“For leaders, the first task in management has nothing to do with leading others; step one poses the challenge of knowing and managing oneself.” -Daniel Goleman
If You Haven’t Got Anything Nice to Say, Why are you Talking All the Time? Negative self-talk, I wish I didn’t know you so well… Since I’d been working the voices in my head quite in-depth the past week, on Friday I invited others on Facebook to join me by noticing negative self-talk and trying […]
I love you – Here’s How You Should Change I had an interesting experience last week. I wanted to change someone I love. (I’ll call her Unnamed. If I named her, she’d never forgive me.) Of course I wasn’t thinking about it like that at the time. I was thinking of how I wanted to […]
The Pain of Divorce Divorce blows – and life after divorce can be challenging at best. The loss is painful and complicated, partly because your ex is still living (just now with you). There’s the legal jungle, financial strain, and family stress, particularly if you have children. Last, but by no means least, divorce whacks […]
The Right Stuff Gift registries used to be solely the domain of weddings and babies. The happy couple – or expectant parent(s) – decides what they need, scans bar codes, and boom! Everyone knows exactly what to buy. It’s as easy as picking tapas off a menu. As a non-mind reader who frequently crumples under […]
When Friendships No Longer Fit A couple months ago, I polled people about the pain points in their lives. I expected to hear about dissatisfaction with time, work, and even romantic partners. I didn’t expect to hear so much about friends. I was struck by how many had outgrown their friendships, no longer shared anything […]
Intentions Aren’t Everything In response to a Facebook post asking about vipassana meditation retreats, my friend Sarah commented : “I think Mary Beth did one of these, right, MB?” Indeed I had. Vipassana is an ancient Indian meditation technique rediscovered by Buddha over 2500 years ago and globally popularized in the last century. It means […]