Self-leadership
The Freedom of Well-Being
Your well-being, how you feel about yourself, is the foundation of your freedom. You can free yourself from guilt, resentment, overwhelm, worry, and stress in life by making better choices (self-leadership), because your choices determine how you feel and the space you are in. Your choices are critical to feeling good, but they are not…
Keep Reading...ACHE Highlights People First!
I attended my first ACHE Congress last week and returned home inspired and energized after hearing a consistent theme all week: People First. I was thrilled to hear this because to create and sustain a Culture of Well-Being, you have to include your people—and yourself. Here are a few highlights shared in the keynotes and…
Keep Reading...Self-Leadership is Self-Love
When we give more to ourselves, we can ask more of ourselves. Last month I attended Cone Health’s Well-Being Coaching Initiative (WBCI) Kick-Off for cohort #6! Led by the WBCI Master Well-Being Coaches, I proudly witnessed their passion, growth, and application for Self-Leadership in their own lives as they introduced it to the new Champions.…
Keep Reading... Want Your Best Year?
Do This ONE Thing
When I coach nurses in the Well-Being Coaching Initiative, I don’t advise, tell, or prescribe what to do to take care of themselves. They already know what they need to do, and so do you. The challenge is actually doing it and requires one thing and that is to prioritize—specifically, prioritize yourself. You already make…
Keep Reading...An Adventure in Well-Being
Monsoon weather was predicted in Rocky Mountain National Park for the entire week of our planned backpacking trip. “Are you having any second thoughts about going?” my friends and family asked. Of course I was, and I was completely committed to this adventure with campsite reservations made, equipment borrowed and bear box rented! We (my…
Keep Reading...Retreat to Return
Summer is a season most of us look forward to all year with more outside time for gardening, barbecues, picnics, baseball games and concerts. And, this increased activity can feel overwhelming in our already very full lives. Instead of trying to squeeze it all in, we need to take a step back and slow down…
Keep Reading...The Growth Mindset of Self-Leadership
Mary, a self-proclaimed people-pleaser and chronic worrier, was feeling a lot of anxiety about a decision she wanted to make, fearful of making the wrong one. When I asked her the best way she could support herself, she immediately responded, “I crave some time and space away to slow down, regroup, and just be”. While…
Keep Reading...The Joy of Simplicity
I received the following note after the Kick-Off for the Cone Health Well-Being Coaching Initiative with their Nursing Leadership, 20 Champions and 7 Coaches last month. This beautifully affirms the joy of simplicity that supports us to feel better about ourselves and what we do. I’m leaning into joy as I prepare dinner with my…
Keep Reading...Home for the Holidays? 3 Questions to Ask
Whether you love or dread this time of year, planning and prioritizing for the Holidays are important to help you stay Home, even if you travel. By Home, I mean feeling connected and grounded in yourself. This allows you to experience what is most meaningful with an authentic joy instead of powering through and getting…
Keep Reading...Compassion Begins with You
One of my favorite components of the Well-Being Coaching Program is celebrating the Champions and Coaches at Graduation after fulfilling the requirements for certification. It is a special day to recognize their hard work in developing Self-Leadership, reveal the results of their assessments, and hear their individual stories about what the program meant to them.…
Keep Reading...