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From My Survival Playbook – Introducing My Mental Parking Lot
What to do with all those emotions or feelings, thoughts, concerns or worries that tend to hit us at the worst possible time? We are super busy with work or with daily life stuff, minding our own business and suddenly there they are. Popping into our lives out of the blue and demanding mental space. A lot of space, usually. Unwanted feelings or unsolicited worries, concerns and annoyances that we have to deal with somehow. Or do we? By the way, did you know there is difference between emotions and feelings? I didn’t, but thought it was interesting enough to…
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What Can Beautiful Fall Teach Us About Change Management?
I just spent a week away from hot and humid Florida in the Great Smoky Mountain area. Some well deserved and urgently needed vacation time with my husband and our pooch Sam. Upon our arrival we were greeted by the most beautiful Fall colors. Fall foliage might just be my favorite thing about Fall. Combined with a usually much colder and fresh air. And I can’t believe it’s me couch potato saying that – hiking. I do love the rewarding feeling of having hiked up a hill and enjoying the reward in form of a stunning view. We spent our…
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Are You Having The Right Perspective On Your Success?
Happy Sunday! I felt it’s time for another vulnerable post. Get yourself comfortable but also ready, because what I am going to talk about today, might be uncomfortable to read at times. I am going to talk about success. And about why I called my blog and my podcast (find the link here) “My Kind Of Success” in the first place. I am sharing my success story. And what a story it is. Have you ever felt like you are not all that successful? What you have accomplished thus far in your life does not deserve to be called success?…
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How Are Our Top 2 Values Impacting Our Lives?
Have you ever thought about your top 2 values? Or your values in general? I was somewhat clear that I have values, but never thought much about what they were. And definitely not about how they were impacting the (work) life I am living. In situations where they probably tried to make themselves known, I just did not associate the frustration or dissatisfaction, I was feeling, with my values. That changed with one of those eye opening moments one hopes to experience, when reading a nonfiction book. At least I do, ever since my first eye opening moments while reading…
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It Is A Great Idea To Fake It Till We Make It – Sometimes
I think everyone heard the phrase “fake it till you make it” before. We tend to use this catch phrase jokingly, when we are not feeling something (yet), but have no choice. For example we might not be into Mondays. However we do not have much of a choice to start the week on the same. So, our reply to that inevitable “Happy Monday” might be “just gotta fake it till you make it, right?”. But as with many of these slogans, there is likely some truth to it too. Even though we are not in the mood to start…
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The Super Powerful Walk In Another Person’s Shoes
Care to walk in another person’s shoes? Do you feel judged or even shamed sometimes? I do. Because there is a lot of pressure to do the right thing. Always. To never fail at doing such important things like inclusion and diversity. Be an ally and know exactly how and to make no mistakes. This is at least true if you care. If you are someone that is outraged by racism, bullying (or a victim yourself) and injustice. Then you probably already put a lot of pressure on yourself to be a good human. The road to hell is paved…
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6 Important Life-Hacks I Learned On My Weight Loss Journey
Four years ago I embarked, for the hundreds time, on what I thought was yet another diet and short-lived weight loss journey. But this time felt different from the get go. It actually felt “feasible”. I managed to lose the ~60 lb of weight I wanted to lose within a little over a year. But most importantly I have been able to keep it off ever since. As an outcome I became fitter and healthier. And I learned some great life-hacks in the process, that I would love to share with you today. These life-hacks have been great for my…
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Did You Know Craving Validation From Others Is Actually Seriously Risky?
When was the last time, that you celebrated yourself or something that you accomplished? All by yourself and without anyone else celebrating you or your success first? Are you usually getting excited for yourself when something joyful or great is happening or you did something awesome? If the answer is yes, good for you. If the answer is no, then this post might be for you as you might be “craving” for or be dependent on the validation from others. Just to be clear, a little bit of that craving is likely in everyone who is posting any successes, stories…
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Good To Know What You Want, Really Powerful If You Know Why
Many of us have goals. Goals for our lives, goals for our careers, our families, our health and so on. We will likely not always accomplish all of them. And that’s ok. However we can dramatically increase our chances, if on top of knowing what, we also know our “why”. Because the “why” might be much more important. It definitely has been for me. Imagine we are in a car about to drive somewhere important. Unfortunately our car just won’t start. No fuel. Bummer, as without fuel we likely won’t reach that important place we have to go to. And…
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Why I Don’t Mind Being Vulnerable And Neither Should You
Happy International Women’s Day! How are you doing today? I am writing this the day before as Sunday afternoon is for writing. And I am actually having a great Sunday so far today. However overall? I am also feeling sad. And I am definitely a little bit tired, too. Thankfully I have no problem with being vulnerable and sharing this with you. So let’s talk about the benefits of being vulnerable, shall we? And if you, like me, are curious to learn something new or some additional details every day, check out this UN page talking about International Women’s Day…
