I struggled this morning. My bed held me captive and when I did wake up, I felt scattered and unfocused, unsure of where to start or what to do. What do you do when you can’t get out of bed on a Monday morning? I was tempted to chalk it up to one of those…

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  What is the first thing that you say to yourself when you screw something up?  Or are in a new situation with new people? Trying something out of the ordinary? Looking in the mirror?   Something like “ I always screw things up.”  “I’m not good enough?” “Who do I think I am?” Or…

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I recently attended a training that was presented by Alice Del Vecchio of Slippery Rock University.  She created a process model that is geared at improving the systems and productivity of non-profit organizations. A key part of the model is based on reflection.   It encourages us to check on the status of a project in…

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“Vulnerability is the birthplace of creativity, innovation and change” -Brene Brown I have been reading Michael Gerber’s classic business book “The E-Myth Revisited.” His emphasis on creating effective systems speaks to my practical nature but it is his underlying message of “owning your own stuff” as you build a business that speaks to the therapist…

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So I am coming off a serious TV watching binge. It was The Good Wife. It’s a TV drama that is,roughly, about a woman whose politician husband got caught with prostitutes and went to jail forcing her, Alicia, to go back to work as a lawyer at a cutthroat law firm. And of course, she…

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I took a walk with my sister back the trail today.  We got a heavy wet snow and neither one of us could resist being out in it.  It was gorgeous, what you would expect, a tunnel of white beauty.  Cold enough to wake you up, but not obnoxious.  Enough snow to cover everything but…

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