You’ve had the same headache for three years. Or maybe it’s not a headache … it’s a low hum of irritability that won’t lift. A sadness that doesn’t match your actual life. You wake up tired. You feel the tension in your chest before your eyes even open. By midday, you’re irritable at small things.…
Meetings stack. Messages ping. You jump from screen to screen, solving one thing while another unravels. You’re “on” all day, yet by noon you already feel disconnected from yourself. You tell yourself to push through. To stay focused. To keep it together. But that low hum in your body? The tightness in your chest? The…
Most of the women I work with are not confused. They are intelligent. Reflective. Highly capable. Many lead companies, manage teams, raise families, and carry serious responsibility. And yet, they still struggle to consistently execute on the things that matter most.
“Hope is not a strategy!” The phrase often carries a tone of dismissal, suggests removal of agency and can signal a belief that hope creates passivity and even implies reduced effectiveness.
For February 14, many of us focus on giving to others. But remember that taking care of ourselves with self-love and self-care help us stay steady, clear, and resilient.
If the job market feels shaky right now, you’re not imagining it. We entered 2026 with another wave of change. US employers cut nearly 110,000 jobs in January alone according to CBS News. During 2025, analysts report that employers eliminated more than 1.1 million roles. There seems to be little time to catch one’s breath as the “efficiency era” keeps rolling and firms shift dollars from payroll to AI infrastructure.
Life’s greatest upheavals often arrive unannounced, forcing us to reckon with loss and vulnerability in ways we never imagined. Job loss, in particular, is not just about the paycheck; it’s a profound emotional experience that can leave us questioning our worth and direction.
Mindsets lead to emotions, which cause behavior. They are the source of the behavior, not the byproducts of it. Every mindset appears as a variety of behaviors. This is why trying to change behaviors without changing mindsets is like playing Whack-a-Mole. You won’t win the game unless you deal with the source of the behavior, which is the mind. Acting “as if” can unlock your awareness about old mindset that no longer serve.