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Make good habits easy!

Personal note 2013 has started with a bang for me: a CBS radio interview about my The Confident Introvert book with Roshini Rajkumar (hear the podcast at www.wcco.com/roshini); then speaking engagements this month that will include: “Stress, the Silent Killer”...
The “Happiest Time of Year”?

The “Happiest Time of Year”?

Personal note This has been the week I finally got to launch my new book, The Confident Introvert. As I (and a lot of writers) have found out, it’s not the writing that is so hard; it’s all the details, such as getting the sources exactly right, that bog you down....

Do introverts have more stress?

  Well, yes and no.In our extrovert-oriented culture, being an introvert is not easy. While extroverts thrive on outer stimulation, deriving their energy from it, introverts need quiet time to let the energy tanks fill up – alone. Introverts think deeply before...

Are you determined not to age?

We live in a youth-oriented society, where the fastest growing group, the Baby Boomers, learned, “Never trust anyone over thirty.” They’ve probably extended that limit by now; I haven’t checked recently to see what it is. 60? 70? We see ads everywhere for products and...

Build Your Happiness

Personal note Autumn is indeed the time for quickening pulses and the sensation that something new and exciting is about to happen. Well, it is. In fact, many things are going to be happening in the next few weeks. Next week I go to Toronto to meet with my coach, Pat...

The Work of Worry

Personal note The coming weeks are filled with excitement for me, as I prepare to speak at a Lutheran Women’s Conference on Saturday, and then take off for Toronto for a conference with Pat Mussieux and the Wealthy Women Leaders. All this, amidst busy preparation for...

Don’t go back to sleep

Personal note Fall is promising to be exciting, with a book by myself (The Confident Introvert) and two books by friends, Lori Campbell and Kristen Brown, to which I have contributed, all coming out in the next two months. You can be sure I will keep you fully...

Are you listening to your body?

Personal note It’s Fall, school is starting, and even for those of us who work year ‘round, there is a sensation that the pace really picks up now. Human Resource Directors with whom I speak are planning their schedules into the coming year. I’m mapping out my...

Stress – it’s a matter of choice

Personal note For many of us, the busy part of the year runs from September through May, and we spend the late summer gearing up for the flurry of activity that we are sure to encounter. In fact, it has already started, with requests coming in for me to speak at such...