Retiring soon? Changing jobs? Going off to college? Getting married or divorced? Having a baby? Diagnosed with a new disease? Life is full of challenges. A huge life change creates huge challenges. For the past two years I have been studying neuroscience findings about how our brains and bodies process stress and produce happiness. I would like to share a …
Deciding your life and money, or just reacting?
Life presents smart women with huge decisions. We can react in the moment; reacting is about doing what “feels right”. Reactions are made from the heart, with maybe a bit of cultural training and some PTSD from hard knocks added. The better alternative is to respond to these challenges, as responding is a much higher-quality decision process. It involves sound …
Waiting for Spring and Change
As a coach, I have been watching humans transform their lives for years, and there are “Seasons” to their change patterns. A woman named Carol McClelland designed the Seasons clarifying graphic. The idea is that we recognize we need a change (the Fall), enter a period of darkness and loss of direction (Winter), begin to get new ideas (Spring), and thrive …