Browsing Tag: fear

What I Learned About Intention, Impact & Consistency While Crossing The Streets Of Hanoi

My husband and I traveled through Vietnam for our honeymoon 10 years ago. One of the hardest parts of our trip was crossing the street in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. Motorcycles and rickshaws and cabs and scooters bustled to and fro in multiple lanes. Yet there were no lane markers and no traffic lights and no cross walks. It was pure chaos to my Western eyes.  When it was time to cross the street, we’d …

The Decision-Making Tool Used By Successful Women

Every decision you’ve made has led you to right where you are right now. Do you love your life? Are you happy with what’s showing up for you regularly? Then you’re probably making the right decisions. Do you have regrets? Do you feel unsure of yourself? Do you feel disappointment and struggle and like you never get ahead? Then you are making decisions that aren’t serving you. Let’s change this up, shall we? I want …

How To Move Past Resistance To Achieve Your Goals

Let’s talk about 2 Essential Ingredients To Make Lasting Change (that most people dismiss) So You Can Achieve Your Goals And Desires In 2020. Because, let’s be honest with ourselves here, all growth and achievement of our goals, whether personal or professional, requires change of some sort. Change can look like shifting our mindset or habits, learning a new skill, or adjusting the way we spend our time. If we don’t initiate change, 2020 is …

On The Other Side Of Fear Is… Swimming!

Ms. Kimmy comes to our house every Wednesday morning to teach the boys how to swim. They scream and cry their way through the 30-minute lesson while I hold back tears (sometimes without success). It’s painful to see my children, who I’d give my own life for, experience so much fear and resistance: quivering lips, shaking arms, anxiety poops, fingers that reach out and grip the closest adult, eyes searching our home for mom, dad, …

Stacy Bick Profile: Personal Space. Acceptance. Inspiration.

Meet Stacy Bick, 41 years old, the director of brand management for a global marketing and advertising agency and mother of 2 girls, ages 6 and 2. She’s the reason I established a habit of getting up at 5:15am most mornings to meditate and write. She’s who I go to when I need encouragement and real conversation. In fact, you’ll see that she pulled away all masks and hiding for this interview to show up …