Well-being
3 Practices for Adventure
Our annual backpacking trip last month was completely different than last year and did not disappoint because I returned even more clear about why I go: to experience a physical and mental challenge to learn more about myself. There is something about being totally self-sufficient in the mountains, carrying your food, water, and shelter on…
Keep Reading...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...Do You Need a Retreat?
Last month I facilitated Cone Health’s annual Well-Being Retreat for Coaches in the Well-Being Coaching Initiative. This is a day I get to provide the space and structure for them to focus on their own well-being. We all need support to do this, even as Coaches. Every retreat has a unique theme and this one…
Keep Reading...The Choice of Well-Being
On a recent monthly call with Well-Being Coaches, where we support each other in our celebrations and challenges, Tina, a nurse manager shared how overwhelmed and exhausted she felt. With short-staffing and numerous projects, she was working a lot and still not feeling good about anything, especially herself. She said she couldn’t even sit in…
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...Release for the Holiday
One of our family holiday traditions is alternating who hosts Christmas Day and this year was our turn. I always look forward to the extra decorating, shopping, and prepping so when a family member requested they host this year in their new home, I didn’t feel relieved or grateful, but instead immediate disappointment. And then…
Keep Reading...5 Surprising Compassion Practices for Your Well-Being
Your well-being determines your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health and every relationship you have, including the one with yourself. Compassion is the first practice you learn in the Well-Being Coaching Initiative because it’s proven to significantly improve your stress and engagement. An INC. article revealed studies show Self-Compassion is a wonder drug to help…
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…
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