The Many Gifts of Story Telling

The art of story-telling is extremely difficult to master. But it’s also very rewarding to have as an arsenal the next time you’re trying to win over your boss, entertain your friends, or effortlessly spend an enchanting evening with your family. The...

3 Sneaky Signs That You Live With a Mask On

To thine own self be true. -W. Shakespeare, Polonius in Hamlet As members of modern society and pop culture, we have an obsession with living an authentic life. What does it mean to live authentically and in alignment, anyway? When meeting with clients for the first...

Necessary for Change

These are the building blocks of change: hope, threshold, and consistency. Without these three critical components, intentional change is almost impossible. Hope is the predecessor to change – without hope, there is no action. Hope is required for any behavior...

Breaking Patterns

When it comes down to it, generating change is all about breaking patterns; breaking cognitive and behavioral patterns ingrained in your life that you’d never bothered replacing.. until now. Let’s start with what it means to break patterns. Behavioral...

The Map is Not the Territory

Your map is not the territory. This is a brilliant phrase coined by Alfred Korzybski back in the 30’s and describes the human condition quite clearly. As human beings, we are confined to the constraints of both our experiences and words. That is, our...

Self-Regulation Made Easy

It’s that time of year to talk about making plans for change. If you want to make changes, you’ll have to figure out where you are. That means assessing your score on not just how far you’ve come, but where you can use a little more attention. Usually when we think...