Blog - Mindset

We strive to be our very best. We engage 100%, we give it our all, in everything we do. At work, as a parent, as a friend, as a partner or lover. When situations don't go the way we planned - the presentation is sub-par, your kid takes a wrong turn, your relationship...

We all have them, stories we’ve made up based on an event or situation that happened in the past. These stories are our interpretation of what happened, something took place and we created a meaning to it. These stories shape our perspective in the present.  We do it...

We hear it all the time - live in the present moment. It’s harder than it sounds, right? It’s easy to get attached to how we want things to be, especially when our hearts get involved. We experience a moment of exhilaration or joy, we get a taste of what we want most,...

Expectations - it’s difficult not to have them.  We’re ambitious, we have a grand vision for ourselves and our lives. We imagine what we want, we go after it and we want it to look a certain way. When reality doesn’t meet our vision, we naturally get disappointed. Or...

I was getting a mani pedi on Saturday at a local salon in my home town of Sausalito. The two women doing my nails were talking about how they wanted breast implants and wished they had pink skin vs yellow. I was struck by the conversation. No matter what age,...

Everyone I talk to lately has lots of moving parts in their lives. Here are a few things my clients, friends and family are dealing with: growing a start-up, seeking a coveted position, managing the ups and downs of a relationship, kids and their issues, dealing with...

The topic of feeling guilty came up in conversation with a client last week. She’s a high performing executive, super successful and an amazing mother, daughter, spouse and friend.  We've all felt guilty at some point in our lives. I used to say if you were Catholic,...

Seeking balance is like the quest for the holy grail. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​We search for it. As we pursue, it’s always out of reach. It’s just around the corner, out  of our grasp. Perhaps that’s why "the idea" of it is so appealing. We try to manage and control it because we...