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,…
The Energy Within
It’s great to have you back. As promised in my last blog – Charged Up! – here is one simple technique to renew your inner…
Charged Up!
We keep a close eye on our phone’s battery … “can I get back home before it loses power … I keep meaning to buy…
Back to Basics
Like you, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the new year. I believe that each and every one of us has the capacity…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 3
Our final, and possibly biggest, philosophy to live by comes from the Asian continent. Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophy that teaches how to exist…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 2
Just in case you missed it, our first series was Pamoja, a KiSwahili word meaning togetherness. This second philosophy from across the globe comes from…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 1
Today we begin a 3 Part series, each one covering a philosophy from across the globe – concepts we can certainly learn from and, if…
How to “Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Stream & Follow Every Rainbow ‘Till You Find Your Dream”
Now this blog title is the longest title I’ve ever created … yep, straight out of The Sound of Music. Most of us have one…
Gratitude
Resilience is the capacity to prepare for, recover from and adapt in the face of stress, challenge, or adversity (HeartMath® Institute). In today’s world, these…
What’s UP
Does your life feel like it’s buzzing past you faster than you feel you can cope? In a very short nutshell, here’s where I am…
Looking Back to Move Forward
For over a decade, I have used this time of year to look back, even as I begin to explore what’s ahead in the coming…
