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#140 How Will You Know You Got it Right as a Parent
If you are waiting for your children to tell you what a great parent you are, you are most likely going to be waiting a very long time. They go on living their lives, making their choices, and creating the life that...
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#139 Raise the Children You Have, Not the Children You Want
Whether your children are toddlers or adults, parenting never stops. Your responsibility to them is ongoing. Your emotional attachment to them continues indefinitely regardless of how close you are. You may find...
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#138 When You're Facing a Transition – Retirement, Layoff, Divorce, New Role, Grief
Transitions are difficult because they take you from the familiar to the unfamiliar. From safe to unsafe. From independence to vulnerability. In this episode, we dissect the fear associated with transitions, find the...
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#137 Popular Morning Habits to Manage Yourself Instead of Emotions Managing You
We have a choice when we get up each morning. We can either start our morning work routine as soon as our feet hit the floor, or we can have habits that make our morning routines inspiring and fun. In this episode we...
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#136 Behind the Scenes Work that Impacts Your Efficacy
There is work that I do that nobody sees, knows that I do, or likely would think is important. This invisible work is attributable to my professional success, helping me to enjoy more than two decades in the C-Suite...
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#135 How Gratitude Shapes Leaders Toward Innovation
Most strong executive leaders know the cost of being too emotional and have practices to keep their egos regulated. Gratitude is one of those practices. In this episode we’ll discover ways gratitude can open...
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#134 If You Want to Hear God Laugh Tell Him Your Plans - Personal Setbacks
In this episode, we'll explore what it's like to set goals, have the best of intentions, start to execute on those goals, and then have something completely out of the blue blow all of that out of the water. That...
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#129 Six Lessons from the Death of a Loved One
Grief is hard. Losing someone you love is devastating. The funeral process is taxing and tiring. In this episode we discuss ways to navigate all of it so that you may be with your feelings and not armor up against...
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#132 Six Guideposts on Families and Expectations
No matter how old your children are, we sometimes adopt expectations around how they behave, how we want them turn out, and how they respect us and others. That is human. We feel responsible for shaping them. Weighing...
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#131 Four Steps to De-escalate the Drama from Mean People
It happens a lot at work and in life. You get drawn into a dispute where after a few minutes you find yourself defending a position you never took. Or people come to you to mediate a situation that does not warrant...
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#130 Five Steps to Shake the Need to Prove Yourself
Most achievers got to the levels they are in their careers because they are hard workers - staying late, outperforming others, getting things done, taking risks and being the trusted go-to person. At a certain level...
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#133 Ten Life Lessons I Learned from My Dog Bailey
Throughout my life I have had 11 dogs. I’ve had cats too and I’ll likely do a podcast about the life lessons from cats which are quite different from those learned from dogs, but this episode is about the life lessons...
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