Life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This is grit, perseverance and creativity. Life gives you lemonade - you make chicken piccata, a nice sorbet, and a refreshing Arnold Palmer (ice tea and lemonade). This is wisdom. Be wise. I look at wisdom as the culmination of life’s learnings. When my...
Be Vulnerable. I’m listening to this song that this kid sang to a bunch of us back in high school.* He was the type of kid who was bullied, and I remember him telling me that at another school, he’d be shoved into lockers and spat upon. For him to...
Be Understanding Don Ruiz in the book The Four Agreements talks about how to be a good human. He says you need to do at least four things. 1. Do your Best 2. Don’t make assumptions 3. Be impeccable with your word and 4. Don’t take things personally. His thought...
Be Understanding I often share real life stories of my family because I think it is important for people to know that everyone’s life is messy and chaotic. Some of you know that Rick, my husband, has been working insane hours trying to cover the police department here in Belmond....
This week’s theme is “be tactful”. Being tactful is being conscientious of other people and how they are going to take or respond to something. As I have written about many times, I coach, and this summer I’m coaching travel baseball. This last weekend things did not go well for...
Be tactful. According to Kramer on Seinfeld, 94% of all communication is nonverbal. I “think” I’m conveying the right message with my words … but my eye rolling and looks of disdain portray the message differently. I think genuine tact is hard to achieve. It’s 100% onstage grace, patience, and...
I was waiting the entire day on Sunday for the bad storms that were supposedly coming. They didn’t hit Clarion, but I was mentally prepared. One of the thoughts that I had was that I remember getting stuck in bad storms years ago. I’d be out running and it’d start...
Be Supportive We have the great honor of celebrating National Hospital Week this week with the theme – We are Healthcare – Caring for Patients; Strengthening Communities. This week, we also have the privilege of celebrating National Nurses Week with the theme – Nurses Make a Difference: Anytime, Anywhere –...
Be supportive. “What will you do after you retire?” someone recently asked me. “You could be an executive coach - you talk to people all the time”. Thinking of myself as a coach, I imagine I would tell them long stories about my experiences for most of the coaching session....
Today is officially May 1st - May Day. There are so many ways to celebrate May Day, big and small! Today, people celebrate May Day by making flower crowns and baskets, planting flowers for the spring, decorating their homes in bright colors to embrace the change, nature walks, picnics, and...
