What Can We Do With This One Big Beautiful Life?
“…the longing for awe as a path for self-growth and transformation is universal, a shared need to connect with the mystery of who we are.” — Marcelo Gleiser, The Dawn of a Mindful Universe This is benefit of Choosing Awe when smack dab in the middle of a messy season. When we choose awe we embrace the tension between exhilaration and fear. Often these are messy seasons that ask new things of us. They invite us to look at things we’ve perhaps shoved under the rug and out of view. They also…
Why I Celebrate My Messy Moments (Even the Hard Ones)
At some point in my career, I stopped dreading my messy moments. And it’s not because the moments themselves got easier. In...
Why Asking for Help Is the Generous Move
Ever notice what happens in your brain (and body) when you finally ask for help? I didn't, until I had no choice but to find...
The Signal You’re Almost Missing
Have you noticed that when things are messy, we can be so focused on simply surviving them that we can’t see the opportunities...
I Just Turned 38!
I announced on LinkedIn that I'd be launching a podcast well before Thriving in the Messy Middle existed. Putting it out into...
What’s Really Happening? (Not the Story.)
That story I was telling myself was about to take me out! I had arrived at some conclusions about my colleagues, and I'd built a...
The Year I Stopped Trusting My Gut
That job checked every box on paper. It had the right title, right comp, right next step. So I said yes. It didn't take long...
The Week Everything Fell Apart at Once
It was 2009. The global financial crisis was in full swing, and business was not good. I took a pay cut and had to trim my team....
- What Can We Do With This One Big Beautiful Life?
"...the longing for awe as a path for self-growth and transformation is universal, a shared need to connect with the mystery of who we are." — Marcelo Gleiser, The Dawn of a Mindful Universe This is benefit of Choosing Awe when smack dab in the middle of a messy season. When we choose awe we embrace the tension between exhilaration and fear. Often these are messy seasons that ask new things of us. They invite us to look at things we've perhaps shoved under the rug and out of view. They also...Read more