Can’t settle on a theme to inspire you this year? No worries! Here are 10 ideas clients and I have tossed around while brainstorming–maybe they will spark your own inspiring words: 1.One of my favorites is “White Space“…. Just saying that out loud has made it easier to see... Read More ››
How can you use a “theme” to support your growth and performance? By repeating it over and over and over and over–upon starting your day, in response to the demands of the day, upon ending your day, and when evaluating each and every move of your day. Tape it... Read More ››
10 Actions for Responding to a Veteran in Crisis Calls involving military vets require a different approach and tactics than other subjects. For more than a decade now, our country has been at war in two very different locations, with very different missions. In that time, more than 2.2... Read More ››
Written by Lisa Long, Republished from Huffington Post. Friday’s horrific national tragedy — the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. In kitchens and coffee shops across the country, we tearfully... Read More ››
Contributed By: AIS Fellow Dr. Heidi Hanna. Dr. Hanna serves on the AIS Daily Life Stress Board and as the Associate Editor for AIS’s Contentment magazine. For more information on how stress impacts the brain and how to train relaxation, check out her book, SHARP: Simple Strategies to Boost... Read More ››
I should have…. ” “You should have….” “He should have….” “It should have….” How many times a day do you use the word “should” out loud or silently in the 60,000 thoughts generated between your ears daily? For most high achievers “should” is one of the most over-used words... Read More ››
Here, instead of predicting mayhem in the future by catastrophizing, we lose energy replaying the past, still wanting to rewrite history. In grand and subtle ways we do this more often than we would like to admit. Occasionally we even allow our masterful inner critics to resent our own... Read More ››
Think Globally? This is a fabulous concept in business development–extending, intensifying, speeding up for larger impact and greater good. But as an inner thought habit that spreads negative perceptions and emotions to unrelated areas, it can be downright dangerous. And we all do it! Probably the most common example... Read More ››
Ever find your mouth saying, “No problem!” while your brain is silently chanting some personal version of “Lions, and tigers, and bears…….OH MY!”? Our ability to forecast the worst possible scenario has helped us avoid demise for millennia. But like many thought patterns, when advanced to the automatic habit... Read More ››
