In welcoming the first workweek of 2021, I am sharing my mantra for the year, EPICL FUN! "Epical fun,” is my new acronym for moving forward this year, despite all the tumult, loss, uncertainty and chaos in the world. It helps me bring strategy (making forced choices), focus, energy and fun to my work. A Life of Purpose & Wellbeing = ... [Read more]
Movement Monday: Recommitment & Resiliency After Challenge
Recommitting and being resilient during, and after significant and multiple challenges, is no easy feat. My last blog post was too long ago, and I am happy to be back. Much has happened personally, professionally, and globally since I last wrote. There were days I didn't have time to write, or couldn't bring myself to... and yet I am by nature, a ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 5 of 5 – Moving Forward Differently, More Wholefully
The time it took me to fully recover from my concussion was much longer than I thought – almost three months. Some people tell me that is fast. I got way behind on my work, but in a way, way ahead in my life. I am still moving forward differently, more wholefullly. It’s as if the pace I had to adopt while recovering allowed me to recover a part ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 4 of 5 – Recalibrating
Once I accepted that my concussion was real and I couldn’t get done as much in a day as I could on my “normal” days, I needed to engage in recalibrating my mental, emotional physical states. Mentally I needed to accept that I couldn’t be on the computer for work periods, initially, longer than one hour without a break. I was eventually able to ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 3 of 5 – Now What?
Now What? Once I got clear the message to me was that I was doing too much and too much at once, then I asked myself – Now What? Where do I go from here? An obvious question. The initial answer was to take care of my concussion and physically heal. This not only required a lot of rest and little-to-no electronics, but also a massive rethinking of ... [Read more]
Self Care in Parts: 2 of 5 – So What?
In my first post on self-care I told you a story about how I got a concussion walking into my garage door. The next step in my reflection is to explore what I call the So What factor. So that happened. So What? What meaning will I give it? How do I interpret what happened and why it happened? What significance will this event have in my ... [Read more]