The Black Sheep Phenomenon Almost every family has a black sheep. Turn on the television or a streaming service, and a picture of a warm, loving family appears. But in many families, a complex web of rules and expectations guides behavior and communication....
When we can look at a challenge and examine the root cause, we take a step toward self-awareness and mastery. When we’re not able to express ourselves from the heart, we may feel misunderstood. But so many times, we mask how we are truly feeling and pretend that...
Is Burnout Activity-Based? Activity seems to be celebrated quite a bit these days. Making lists. Cutting and pasting stuff. Ticking items off the lists. That’s all activity-based and busy work. And it doesn’t always translate into value creation and usually involves...
Why is Struggle Part of Life? When we are raised that struggle is part of life, this way of life exists as our theme with a dose of fear. To be a good person, citizen, worker, partner, parent or child, we must not be bad. We must suppress, follow the norms, fight...
Can We Get to the Root Cause? The last few years have been a time where burnout, illness, disease, viruses and other health-related issues made the headlines every day. The state of our physical and mental bodies have been the focus of the 24/7 breaking news cycle....