Set the Bar High – 3 Tips for Raising Your Expectations
Set the bar high and they will rise to hit it. Set it too low and they will stoop to get there. It was with this mindset that I stood in front of my first group of 28 wide-eyed fifth graders. I was fresh out of school myself, 24 to be exact, the youngest teacher […]
Take a Self Image Audit – How YOU Show Up Matters!
Sit down my friend and take a good look around. What do your surroundings say about you? When a friend comes over unexpectedly, are you apologizing as you pick up piles of laundry to clear a place to sit?Are family members forced to give you a special arrival time because you’re always “fashionably” late?Does making […]
You Are Worth It! How Doubts of Worth Sabotage Our Confidence
Middle school was created for the awkward. I stood a head taller than my classmates and my gangly-long limbs were as coordinated as a newborn foal. It was in this spectacular petri-dish of “pre-teen” wonder that I summoned the courage to try out for our summer–school play. Contrary to my outward appearance, my inner 12 […]
Your Hundred Acres | Unlocking The Potential Within
My feet shift nervously on the crumbly mound of soft earth. Waist-high native grasses lush from the spring rains dance expectantly around me. Turning slowly I let the views wash over and flood my racing mind. My heart quickens. Is it fear? Excitement? Or a jumbled up concoction of both? Like Tom Cruise and Nicole […]