebrate, Grow” for the upcoming Rural...

Fighting for Personal Freedom

Celebrating another year of our country’s freedom once again brought the opportunity to work with a friend and colleague, Bob Bartlett, on another wonderful free forum at Phoenix Process Consultants. Last year’s focus was more around why we actually celebrate July 4th...

Wellness Free Forum July 2018

Note: This is a piece I originally wrote after a Free Forum held at Phoenix Process Consultants where I am an Advanced Adler, Wellness and Board member. It originally appeared on their website and I thought I would repost it here.   Participants of Phoenix Process...

Go Beyond the “I Don’t Know”

There is both power and danger to saying those three little words; “I don’t know” (or IDK). A recent interaction with a  coaching client who was struggling with a lot of “I don’t know” from a partner triggered this post. I realized how often I may have said “I don’t...

Inviting Imperfection

Think about what the words suicide prevention conjures up for you. Now, what images come up with the words living fully? In archery, we use the word “walk” on the range rather than “don’t run” because when you say the latter, what image pops into your head? That’s...