Sometimes I assume that I'm the only one feeling a certain way.  This belief often results in more introverted behaviors or frustration or sadness or loneliness.  More often than not, the reality is that others are also feeling this same way, I just don't know it because I may not be brave enough to share my feelings out loud.  

We know that feedback done well is supposed to help us be better versions of ourselves, and we should always be striving to be that best version of ourselves. The key to remember is that this best version is not a destination...this is a journey we're taking, hopefully for the rest of our lives.

Today is Valentine's Day, and many are either celebrating with cards, gifts and candy for a loved one or friends or, in some cases, feeling sad because there isn't a loved one to celebrate with.  This week, I focused my posts on preventive care - taking care of ourselves, our teams, and our organizations and on what to do when you do find that you're "getting sick" despite the preventive care.  Today's blog is going to continue to build on that theme because I believe it's critical that we focus on love in our lives for optimal health and well-being.

Congratulations - you have successfully navigated the first month of the year and the decade! Maybe this first month saw you staying on track with your goals for the month or the year. Maybe this month found you abandoning your goals because they seemed too big. Maybe you realized you really want to focus on something different than you thought. Or maybe life threw you a curve ball.

Shortly after I started my new business, I was talking with one of my friends and colleagues about my decision - my Why for making this change.  She said something that stuck with me, "You've always seemed like you had a pebble in your shoe."

My kids and I often listen to The Highway on Sirius XM, and there's a recent song out by Brett Young called "Chapters" which inspired this post. The refrain gets me every time...are we learning the lessons that each page brings?

This time of year can be amazing but it can also be difficult for many - the stress of finding the perfect gifts or not having the finances to give gifts, painful memories, or challenging family dynamics. But, even with the difficulties that holidays or milestones (end of a year and a decade) bring, it’s critical that we celebrate.

This holiday season, I've become fixated on the concept of joy and how I can have more of it in my life. It's probably obvious on why we want joy but you may not realize all of the health benefits it brings you.

When we order something and it’s going to take longer than what we want to wait, we start to question how much we really want it or whether that vendor is really the right one for us. This feeling is similar to when we want change in our lives or set a new goal…when it takes too long or feels hard, we start questioning whether it’s really worth it.

For anyone who has flown more than once or twice, it’s easy to tune out the flight attendant when he or she starts going through the safety guidance because we remember what they’re going to say. We hear the message “put your oxygen mask on first before helping others around you,” but I think we often don’t think much about it because we assume we will not be faced with the situation. And, thankfully, most of us probably have never been faced with the situation when the oxygen masks fall down, and we have to use them to breathe.