This pandemic is a traumatic event. We might feel a little weird using the word “trauma” if we haven’t gotten sick or we are not a healthcare professional working on the frontlines. But what is trauma? It’s when a highly stressful and shocking event occurs and our ability to cope is affected. The spread of […]
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It started innocently enough. A co-worker asked me for a recommendation. I don’t take writing recommendations lightly, since I want them to be sincere and it takes time to write them. But I felt that I could honestly recommend her, so I took some time writing one and sent it to her. Yet instead of
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This week, I participated in the Women in Technology (WITI) Summit in San Jose. And just like last year, it was energizing and inspiring to see so many women come together to learn and make new connections. One of the Coaching Circles I led at the conference was “How to Find Your Ideal Career”, where I
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Have you ever said “yes” to a request that you really wanted to say “no” to? If so, you are not alone. One of the biggest challenges I see many friends and clients face is saying “no” to things they really don’t want to do. As a result, they often take on too much and
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Most of us are familiar with gratitudes and have picked up a gratitude practice at one point or another. We remind ourselves to be grateful for things, people, situations etc. in order to appreciate all the things we have and to get in the habit on focusing on the positive rather than the negative. And
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Have you ever been emotionally blackmailed by someone? Most people I talk to are not sure that they have. How can you tell that someone is emotionally blackmailing you? According to psychotherapist Susan Forward, emotional blackmail is a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us use Fear, Obligation or Guilt (FOG) in
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We all go through difficult times in our lives at some point or another. But while some of us face tougher adversity than others, how we are able to withstand those times also varies widely. The capacity to overcome traumatic events- resilience – is what makes a huge difference when dealing with hardships. So what
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Have you ever felt stuck on a project and decided to clean up your desk instead? Did you feel some temporary relief once you did? I have long been wondering about the apparent connection between clearing your surroundings and clearing your mind. So I was eager to start reading and working through Marie Kondo’s book
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In “The Four Agreements”, Miguel Ruiz calls his fourth agreement: Always Do Your Best. I have always had a hard time with that agreement, because to me, always doing your best implies that you have to always give it your all, do as much as you possibly can, and work like crazy. And that sounds
Yesterday I attended the Women in Technology Summit where a line in a video that was shown stuck to my mind: “Women like to be asked, men are used to fight for it.” The lunch keynote speaker, Christine Goldberg, Principal of the Price Waterhouse Coopers Advisory Practice, then said something similar. As women are trying
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