I Was The Poster Child For Impostor Syndrome How so? I was the receptionist at a local television station, hungry and naive but with a good attitude. Fortuitously, a year later, the nightly news director offered me a job as a writer on the news team. He thought the phone messages I left for him were “always so…

The Habits of Thinking Big I remember when a group of my friends, and I, began to think big or blue sky.” At the ages of 6 / 7, we were playing in a puddle (much to my mother’s chagrin) outside my home, the sun warmly beating down on our heads, and we were shouting…

Is There A Link Between Healthy Productivity And Well-being? A few years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, my world was catapulted in ALL directions. WHAT(!) how, why — questions tap-danced around my head. I had no idea what side was up or down! At work, I performed like a new hire — not knowing what to…

Is There A Link Between Healthy Productivity And Well-being? A few years ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Suddenly, my world was catapulted in ALL directions. WHAT(!) how, why — questions tap-danced around my head. I had no idea what side was up or down! At work, I performed like a new hire — not knowing what to…

Being Persistent Will Pay Off I can’t count on my fingers and toes how many times I’ve started to do something, run into a challenge, but kept doggedly going regardless of the difficulties or opposition. I’m sure that’s happened to you, too! And, for the most part, we’re the better because of it. The power…

Small Things Can Be Very Upsetting Growing up in the tropics, I remember playing with my school friends without a care in the world. We would play with the tadpoles in the trenches under our driveway. When we saw tiny snails on the sides of the trenches we’d all jump into the muddy water, lean in…

The Many Types of Stress In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, nearly 8 in 10 American adults (78%) in the say said the coronavirus pandemic is a significant source of stress in their life. And, 2 in 3 adults (67%) said they have experienced increased stress over the course of the pandemic, according to…

Discover Your Purpose “If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,” how many times have you heard or been told that phrase? If you’re like me it’s more times than I care to remember! But while doing what you love sounds wonderful and romantic, getting there can…

Self-Doubt: What it is How often have you felt your friends and co-workers are going to discover you are a fraud and you tell yourself you don’t deserve your job and accomplishments? Self-doubt settles in. Despite all your success and past accomplishment, you begin to doubt yourself One of the hardest things that some…