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Focus on Intentions More Than Goals
Goal setting is a valuable skill that helps you stay on track and get things done. Goals are essential for completing immediate tasks, such as clearing your office or learning a new computer skill. They can increase your…
Remembering Our Dear Friend and Creator David Emerald Womeldorff
What do Unthinkable Emotional Pain, Unimaginable Compassion, Uncommon Wisdom, and Uproarious Laughter share in common? All four of these are aspects of the deep, abiding, and…
Self-Compassion: One Way to Survive This Level of Global Uncertainty
Collectively, the world feels fractured in so many ways—politically, environmentally, financially, and socially. And personally, many of us are navigating loss, change, the relentless pace of demands, and the quiet grief…
Disrupting the Human Need to Feel Important
There’s a very human part of everyone that wants to feel important. We may not need to be famous or admired by the masses. Just important—respected, valued, seen. Doesn’t everyone want that? Over time I’ve realized how…
I AM Worthy
The other night, a friend and I were watching a romantic comedy. It wasn’t a profound movie—just light, entertaining, and easy to enjoy. But in the middle of it, there was a moment that stayed with us. Two young adults,…
Energy Flows Where Your Attention Goes
There’s an old story about a man searching for his car keys under a streetlight. A passerby joins him. After a few minutes the passerby asks, “Are you sure you lost your keys here?”“No,” the man replies. “I lost them in…
There’s Always a Commitment Behind Your Complaint
I admit I have caught myself complaining a lot lately. If I am uncentered and reactive I can complain about everyday situations like the weather, too much noise as well as significant and critical issues -- injustices,…
Powerful Challengers in a Time When Truth Feels Relative
I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced a time when truth has felt so relative. Facts are debated. Motives are assumed. The unraveling of truth seems to be everywhere. And when truth becomes relative, we lose trust—trust…
You Cannot Not Create
One of the most surprising lessons of this past year—through grief, reorganizing companies, and forming new partnerships—was realizing that something was being created whether I was aware of it or not. One of David’s…