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When our daughter Acacia was small her first words were “Do it self”… well actually her first word was “sock” but that doesn’t fit with my story. From a very young age she was extremely independent. She tried to take over the management of the house and the mothering of Phillip. OK, the management of … Read more
I felt like a kid with new clothes and crayons on the first day of school. Everything was exciting and new and I was meeting and making new friends daily. The Renaissance was home and felt safe and familiar and allowed me to venture out each day to explore and discover Mumbai. The wonderful thing … Read more
The jobs that have to be done before the movers arrive on July 24th total pages instead of paragraphs… or at least I think they do. For the past week I have hidden in my office answering non-essential emails and playing games in an effort to hide from this feeling I have of being overwhelmed. … Read more
My friend Tammy Isa is a brilliant woman who juggles a busy career along with motherhood and being a great partner to her husband Shareef. She sent me this post today and I thought it was so good it should be re-posted so more people could read it. Here it is… Overlapping is something I find … Read more
Not fully in one world or the other. I’m still working and living in Canada and probably have 4 months before I move to India. My excitement is tempered by the amount of work that needs to be done and the goodbyes that I face. I look at all of the friendships I have made … Read more
My husband Ric and I love adventure. When we met, he was a fresh university grad working and saving money for a trip through Africa. He had his itinerary booked for an overland excursion that took him from North Africa to South Africa, ending with a climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. We weren’t expecting to fall … Read more
The affect one scared or angry person can have in an organization is what I call “the startled bird syndrome”. When you watch a flock of birds, if one is scared they all start taking off. The message the one bird sends is instant “We’re in danger, get the flock out of here”. In the … Read more
You might have noticed that there wasn’t a blog posted yesterday. I reached out to my friend. Sincerely and with the right intention I left a voice message and an email and asked that we have an opportunity to talk. Staring at the phone didn’t make it ring. Darn it, I was ready to resolve … Read more
This is got to be one of the lamest childhood taunts going but I just found myself using a variation on a person I was upset with. Makes me wonder if all of that money I spent on getting to the master level in emotional intelligence should be refunded. In an emotional exchange even the … Read more
It’s been a difficult day. Small piles of misunderstandings are now big mountains of miscommunication and fractured friendships. Sigh! Why can’t life be easier? My usual way is to take things head on but I know through my work in emotional intelligence that people will hold on tighter to their view and opinion if you … Read more