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What Happens When Performance Replaces Authenticity
Somewhere along the way, many of us learn to trade truth for approval. Not because we’re weak. Not because we’re manipulative. But because we’re human – wired to belong, wired to need safety, wired to be understood. So we adjust. We soften our voice. We amplify certain traits. We mute others. We hide the parts…
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How to Stop Feeling Misunderstood: The Deep Person’s Guide to Belonging
There are people walking through life with a depth they didn’t choose — a kind of emotional and energetic gravity that pulls truth out of silence, clarity out of chaos, vulnerability out of hiding. These are the deep ones. And while that depth is often a gift, it can feel like something else entirely: Why?…
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What Prevents Culture from Quietly Decaying?
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters… A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot. ROBERTH HEINLEIN When Robert wrote this, I don’t think he was romanticizing politeness for politeness’ sake. He was describing something much more insidious —…
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When Fear Dissolved in the Midst of Turbulence
I would never say that I’m afraid of flying but I don’t like turbulence. Who does? As I sat in the airport this morning, awaiting the arrival of my flight, rain started to fall. By the time I ascended the plane stairs, the winds were blowing fiercely. I heard the flight attendant say something like…
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Allowing the Universe to Give You What You Need
There was a time when I could sit for hours reading. I would finish a 200 plus page book in about 2 days. I felt centred, connected, in touch with the Universe. Whatever I read I understood immediately. I would underline; make notes; everything made sense. And then I developed this compulsion to constantly check to…
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Guess What? You’re not perfect.
As published in the Woman Express – Sunday Express Magazine, Trinidad and Tobago on April 8th 2012 Feel relieved? Someone needs to remind us right? Yet how often do we measure ourselves against some perfect life that we could never attain? Think. How many ‘shoulds’ are floating around in your head right now? Let me…
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Sharing the gift of a connection
Recently at the launch of A World of Possibilities I met a young woman who sent this to me today. It was a perfect message in every way. I was reminded how short life is and how important it was for me to make the best use of my time and energy here on earth…
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The Power of Connection
We are so uber-connected these days. Technology provides us with so many self serve options that we seem to be connecting to each other less and less. I was talking with a massage therapist who recently took a “Compassionate Touch” course focused on hands-on care for those in later life stages. Some folks showed early…
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Keep the grass closest to you – Green
Have you ever noticed that many times the grass immediately surrounding a sprinkler head is brown? Laurie Beth Jones calls this the Sprinkler Phenomenon of Management. So much energy and drive is going to the outer reaches of the yard that the grass closes to the source of the water is left dry. We often…
Clarity BEFORE Execution. Structure BEFORE Speed
High-stakes decisions deserve disciplined thinking
You don’t need to move faster.
You need to reduce unnecessary risk.
When your decision affects income, reputation, or stability,
pause with structure before you act.
Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Advisory for Leaders Under Pressure 