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The 3-Question Formula for More Listening and Less Talking

If you struggle with… …then hopefully today’s email will be very useful for you! I’m sharing a framework that I teach my clients. And I use these questions myself in nearly every coaching session. Let’s break it down. The 3-Question Framework: The Coach Approach In Action Imagine you’re in a one-on-one with your direct report…

Anytime Anywhere Meditation – Your Window to the Present

Over these past few weeks we’ve been exploring our inner dialogue, and how to recognize the voices of the Inner Critic, Inner Leader, and Accomplice Saboteurs. (If you missed the past blog posts, you can read them all here.) Hopefully, you’ve been able to tune in and recognize some of these voices in your own…

It’s Not Just Your Inner Critic…

The Other Voices To Watch Out For I’ve talked a lot about the Inner Critic. But what about the other voices, aside from the Inner Critic, that might be sabotaging you from the inside out? Early in my coaching career, I encountered the Positive Intelligence program, which helps people identify and manage their inner saboteurs.…

A “Swift” Interruption

Protecting Your Energy Like a Luxury Item Every now and then, someone says something so wise, so grounded, that it feels like a lightning bolt of truth. This week, that someone was Taylor Swift. (We’ll return to our regularly scheduled inner dialogue series next week…I promise.) During her appearance on the New Heights podcast with…

Thinking About Thinking

How To Manage Your Inner Dialogue If I had to choose one skill I would want all leaders to learn, it wouldn’t be how to strategize, or delegate, or give feedback…even though all of these are important. It would be learning to observe and manage their own inner dialogue. If you’ve been reading these emails…

The Antidote To Your Inner Critic

The Inner Leader Last week I shared about the dangers of listening to your Inner Critic. It’s the little voice in your head that holds you to impossibly high standards, yet always can find something to fault. But there’s a reason why high-achievers don’t want to let their Inner Critic go. Let’s go back to…

Is Your Inner Critic Driving?

Time to Take Back Control Do you have a savage little character running amok in your head? We all have some form of the Inner Critic. It’s the voice in our head that criticizes, corrects, and says, “not good enough.” And while it may keep us motivated, some of us have gotten a little too…

Who’s Driving the Bus?

Listening to Your Inner Voices Maybe some people have an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other… But for me, it’s more like a bus packed full of all of the facets of my personality…and they’re all fighting for the driver’s seat. I might feel anxious or worried sometimes, but if I…

Turn Your Day Around

The Smile File for When You’re Down There’s something I’ve noticed about high-achievers that doesn’t quite seem fair. Often, they see “losses” as personal failures. But they see “wins” as just part of the job and nothing more. Have you noticed the same thing? (Maybe even in yourself?) It’s a little bit like an A…

Three Gifts Within Hardship

And How To Recognize Them If you’ve read my stories about practicing a resilient mindset, hopefully you’re on board with asking the question, “What might be the gift?” when life throws hardship at you. Maybe you’ve started practicing and using the question for small, run-of-the-mill challenges. But now we have to address the elephant in…