Month: January 2024
Inspiration From The Emmys
Inspiration can come from anywhere. As a person who greatly admires creativity, achievement, and perseverance, I am always on the hunt for inspiration. I find inspiration in people’s stories. It’s why I love memoirs and autobiographies. It’s, also, why I love being a coach. But sometimes inspiration comes in unexpected places too. A few weeks ago, I…
Ep #89: Inspiration from the Emmy Awards
The entertainment industry is smack-dab in the middle of award season, and like most people, one of my favorite parts of tuning in is the acceptance speeches. While the Oscars speeches tend to be the most memorable, this year, an Emmy Awards acceptance speech was so brave and brilliant that it inspired this episode. Niecy…
May You Be Happy
For any of you who know me or have worked with me, you know how important meditation is to my daily routine. It never ceases to amaze me how many of my clients will be eager to make big and small changes in their lives, but a meditation practice seems to be the hardest one to…
Negativity Bias
Do you ever find yourself having a perfectly good day? The sun is shining, you have been super productive, and you are feeling energetic and generally positive. But then you get a text or a call from someone that they are canceling your plans. You feel disappointed because you were looking forward to those plans…
Ep #88: Strategies to Stop Negative Thinking
Whether you realize it or not, your brain has a tendency to focus more on negative experiences than positive ones: negativity bias. But why does this happen, and what can we do about it? Like many things, negativity bias is rooted in our evolutionary history. When everyday life was a fight for survival, it served…
Golden Globes
I haven’t been to the Golden Globes since my last year as a television executive in 2016. That was the year when “Mr. Robot” won Best Drama Series, and I was honored when the show’s creator, Sam Esmail, gave me a shout-out. The Globes is a wonderful mixture of the most celebrated stars from television, movies, and music, and…
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
The holidays are over. The parties are over. The vacation is over. It’s the first week of the New Year, so let the resolutions begin! Whether it is losing weight, getting healthier, finding love, getting a new job, or some other kind of change. But here’s the thing, I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions!…
Ep #87: Why New Year’s Resolutions Don’t Work and What Does
The New Year is an exciting time when all of us feel like we get to wipe the slate clean and start anew. Something that often goes hand-in-hand with the promise of a new year is the practice of setting resolutions, but I’m offering you a better way to start 2024 on this episode. Maybe…