Tag: challenge
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The Beautiful Becoming
What if the challenges that feel like they’re breaking us are actually making us more beautiful? In our toughest moments, it’s hard to believe that pressure creates diamonds—that our struggles might be turning us into people more radiant, more resilient, and more authentically ourselves than we’ve ever been. Discover why science backs up what your…
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Hot situation? Stay cool!
Please enjoy this excerpt from my upcoming book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations: Start to Thrive When Conflict Arrives No time to read? Listen here! We’ve got a range of ways to respond when someone is being thoughtless, unfair, or rude to us. Walking away is one of them. On the outside, walking away may…
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In February, let’s create a ripple or two
We’re not as independent as we think! No time to read? Listen here! Early in his career, salesman Joe Girard created his “Law of 250” which says that every person knows on average 250 other people. In his world, that meant that a positive sales experience for one customer had the potential to yield 250…
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The best way out is through
Please enjoy this excerpt from my next Blossie @work book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work! No time to read? Listen here! If you sometimes struggle with handling conflicts at work, keep two things in mind: First, so does everyone else, especially on days when we’re rushed or not feeling strong. On these days, all someone…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 4: You, Beautiful 2.0
For decades, running a mile in less than four minutes was considered impossible, beyond the physical capacity of the human body. But in 1954, Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, proved this belief wrong by running a mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds on the Iffley Road track in Oxford, England in front…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 3: Strong in the broken places
I tried writing this week’s post three times. Couldn’t do it. The kitten needed spaying. My teeth needed cleaning. My closet needed organizing. And a million other things that come up when I’m supposed to be writing, and I’m just not ready. But then, I remembered a story scribbled in a notebook that I had…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 2: The law of attraction
The 2007 runaway bestseller, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne drew both fierce devotees (who thought of it as a kind of magic) and fierce detractors (who called it pseudoscience). The book’s premise is that there is a great secret available to anyone — a type of energy that attracts everything that we want if we…
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See what’s possible in July, Week 1: The Beautiful Road
Philosopher Alan Watts once told this story: Once there was a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, his neighbors came around to sympathize. “We’re so sorry your horse ran away,” they said. “That is unfortunate.” The farmer responded, “Maybe.”
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Make something beautiful in June: beautiful ground
In 1950, Detroit, Michigan was home to the biggest car companies in the world including Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors. At the time, the “Motor City” was the fourth largest city in the U.S. after New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. But as auto companies decentralized manufacturing far and wide, Detroit’s population decreased — in 2021…
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Introducing: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work!
Please enjoy this excerpt from my next Blossie @work book: Keep Cool in Hot Situations…at Work! Coming this July(-ish) 😊! No time to read? Listen here! On a warm, sunny morning, you drive to work, listening to your favorite music and thinking about the day ahead. Feeling focused and positive, you arrive at your job…
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