112: Trust and Flow

112: Trust and Flow

We’ve all had those moments in our lives when everything feels ‘right’, we are totally engrossed in what we are doing and completely in sync with life – it’s magical. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls this the flow state, the optimal experience in life. Our...

Leadership that Blooms: Nature’s Metaphor

We all want to be accepted, to be included and to feel safe. We most often find that security and belonging with people who are like us. It’s where we’re comfortable and it’s easy to be ourselves. The challenge, especially for leaders, is that this creates a...
110: Redefining Resiliency

110: Redefining Resiliency

Resiliency is a buzzword. It’s everywhere these days – all of it focused on conquering obstacles and  getting back up – all so that we, as leaders, can get back to business as usual and stay on track. What if it’s not about getting back to business as...
109: Shadow in Leadership

109: Shadow in Leadership

What is “shadow” in leadership and why is it important? Anything that we don’t embrace, anything we shove into the corners of our minds and our lives, becomes our shadow. So the shadow part of leadership is really the shadow in ourselves, because when we don’t...
108: Beyond Manifesting – the Real Power of Inner Leadership

108: Beyond Manifesting – the Real Power of Inner Leadership

“My whole life looks pretty dang good. Why do I still feel like shit?”  Have you ever felt like that? What if the answer was not about manifesting MORE in your life? Achieving “next”.  What if we are given our dreams, our desires and our wants  so that we...
107: Is Control Killing Your Flow?

107: Is Control Killing Your Flow?

The opposite of control is not chaos, it’s actually flow. How backwards we have it. We’re taught that control is the ideal. ‘Be rational’, ‘don’t bring your emotions to work’, ‘control yourself’. And it’s one of the biggest lies we’ve been fed. Control is a...