Me First Life Coach

11/25/2017

"Don't walk through the world looking for evidence that you don't belong because you will always find it.
Don't walk through the world looking for evidence that you're not enough because you will always find it.
Our worth and our belonging are not negotiated by other people. We carry those inside our hearts."

Brené Brown - Braving the Wilderness

11/16/2017

As parents we're really good at assessing the primary risks to our child's well being.
For example, if we let our kids go to the park without parental supervision (and i'm suggesting at a reasonable and fair age) he/she could get hit by a car, nabbed by a perv or fall in a ditch and never be found.
But we're not so good at assessing the secondary risks. What are the consequences of that child not being able to go to the park without a parent ever? of learning to exist in the community without you always by their side? of experiencing that pang of fear and then overcoming it?
Which risk is really more harmful to our child long term?

11/14/2017

My brain is slowly recovering after the Educating for Resilience conference. Such knowledgeable speakers!

Dr Michael Unger shared some great strategies for making kids more resilient. My favourite were a series of questions that get you thinking about your relationship to risk as a child and how you approach it with your own children.

1. What risks did you take growing up?
2. Taking those risks what did you learn?
3. Were those lessons helpful, unhelpful or both?
4. How will our children learn these same lessons?

I'd love to hear what insights if any you get from thinking about these questions.

10/10/2017

Super simple insight:
Did you know simply feeling grateful for another person will improve your relationship.

10/03/2017

Ever heard of the 10/5 principle?

It goes like this. If someone is within 10 feet of you, acknowledge them with a smile. If someone is within 5 feet of you, say hello.

Are you brave enough?

09/26/2017

Research shows that 40% of the variance in your life satisfaction is dependent on your intentional activity...what you think, feel and do.
Expressing gratitude is just one intentional act you can engage in to cultivate well being.

What are you grateful for?

06/26/2017

Not your typical commencement speech and not just for graduates.
As a 40 something mother to 4, entrepreneur and student of life, I still need to be reminded of the power of choice.
Laundry just got a whole lot better.

In 2008, David Foster Wallace gave one of the most memorable commencement speeches in history. In 2013, we brought it to life.

05/01/2017

Rainy Day Challenge (or opportunity :):

What small thing or gesture can you make today to strengthen a close relationship?

Feel free to share what you did and how it went!

03/21/2017

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03/18/2017

Litmus test for behavior? Ask yourself am I creating happiness or misery?

"Our aim in life should be to create as much happiness, and as little misery, in the world as we can" ~ Richard Layard

03/18/2017

World Happiness Summit Gem of the Day:
From the Wise (and very happy) Shawn Achor: "Happiness is the joy you feel when you are moving towards your potential. "
So get to it!

03/15/2017

As most of you know I've taken the last 9 months to relocate the family over two moves. It's been exciting and exhausting and yes we've made it! Home at last.
So I'm super excited to get back into the swing of things (my brain is craving some serious mental excercise). And what better way to kick it off than with a weekend in Miami at The World Happiness Summit
http://www.happinesssummit.world.

A movement to increase awareness on happiness as a life choice, as a human right and as an enabler of human development and social innovation.