Have you ever worked hard to achieve your goals or get to where you thought you wanted to be and then having gotten there you felt burned out and knew you couldn’t sustain this level of performance?
And maybe you kept going anyway because you needed to prove that you were capable and not a quitter.
That’s how my guest, Alex Lianne Carter, felt as she reached what she thought was the peak of her career as the Director of Technology and Innovation for an independent school system.
Read MoreHuman beings are masterful story tellers and meaning making machines. We are that we make meaning and we do it instantaneously and for the most part unconsciously. Then we live inside our stories, thinking they are truth and fact, when, in reality we made them up. Life happens and we make up what it means.
My guest this week is Shelli Jost Brady, a graduate of Virginia Tech, who holds multiple advanced degrees and certifications in design, architecture, business, leadership trauma and peace education.
Read MoreThis week’s episode takes on a rather tricky topic- when it comes to sharing, how much is too much? And how can you know the difference between being open, vulnerable and transparent and engaging in self indulgent oversharing?
Read MoreHow do you build bridges? That’s the question my guest this week asks each person who participates in her Building Bridges project.
From the time she was in 5th grade, Ebethal Badawi, born in Saudi Arabia, knew that she wanted to be an artist. But she was told that art could only be a hobby, not a real career path, so she decided to study science, a much more acceptable choice according to her parents.
Read MoreHow do we be with the parts of ourselves we find least loveable?
You know which qualities I’m talking about. They’re the ones that seem to rear their ugly heads when you least expect it and they sabotage your relationships with others and most of all, with yourself.
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