There’s something I’ve experienced with expectations. They can create both greatness and not so greatness in people (including myself). When I instructed for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), I saw over and over how clearly communicated expectations of students created a better leader, follower, outdoor cook, and expedition member. But here’s where expectations are

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I had an a-ha moment last month when I happened upon an article about the words “no problem.” Why would 2 simple words that sound so nice create an a-ha moment? The article was about how we as a culture receive gratitude – a thank you from someone for something we’ve done. As a culture,

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I was on Skype with a client this week who is in a life transition. She knows it’s an important transition to make and has been having some fear with it (totally normal in life transitions). As we were working through the fear with our eyes closed, she went from feeling scared to feeling expansive,

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I had a dream the other night – it was really vivid. I was swimming in the ocean with a snorkel or scuba dive gear – not sure which one, but the water felt very real. When I first poked my nose and eyes under the water, everything was really cloudy – I couldn’t see

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One thing I know is that every human being wants happiness. On some level. Whether it’s conscious or not. You want happiness. I want happiness. Yet it seems like an illusion. Life has challenges. The kids are rowdy, you’re late for work, you’re stressed about money, your spouse doesn’t want to connect, you want your

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Sometimes the spiritual journey can seem like a hoax. What’s it all for anyway? And sometimes nothing else matters but the spiritual path. As if it finally provides meaning to life in a way that nothing else has. When it feels like a hoax is when we have expectations that aren’t being met. Caroline Myss

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Having a Catholic nun as one grandmother and a devout Catholic as another grandmother, I had a healthy dose of the Catholic experience growing up. I received a rosary from each grandmother every year for my birthday (need a rosary?), and went to church weekly. Every Sunday, dad would get us all piled into the

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Life give you miracles every day. It’s hard to see sometimes when we get caught up in the minutia of the daily-ness. I want to introduce you to Sam Berns. Philosopher, high school student, and one incredible human being. Sam made no excuses. He was an inspiration this way. He shows us that each day

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Having spent the last 2 weeks on the road with a purpose of finding my new home, I learned a few things. I learned what I like and what I don’t like. I learned what I can live with and what I can’t live without. It was an important trip. I also had an expectation

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I recently spent 5 hours with a business coach to get clarity on how to take my business to the next level. I had a sense of this, but I was searching for something concrete. Something I could sink my teeth into and take action in.  What unfolded on that day came through my intuition.

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