1000 days to self-mastery is an intriguing and overwhelming thought. 1000 days, really? What does this mean and why do it? In the Kundalini yoga tradition I practice it is said if you practice a meditation or a kriya for 1000 days you will experience self-mastery. A kriya is a series of postures, breath, and sound that work toward a specific ... [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?
https://sagelead.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/elaine-casap-86010-Now-What-1024x683.jpg 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 ... [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]
Self Care in Parts: 1 of 5 – Noticing!
For those who follow my posts, you’ll notice that I have written very little in the last six months. I could say the reason is I was so full with work, or distracted by the recent presidential election here in the states, or give a number of other reasons why. Sure, some of that was true. What is also true is that I was distracted by a couple of ... [Read more]
Are You Activated Enough?
What do I mean by activated? Are you engaged with your work, with your life? Are you clear on what you are doing and why? Do you feel energized by what you are doing and who you are being? If you are underactivated then there is no juice, you are not energized. You may even be depressed, cynical or checked out. This state doesn’t get you ... [Read more]
How Do You Embrace A Love of the Challenge?
If you are a high achieving leader, you love nothing more than a meaty challenge. How do you find your sweet spot of being energized by a challenge that will stretch, and maybe tax you, but not overly so? It’s in overcoming our greatest challenges that we can feel really alive and accomplished. Yet there is a fine line between feeling the ... [Read more]
Know When You Need To Just “Stop It!”
This is a classic scene with Bob Newhart. I love his humor that cajoles us to look at absurd near truths in our lives. In my executive coaching practice my job is to help leaders both leverage their strengths and change what isn't working for them. This change may mean to stop thinking or behaving in a way that is not helpful for them or their ... [Read more]
Managing Oneself: An Evolution in Human Affairs
I continue to highlight excerpts from Harvard Business Review's book, On Managing Yourself. Peter Drucker's article, "Managing Oneself," gives a different perspective in how to stay engaged during the course of your working life. Because it is more commonplace today for people to outlive the organizations for which they work, and to be mobile, ... [Read more]
Breathe. You Have Arrived.
Breathe, You Have Arrived. This is the sign that greeted me when I arrived at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health last weekend. I was there on a Kundalini yoga retreat. I practice and teach this form of yoga – not for my career, but probably because of it. What I mean is, it’s the pressures of life that fueled me to search for ways to ... [Read more]
Leadership & The Art of Boundary Setting
Being a great leader requires you to have clear, strong boundaries – and also know when to be flexible and collapse or expand them. It’s knowing in any given moment where your boundary needs to be in light of: What you want to accomplish How you need to lead your constituents - what they need to hear and the way in which they need to hear ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: The Empathic Leader and Self Care
There is a lot written in recent years about the need for a leader to demonstrate empathy when creating a safe, high performing culture for their constituents. When I refer to an empathic leader, I am not referring to someone who can demonstrate empathy. I am referring to someone in a leadership role who is considered a highly sensitive person – an ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: How Do You Maintain Your Leadership Filter?
First, what IS a leadership filter? It’s how you personally filter and process information so you are passing on the right content and tone of your message to your constituents. Are you passing on stress, confusion, or clarity? I had several conversations with clients this week about this very point. When you are on your email late at night ... [Read more]
Follow up Friday: Fluid Priorities.
When I searched for an image for this post, I got all sorts things that portrayed “Fluid Priorities.” Many of the images were medical – how to know someone is hydrated, nursing moms, what do when someone is in shock, etc. I even got images related to oil changes. This week’s reflection question was: How do you stay focused on the task at hand ... [Read more]
Follow up Friday: The Bare Essentials -Taking my Laptop and Cell Phone for Sure!
This week’s reflection questions: If you have to pack yourself up and live or work somewhere else for a few days, what would you take with you? What priorities would you focus on and leave the rest for another day or just take off the list? If I was displaced for a few days, and I could still, or needed to work, I would take my laptop, cell ... [Read more]
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