You just started a job with a new company, you just signed up for a class with people you never met before, you moved to a new neighborhood, you are standing at the new CEO’s cocktail party and you don’t recognize a soul. No one knows about your experiences, your talents, all the things that make you unique. You feel like you need to establish yourself, present your “credentials”, let … Read More
Have You Been Wronged? How To Make It Right!
Have you ever been treated unfairly? Did someone more powerful than you blow off your concerns? Have you felt powerless to “get justice”? Has your powerlessness made you so angry you wanted to scream, or better yet, take revenge? Barb has definitely found her yippee. She’s in love with her career as CEO of a very cute children’s clothing line. Moms love Barb’s clothes because they stand up to washing … Read More
Se·ques·ter [səˈkwestər]
Verb Isolate or hide away (someone or something): “the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years”. Have you sequestered your Yippee? What you want to do may be right in front of you. BUT you won’t bring it out of the closet because you are afraid: It won’t make you enough money. There’s too much competition in that market. You’re too old. Too young. You have no contacts … Read More
Is It A Meteor Or A Pebble?
The day after Valentine’s Day, a 50-meter meteorite skimmed past the earth, closer than any other in history. A shock wave, the people in Russian called it. Reading about the 1200 injured, the 30 million dollars worth of damage, and the wild frightening light, scenes flashed through my head of people running in the streets, women screaming. Panic. Meteors in our work lives may be: the office is closing, your … Read More
Why It’s Hard to Show Up
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about showing up for your talent. A good friend of mine called to tell me how much she liked the post, but she continued to observe that she was not showing up for what she loved doing. Can you please tell me why it’s so hard and what I can do about it? Here’s what I told her: Most of us … Read More
Are You Showing Up?
I just realized I’m not. And I realized it in the best way possible. I was in Nashville, Tennessee on a Saturday night, eating barbeque in a cozy house listening to the most hip-shaking, soul moving music. Mark Selby, a musical virtuoso cowboy from Oklahoma was on guitar, his wife Tia Sillers was singing. And I was getting lost in every hard strumming song, every bluesy guitar piece set to … Read More
My Work Is Not Who I Am…
“But my work is not who I am and frankly I’m not willing to put in the hours like my friends Beth and Ed for something that doesn’t represent my essence.” Sarah, a pretty thirty-something is sitting at my kitchen table, running a hand through her dark brown hair, her beautiful eyes flashing with spunk and attitude. “I’m not sure I know what my essence is, but what’s important to … Read More
Who’s in Charge?
Pat pulled open the file drawer in her bedroom. Ten manila folders were hanging there, each neatly labeled with the names of the Girl Scout badges we were working on: Cooking, Adventurer, Reader, Camping and so on . My eyes widened. My chest felt tight. I was jealous, anxious, afraid. She was so far ahead. I would never catch up. What would I do? I was eleven, and Pat was … Read More
Are You Letting Limiting Beliefs Guide Your New Endeavor?
Over the years, I’ve helped hundreds of people branch out into new territory to discover their Yippee. They’ve started new businesses, switched careers, learned to love their old jobs, sold their companies, taken sabbaticals and, in many other ways, made huge life shifts that changed the trajectory of their lives forever. And one thing I learned? If you let your fears and limiting beliefs guide you, the endeavor often falls … Read More
Are You Sitting on a Night-Blooming Cereus?
The Night-Blooming Cereus is a small wonder of nature. Once a year on a summer’s night it produces a spectacular white blossom with a tantalizing fragrance that lasts only one night. My first experience with the magic and mystery was as a child in my grandmother’s garden. The second was many years later when a friend loaned me her plant while she was out of town and it bloomed! Needless to … Read More