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Be a Force for Good

In the wake of some of the recent events in our country and our world, I’ve been finding it challenging to focus on the good stuff, which is something I’ve been both teaching and practicing in my life over the past almost two decades.  As I’ve been looking at this more deeply, I realize that […]

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Step Into Your Power

I spoke with my friend and bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein on this week’s episode of my podcast.  Gabby and I talked about, among other things, the importance of us stepping into our power, especially in our work. It can be scary for me and most of the people I know to fully own who we […]

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Expand Your Capacity for Trust

Trust can be tricky for many of us, myself included.  It can be scary, seem naïve, and feel vulnerable.  We often spend a lot of time and energy shielding ourselves from failure, being taken advantage of, or having our trust violated.  What are we really protecting ourselves from? As someone said to me many years […]

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We’re All In This Together

Like so many people here in the United States and around the world, I’ve had a very strong reaction to our election.  Given the pre-election polls, I was shocked by the outcome, and given how I voted, I was disappointed by it.  As I’ve ridden the roller coaster of intense emotions over the past week […]

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An open letter to my fellow straight white men…

It’s time for us to step up straight white men! This campaign and this election have exposed many issues in our country and our world…issues that have been there for a very long time, and although we’ve made progress on them through the years, it’s time for real change and we’re a big part of […]

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Embracing Change Without Suffering

I’ve been reflecting on change quite a bit recently.  This year has been full of changes for me and my family.  The two most significant and emotional changes have been the loss of my sister Lori back in January and the purchase of our new house a few months ago. While these two experiences are […]

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Performance for Life

On this week’s episode of my podcast, Bring Your Whole Self to Work, I spoke with my friend Eric Severson. Eric has been working and studying the field of Human Resources for over 25 years. He spent many of those years at Gap Inc., which is where we met.  At Gap Inc., Eric served as the […]

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