Negative emotions can be challenging to deal with, especially when the events that cause them seem to pile on top of each other. Have you ever been having a great day, but you get a call or email that shifts your mood or energy?
Have you ever been having a great day and then a phone call, email, or something happens that shifts you into negative emotions, mood, and energy? Often people will say, “Just shake it off.” We feel ashamed and guilty to be “fixating” on something and struggling to “let it go” as if we should be able to snap out of it and move on, unaffected by our emotions.
When we allow ourselves time to slow down and practice mindfulness, we increase our muscles that allow for awareness and presence. This is important
Counseling takes bad things and makes them smaller (like putting out a fire).
Coaching takes good things and makes them bigger (like adding brightness to a light).
I feel very blessed and honored to coach my clients! It is a gift to hold space for their learning, self-reflections and self-challenging.
When we find coherence between heart and mind, we become unlocked and able to move forward.
Consider the last time you felt stuck and why you might have
We want to downplay emotions … and we prize our intellect and academic knowing … but really our performance is driven by the Executive Center of our mind.
We have thousands of thoughts a day. It is said that roughly 95% of thoughts are UNCONSCIOUS, 80% of thoughts are negative, and 90% of thoughts are the same as yesterday. What does this mean? We are not aware of the many negative thoughts we repeatedly have every day. It takes
Christy and David talk about lateral thinking in a 4.0 organizational environment. They discuss how lateral thinking shows up in leadership.
Different personalities, experiences, and histories can leave a leader feeling baffled as to how to effectively communicate, provide meaningful feedback, and inspire positive change in their followers. Neuroscience gives some great tips on feedback approaches that are effective and translate well to any individual’s brain.
