Is your language limiting your joy and discrediting your leadership?
When creator, author, adviser and thinking partner Anese Cavanaugh came on my show, I was so inspired. She talked about creating intentional outcomes and I very much identified with what she shared. Much of it are themes I discuss with my clients, so it was wonderful to hear the same concepts be put in different words and perspectives. (If you missed the episode click here to listen on iTunes) Needless to say, I wanted to share more of Anese’s insights with you. In this guest post, Anese talks about your choices, how important your language and choosing your words is to your well...
Read More#1 Skill to Change Your Life
As I was hiking in the back-country of Santa Barbara among the beautiful wild flowers and majestic mountains, my heart became so full of gratitude that it brought me to tears. This feeling of fulfillment and connection to all lead me to wonder what I could offer in my blog that would be the biggest benefit to you. I asked myself, “What is one skill that made the most difference in creating my life?” The #1 skill that changed my life is learning to manage and master my thoughts and feelings. If you don’t master managing your thoughts and feelings you won’t change anything permanently. It...
Read MoreStop thinking your way through life and start feeling it!
I’m sitting under two oak trees in the back mountain country of Santa Barbara. Blue jays and sparrows are talking to each other and I’m feeling happy and grateful for the hike I just finished. When my partner Jeff decided to go on a mountain bike ride and asked if I wanted to come along my feelings were initially torn. I wanted to be with him and have fun in nature but I also wanted to stay at home and follow my desire to write. So I started thinking, how can I do both? Then Jeff came up with the idea for me to come along and go for a hike or small bike ride and then write on one of the...
Read More9 Steps from Idea to Finished Project: Getting Things Done
Most creatives and creative entrepreneurs are really good at coming up with exciting new ideas but don’t know how to follow through and complete them. That description used to fit me very well, I used to be one of those creatives that would get new ideas for projects every even multiple times a day. But I didn’t understand that as a creative ideas will never stop flowing and in order to do something with those ideas, they needed my immediate or even future focus. Staying focused on one vision till the conclusion of it is not often a skill that creatives learn. As a creative you practiced...
Read MoreCreate Intentional Outcomes with Anese Cavanaugh
Anese Cavanaugh is the author of Contagious Culture: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives(McGraw Hill, 11/15). 14 years ago she invented the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence) and has reached big success using it with leadership groups and individuals. Anese talks about the 3 components of IEP and what happens if you are consistently not present or do not set intentions. Anese and Marilyn also discuss the “superpowers” we all have and what people who are successful and create positive change in and impact the world do...
Read MoreTapping – How exactly and why does it work?
I talk a lot about tapping and share my Youtube videos with you and today I thought I’d share how tapping works and why it is an amazing tool for you to use the rest of your life to help you break through any blocks you have and heal your past. Tapping stops your body from going into fight/ flight stress mode. It is important for you to not be in stress 24/7. We have an epidemic of stress that is prematurely aging our bodies and brains as well as contributing to a wide variety of diseases. The American Psychological Association states that “reducing your stress levels can not only make you...
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