When Your Confidence Collapses … Here are three things to remember
When you experience failure (whether it is a single big failure or many less-than-big ones) and start to feel like you are not enough for…
Do You Need a Spanner or a Wrench and How To Determine the Answer?! (AKA: A Lesson in Picking the Right Tool)
How many of you can tell me the difference between the two? Keep in mind that answers may differ depending on what side of the…
The Last Two on Earth
During last month’s safari, I found myself staring in disbelief at the last two Northern White Rhinos on earth, Najin and Fatu. Of course, we’ve…
The Lion & The Rule of Order
I would say there is no “law of the jungle” … but … there is order… And the animal kingdom bluntly and precisely lives, breathes,…
When to Strike: Lessons from a Cheetah
I recorded this cheetah not too long after she had lost a kill to a marauding pack of hyenas who stole her dinner and scared…
Be Where You’re Headed/Do What You Must
I often refer to an insightful book entitled “The Answer To How Is Yes” by Peter Block (the title itself speaks volumes). Block says we…
What Lies Beneath
What lies beneath is often completely unlike the surface or covering. It’s only when we have the privilege of knowing or experiencing what’s behind the…
The Road to Your Goals
My husband happens to be a person who’s always carved out what he wants … and an ideal weight and fitness is one of his…
And the American Airlines Pilot Told Us …
An hour before we were scheduled to land in St. Lucia for this year’s It’s Possible Retreat, the pilot gave us the update that the…
Read, Absorb and Read Some More
I’ve been fascinated by books all my life… largely of the non-fiction and self development variety. They are filled with endless information, stories, and advice…
How DEIA do you want to go?
I’d like to begin this blog by introducing you to a Yoruba proverb: A kì í bá eni gbé ká má mo ojú eni: One…
Walking Your Way to Success
One of the most powerful experiential ways a leader can improve her ability to think, discern and even step aside to both allow and encourage…
Are You Really Communicating?
What a topic! And clearly one that people are talking about… A quick Google search offered me a range of “top communications challenges”, and after…
Intricately Connected
We know that cells have their own intelligence, capable of operating in organisms in both cooperative and adverse ways. I once read that each human…
Time is Priceless…
A few days back, I exchanged eye contact and then a brief smile with a lady at a traffic light. It was just a moment…
Changing Your Watch to You Time
Does this statement sound like a ‘fairytale’ like idea to you? Take another look and notice the statement’s layers. Let me back up a tad…
And Just Like that, the Fog Lifted
Ahhhh, springtime! As I write this blog, I’m sitting in Deep Creek Lake where a few of us gathered for our Metamorphosis Retreat. “Take that…
Finally… the new website is LIVE!
Wow, what a whirlwind the last year has been. The Mountain Peak Strategies team and I have been working and growing to better serve the…
The First Time I Jumped
The first time I ever physically challenged myself, in spite of my fear, was when I leapt from a 50 ft pole during an event.…
Reflections!
I know that you want to have everything you need to have a full and happy life. Who doesn’t? Who doesn’t want to be great,…