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Stories, reflections, and conversations about practicing intention and LYFE; Loving Yourself Forward Every day — in life, work, and leadership.
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Practicing Empty in a Completely Full Season (opens the original)
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What I’m noticing about capacity, guilt and the people I loveThis past Saturday, I woke up at 5am at the villa and couldn’t get back to sleep.My mind had already started working through all the things I need to do… and the futile exploration of how in the world I’m going to get to them.So I opened a client project and worked on it for a while (cuz why wouldn’t I?)… probably wasn’t what I needed most at five o’clock on a Saturday morning.But at least it felt good to get something started.
Whatever we practice, we get better at. (opens the original)
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Here’s an uncomfortable thought:I’ve gotten really good at some things I never intentionally practiced.For decades, I lived inside what I now call my old 4 Ps:Proving. Producing. Pleasing. Perfecting.I didn’t wake up one morning and decide those were the woman I wanted to be.I practiced them because they worked.Perfecting the quality of my work helped me prove my value.Producing more… and then more… showed peop
From my practice today… (opens the original)
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I had a conversation this week with someone I’d never met before.It was supposed to be about accounting and taxes. 😂Somehow, we ended up talking about my work and what I’m building with Practicing LYFE. I gave him the VERY abbreviated version of my career… which, as it turns out, isn’t actually that easy to abbreviate.I was a computer science and math major who spent the first 15 years of my career in IT. Then I took a pretty significant left turn into leadership development, where I spent years
From my practice today… (opens the original)
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Sometimes I hesitate to call my mom.That’s a hard sentence to write. And not one that feels particularly good to admit.She’s going through a really difficult season, and some days are dark. When she’s hurting, I immediately go to work in my head.What can I do? Is there something that might make her feel better? Should I call her doctor? Should I go up there? What am I missing?And if we hang up and she doesn’t feel any better, I feel helpless… I carry a heaviness I can’t shake.Like somehow I didn
The Transitions We Don’t Know We’re In Yet (opens the original)
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Not every transition starts with an ending.Sometimes it starts with a feeling you can’t shake.Something doesn’t fit like it used to. You’re more restless. What you used to tolerate suddenly feels exhausting. You’re questioning something you thought you’d already figured out.And you keep wondering…Why can’t I just get back to normal?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!h-qa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:stee
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