I am noticing the many ways in which courage manifests. To me courage is simply a willingness to face your fear and so it makes sense that it would take as many forms as fear does. Since the work of making commitments and keeping them is often an exercise in facing...

I never really liked the word joy, I just didn't get it. It felt like an old person's word. Not very modern or fun. Then I had kids, and now when I see them light up and giggle, no other word comes to mind. It's this unbounded sense of happiness that just comes...

When I was working with my mentor, Kathy Ollerton Krafchow, she taught me a process called "drop-outs, cop-outs, and all-outs." That process stamped deep into my psyche the importance of finishing. I spent time looking at the times when I started out with enthusiasm...

I just completed my first private session of Accountability Works. This was a bit of an experiment for me because I've been part of a group for as many  years as I've been in Accountability and I love the dynamics and energy of a group. Having said that after an...

This week on one of the calls we were talking about the tapes we play in our heads. You know those thoughts that you have over and over again. You are so used to them you hardly notice that you pressed play but these tapes are powerful. They keep you small, make you...

A while back I did an exercise where you had to make yourself permission slips. I didn't think much of it at the time. But it must have sunk into my subconscious because as I have been going through my day to day the word permission keeps coming up. I'm using it on my...

The first definition that comes up when you google overwhelm is to bury or drown beneath a huge mass, which made me laugh and is not far off from what it feels like when you are overwhelmed. It's like we are caught in a flood and we are doing everything we can to keep...

This was so funny. One of my good friends and clients was telling her networking group about Accountability Works and they were curious to know more so she reached out to me for good resources on accountability groups. I figured I'd written several articles on the...