Given the reality of healthcare, thinking about ease and pleasure at work, seems like the impossible dream. All the various demands, the feelings of you’ve got to do it on your own and the unending documentation and regulations limit your vision of what is possible. Recently, I saw Man of LaMancha, a beautiful, sad and…
Stop Hiding and Share
Announcing my new website. As my regular readers know, the focus of my coaching practice is on the crisis of burnout among nurses and physicians. I’ve decided to stop hiding and share what I have to offer. My goal is to help people regain energy and passion to enable them to live with greater ease…
What Will Your Legacy Be?
It may seem odd to think about your legacy when you’re feeling burnt out, and yet this is a question that people often ask in one form or another during coaching. What is the impact I am making? What will I be remembered for? What do I want to be remembered for? What will be…
More on Resolution and Achievement of Success
Week 4 of the New Year. You made a resolution based on what is important to you and what has not been urgent enough to deal with in the past. Stephen Covey in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People breaks time management into 4 quadrants. Time used for Important and non-urgent matters is time…
Motivation to Sustain Resolution Success
Now that you know what you want to achieve in 2018, be sure to create a meaningful and exciting why for the goal. The why provides underlying motivation to sustain you along the journey. Discover what it is that makes the resolution important, what will be the benefit of its achievement, what’s the underlying need…
Well-Being and our Divinity
Engaging in activities that connect us to something beyond ourselves adds meaning to our lives and allows us to connect with our values and strengths. In the Art of Full Engagement+, the authors refer to this sense of connection and purpose as “Spiritual Energy.” It provides motivation and engages commitment and integrity. This spiritual energy…
