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Giselle Hudson | Pre-Decision Diagnostic Advisor | Sensemaking for high-stakes business decisions
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Most costly decisions begin with
an inaccurate understanding of the situation.

I help leaders understand what is actually happening before major decisions are made or
resources are invested in solving the wrong problem.

Tag: pain

  • Present Moment Avoidance Ensures the Absence of Miracles

    The word miracle carries a lot of weight. Miracles are those extraordinary events that defy natural laws, usually attributed to a supernatural power (like God) or divine intervention, causing wonder and amazement We usually pray for miracles: So generally miracles manifest as healings, deliverances, resurrections, or provision, exceeding our control and expectations. What if we could experience…

    Giselle

    January 15, 2026
    Strategic Sensemaking
    A Year of Miracles, Divine Power, efficiency, faith and trust, hope, interconnected systems, Marianne Williamson, miracles, natural order, pain, pain avoidance, present moment, resilience, self-healing, spiritual order, structural alignment, the human body
  • Let’s Explore the Human Propensity for Living in and Staying with Pain

    I recently resumed walking. Ok I started back walking day before yesterday. Ha! And I’ve been sharply reminded of the nagging pain that’s been tagging along for years. A physical therapist once told me it was my IT band — tight, inflamed, aggravated by everything from sitting too much to trying to move again after…

    Giselle

    November 2, 2025
    Strategic Sensemaking
    back pain, discipline, discomfort, exercise, living with pain, motivation, normalizing pain, pain, pain as habit, patience, possibility, Saul Gellerman, self-limitations, stories we tell ourselves, stuck, tolerating pain
  • Can you create something better from the pain you’ve experienced?

    I am fond of saying “look to nature…you can learn a lot!” Nature sees value in everything that exists. Nothing is to be wasted. Pain and suffering don’t go to waste once you can learn. You have new found wisdom that will serve you regardless of your journey. Everything that you attempt to deny or…

    Giselle

    February 13, 2022
    Strategic Sensemaking
    nature, pain, self-sabotage, suffering, wisdom
  • Have you become pinned beneath the boulder of your own reputation?

    This is not an original thought but then if you read BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert you will realize that two or more of us can in fact have the same thought/discovery what scientists call multiple discovery – a term used whenever two or more scientists in different parts of the world come up with…

    Giselle

    January 6, 2021
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, Harper Lee, Marcus Aurelius, pain, Stoicism, success
  • There is Pain in the Present but will there be the Same Pain in Your Future?

    You probably have realized this by now – you cannot “spin” your way out of a bad situation. You can’t just tell a better story about how things are, and then hope that life will take the shape of your thoughts. Life doesn’t work that way. I know many might think I’m flying in the…

    Giselle

    May 22, 2020
    Strategic Sensemaking
    change, Covid19, pain, WarrenBuffett
  • Practice Asking: “What if…?”

    I used to think…w I used to think when I was much younger that I was lucky. I also remember having big, bold, audacious dreams. Then…as time passed…my dream circle shrank in size. I became afraid to let my mind expand. I cut off the blood supply to my imagination and entered a room with…

    Giselle

    December 17, 2019
    Strategic Sensemaking
    being lucky, chasing wild dreams, comfort zone, fear, gifts and ideas, imperfection, judgment, luck, pain, Purple Marketing, Purple Messenger, storyteller, storytelling
  • Let Down that Heavy Load

    As I pry my fingers off of all the hurt I’ve been carrying…some from perhaps when I was maybe two or three…the actual chain of events…vague…but the pain…raw and real…I’m thinking that we can only let go when we learn. I’m not suggesting painstakingly rehashing events. What I am suggesting is that we let our…

    Giselle

    December 16, 2019
    Strategic Sensemaking
    Dragonfly Thoughts, hurt, let pain speak, letting go, pain, Pain Master, Purple Marketing, Purple Messenger, storyteller, storytelling, the beauty of pain
  • What Happens When We Ignore Messages?

    I’m not talking about voice mail messages, or email messages. I am referring to pain in our bodies that can be physical but are often emotional. Whenever we are in pain, we are quick to self-medicate. We want the pain to go away…QUICKLY! We don’t want to deal with it. A friend of mine, going…

    Giselle

    July 23, 2019
    Strategic Sensemaking
    emotions, listen to your soul, Madisyn Taylor, messages, pain
  • What Motivates You?

    I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Growing up my mom made bread. I loved the bread. I didn’t like the crust. I saw my friends bring their sandwiches to school crust-less. Not in my home. You HAD to eat the crust. So I devised a method of eating the crust first…all the way around…

    Giselle

    January 23, 2015
    Strategic Sensemaking
    motivation, pain, pleasure, self understanding, self-awareness, values, who you are
  • What is Your Amazing Unfathomable Gift?

    THE quest to find one’s purpose is exhausting. I know because for a long time I was not only exhausted but frustrated trying to find mine. It seemed everyone else on planet earth had found theirs except me. But then as I talked to more and more people, I realized that I had PLENTY company. In looking…

    Giselle

    November 21, 2013
    Strategic Sensemaking
    be the best you, contribution, Dennis Kimbro, knowing who you are, pain, purpose, struggle
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