This Practice Will Create More Meaningful Success — Efforts should be appreciated, not ignored.. ~ Unknown I love that you clicked on this article. Here’s why. I called you “accomplished” and my guess is mostly you don’t refer to yourself this way. Cognitively you may see your “successes” but perhaps, you don’t always feel successful. In this article…

Build the muscle of self-alignment An open mind is like an open window, it let’s the fresh air in. ~ Mike Hernacki There is a simple but powerful question you can ask yourself daily. It will change your day. I’ve been asking it of myself for the last few weeks…

Ditch the hustle, intensity and grind. — Your energy is currency. Spend it well. Invest it wisely. ~ Anonymous I don’t get it. Why do we glorify “hard” work? Then, to make matters worse we’re encouraged to pair working “hard” with determination and voila! this is your recipe for success. Really? Hands up if you’re ready to…

The nudges are here for a reason — “The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer…

Hindsight is 20/20 You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. ~ C.S. Lewis Some lessons come easily, gracefully. You’re (sort of) ready for them. This is about a lesson learned the hard way. I wasn’t ready for it…

Can you surrender the struggle? — Do you have muscles that are atrophied? You have them, but aren’t using them? Equally, is there a chance you are overusing some of your muscles? Let me say it this way: As an accomplished woman you have a host of strengths (skill muscles) that have brought you to the…

Practice creating a new state — No mud. No lotus. Lotus flowers will only grow in mud. It is the mud of life that offers the nutrients for our souls to strength and our hearts to grow. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh I call to mind the lotus when I feel overwhelmed. This imagery helps me shift…

Why do we resist ease? — You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. ~ Pema Chodron When we’re mired in struggle and things are feeling hard, or we’re overwhelmed, let this be your cry for ease. Let’s explore how to reclaim ease, because in the midst of the “tricky” moment, ease feels inaccessible…

It’s time to choose both. — Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within. ~ Robin Sharma In our success obsessed world we are starting to see new invitations to have success on the inside, or to to have success flow from the inside out. This article explores these invitations along with…