Drop These 5 Nonverbal Habits What are your nonverbal habits? Do you know? Often with habits, you don’t even realize you’re doing them. They’re automatic and almost involuntary. You do them unconsciously because they make you feel better. Sometimes that’s good,...
Write YOUR Next Chapter Writer’s block. You know the feeling, even if you aren’t a writer. You’re stuck. You know that wherever you are—in your book, in your career, in your life—isn’t where you want to end up. You want and need to move, to step forward, to...
Fowl Play: Don’t Steal My Chickens When my husband and I bought our house, it came with typical yard stuff: grass, flowers, trees, zillions of weeds, basketball hoop. And it came with not-so-typical yard stuff: hot tub, raised garden beds, heated shed...
Authenticity vs. Confidence You know you need to exude confidence: perhaps you have a big presentation, a difficult conversation, or an interview coming up. Yet, you’re nervous. How do you reconcile these two realities? In any interaction, the higher the stakes or the...
Nail Your Personal Brand interview Amy Waterman of YourBrilliance, a website dedicated to helping women overcome personal obstacles and achieve their goals, recently interviewed me on the subject of how you present yourself to others when seeking a job or...
7 Practical Ways to Boost Your Mood How is the “pursuit of happiness” going for you? As it turns out, the more you try to “pursue” happiness, the more it eludes you. Happiness is a feeling; emotions, by their very nature, are transitory. That’s one reason I’ve...