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Do you find it easier to talk about speaking your truth than actually doing it?
Speaking up and speaking your truth is an essential aspect of living a life of passion, fulfillment, and authenticity. However, we struggle to find ways to speak our truth for many of us, myself included.
Not too long ago, I was talking to a friend who told me a poignant and powerful story about speaking his truth. He was in a grocery store and saw a woman cruelly yelling at her kids.
He explained that he walked over to the woman and asked her to treat her children with kindness and love.
Bold, right?
The woman responded by telling him to stick it up his “you-know-what,” grabbed her kids, and rushed out of the store.
My friend explained that he didn’t know if he did the wrong thing. He was scared, upset, and emotional. But, he also said, “Mike, when I walked away, I noticed something interesting. I wasn’t blaming anyone. However, since I spoke up,
I was at peace and not wasting any time or energy blaming anyone. I have no idea if what I said impacted that woman, but I don’t have to live with her. I have to live with myself.”
By Speaking Your Truth, You Open the Door to Freedom
What if we dared to speak up like that in all areas of life – our work, our relationships, our family, with people in public, and in general?
Imagine the freedom and power we would possess! It’s not at all about getting in people’s faces and challenging them, although sometimes it might take that form.
An important distinction to remember is the difference between our “opinions” and our “truth.”
We all have opinions – but remember: our opinions are not facts.
Our opinions are filled with righteous judgment and an arrogant sense that we’re “right,” and those who disagree with us are “wrong.”
But our “truth” runs much deeper than any of our opinions.
Truth is About How We Feel
Truth is not about being right. Truth is about how we feel and what is real for us. It’s about expressing what we think and feel in an authentic, vulnerable, and transparent way.
We are all entitled to our own opinions.
For example, I might have an opinion that you are rude. I might even have evidence of things you did in the past that were rude. My truth about this, though, might be that I worry you will hurt my feelings, or I don’t like some of the things you do, which make me feel unsafe and uncomfortable around you.
When we let go of being “right” about our opinions and take responsibility for our experience, we can speak our truth from a much deeper and more authentic place.
Speaking this deeper truth will not only liberate us, but it has the potential to make a difference for others and bring us closer together with them.
How Do We Enhance and Deepen Our Capacity to Speak Our Truth With Kindness, Love, and Authenticity?
There are lots of things we can do to accomplish this – here are three to think about.
Stop Managing Other People’s Feelings
When we try to manage other people’s emotions, we use it as a cop-out not to speak our truth.
When we let go of taking care of others in a condescending way, it frees us and them up to have adult conversations, which sometimes can get a little sticky or tense when we’re speaking our truth.
Be Real, Not Right
I wrote a whole article about this – click here to read it.
When we focus on winning or being right, we no longer can access the deepest places within our hearts, which is where our real truth comes from.
When we let go of our attachment to the outcome of a conversation, what the other person thinks, and our erroneous obsession with always having to be right, we allow ourselves to get real.
Being vulnerable and transparent are the key elements of speaking your truth and not dominating the conversation and the person we’re talking to.
Practice
Like anything and everything else in life, the best way to get better, deepen our capacity, and grow is to practice.
Will you mess it up? Of course! Will you say the wrong things sometimes? Yes! Will people get upset, offended, or defensive at times? Absolutely. It is not about being perfect. It is about being yourself and speaking authentically.
Have empathy and compassion with yourself as you practice – this is not easy for most of us.
Remember that each situation is always new and different.
Speaking your truth is not always going to be easy – but it will be worth it.
Speaking up can be incredibly scary and challenging for us. Even if your legs shake, your voice quivers, or your heart races (all of which usually happen when we get real and vulnerable) – take a deep breath, dig down for the courage you have within you, and be willing to speak your truth.
When we do this, we can watch our relationships and lives literally transform.
Where in your life are you not speaking your truth, and what are you willing to do about that? Share your thoughts, action ideas, insights, and more on my blog below.
I have written five books about the importance of trust, authenticity, appreciation, and more. In addition, I deliver keynotes and seminars (both in-person and virtually) to empower people, leaders, and teams to grow, connect, and perform their best. Finally, as an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, I teach techniques that allow people and organizations to be more authentic and effective. Find out more about how I can help you and your team achieve your goals today. You can also listen to my podcast here.
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This article was published on September 15, 2009, and has been updated for 2021.
I am not a huge fan of disappointment.
When I disappoint someone or disappoint myself, it can often lead me to feeling sadness, anger, and even shame.
How do you feel about disappointment?
Recently, I’ve been quite disappointed by some important people in my life and, in turn, they’ve been disappointed (and annoyed) with me.
As I’ve been noticing my strong reaction to these situations, I realize how I spend time focusing on doing everything I can not disappoint others while at the same time protecting myself against being disappointed.
Can you relate to this?
Don’t Let Disappointment Set You Up For Failure.
When we focus on trying not to disappoint others or worrying that people will disappoint us, we set ourselves up for failure.
And, as I’ve seen recently, this makes it very difficult, if not impossible, to speak our truth, be ourselves, and live with authenticity and peace.
Disappointment can have all sorts of adverse effects but it can also be a positive thing.
It’s essential for us to be able to overcome our fear of disappointment and learn how we can use disappointment to our advantage. This way, we can embrace it and learn from every disappointing experience.
Why Not Embrace Disappointment?
What if we embraced disappointment instead of avoiding it?
Disappointment usually isn’t fun, but we don’t have to avoid it. It can actually teach us a great deal. It can play a significant role in our emotional development and can help us on the road to achieving our goals.
We will inevitably disappoint people, especially when we authentically live our lives. Speaking up, going for the things that are important to us, and being true to ourselves are all things that at times won’t align with others and, in some cases, may even upset them.
However, we can be mindful and aware of others and still be true to ourselves – these things don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
Asking for what we want, counting on others, and trusting people – all of which are essential for healthy, fulfilling, and authentic relationships – make us vulnerable to being disappointed and even hurt by the people around us.
So what?
Disappointment is an Essential Part of Our Growth
Disappointment helps us grow, learn, and improve.
We end up getting more hurt and disappointed in the long run by withholding our desires and expectations. So we might as well live out loud and be honest about how we feel, what we want, and what’s important to us.
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”
Dr. Suess
Disappointment, as uncomfortable and even painful as it can be for many of us, is essential on our journey of growth, self-discovery, and authenticity.
Being okay with disappointing others allows us the freedom to be ourselves in an authentic way. It also takes away the pressure and stress we often feel about always having to do, say, or be a certain way.
Letting go of our fear of being disappointed by other people gives us the ability to take more risks and ask for what we truly want.
When we embrace disappointment, we create a sense of liberation and space that frees us up to be who we are and let go of our attachment and obsession with other people’s opinions. Of course, doing this isn’t always easy, but it can be transformational.
The Benefits of Disappointment
It makes you grateful.
When you experience disappointment, it can help make you feel more grateful for what you have. Whether you disappoint someone or someone disappoints you, it helps you better understand and appreciate the things you have in life, the people who have your back, and the fact that you can overcome anything.
It helps you learn.
When you experience disappointment, it can be a great way to learn a valuable lesson. In addition, you can use the experience as a guide to help you deal with similar situations in the future.
It motivates you.
Once you overcome feeling disappointment, it can help motivate you to grow and learn from your mistakes.
It makes you more resilient.
Resilience helps us recover and move on from difficulties, face challenges, and grow stronger each time we experience stress or pressure. When we go through a disappointment, it helps us grow, adapt, and make goals to become better in the future.
How to Embrace Disappointment
Here are a few things you can consider and do to expand your ability to embrace disappointment:
Take inventory of your life and relationships.
Take an honest look at some of the most important relationships and activities in your life. How many of your actions, thoughts, conversations, and more (or lack thereof) have to do with your avoidance of disappointing others or being disappointed?
Be honest and take responsibility.
As you notice areas, situations, and people in your life where fear of disappointment is present, see if you can tell the truth about it in a vulnerable way to the people involved. For example, you may say to a friend, “I want to ask you for this favor, but I’m a little scared to do so because I’m worried you will say ‘no’ which might disappoint me” (or something to that effect). Take responsibility for how you feel and remember that your issue with disappointment is all about you, not them.
Practice saying “no.”
Saying no is a great practice, especially for those of us “people pleasers” who find ourselves saying “yes” to stuff we don’t want to do. While there is an astonishing amount of value in being someone willing to say “yes” in life, there is also a great deal of power in owning our “no” as well. See if you can practice saying “no” to people, even if it’s scary or uncomfortable. Be authentic and vulnerable about it – with yourself and others. And see if you can expand your capacity to decline requests of things you don’t want to do and make peace with yourself about it.
Be Kind to Yourself
As you delve into this, be kind to yourself. Showing yourself kindness is a big one for me and so many people I know and work with.
We all want to be loved, valued, and appreciated in our lives. And, most of us have had painful experiences of disappointment in the past, which have profoundly impacted us. However, if we can alter our relationship to disappointment – we can grow stronger and transform our lives and relationships in a beautiful way!
Share your thoughts, ideas, insights, actions, and more on my blog below.
I have written five books about the importance of trust, authenticity, appreciation, and more. In addition, I deliver keynotes and seminars (both in-person and virtually) to empower people, leaders, and teams to grow, connect, and perform their best. Finally, as an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, I teach techniques that allow people and organizations to be more authentic and effective. Find out more about how I can help you and your team achieve your goals today. You can also listen to my podcast here.
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This article was published on August 10, 2009, and has been updated for 2021.
Do you have healthy boundaries?
Boundaries weren’t something I spent much time thinking about for many years. I used to relate to the concept of boundaries negatively, but actually, boundaries are not only positive; they are essential for healthy relationships, families, teams, and communities.
Of course, I’ve known that boundaries are important, especially in the context of parenting, communication, work, and more. Still, the idea of having clear and specific boundaries had sometimes seemed limiting or restrictive to me and definitely challenging.
In the past few years, however, my lack of healthy boundaries has caused some real pain and challenge in my life and business in a way that has forced me to stop and pay more attention to them.
What Are Healthy Boundaries?
Boundaries are clear guidelines that we create to let people know what works and doesn’t work for us. They also communicate what we need, want, and expect from others and create accountability for us and those around us.
A few years ago, during a session I had with my counselor, Eleanor, she said to me, “Mike, you don’t have healthy boundaries! You may not even know what healthy boundaries are.”
“What do you mean?” I asked somewhat defensively.
“Well,” she said, “having healthy boundaries is about you setting up your life, your relationships, your work, and all the things that you do in a way that works for you authentically.” She continued, “When boundaries are healthy, they aren’t fixed, etched in stone, or filled with self-righteousness. They are, however, clear and clean.”
I’d been talking to Eleanor during that session about a few specific people who were upsetting me and a couple of situations that were difficult and painful.
“What happens to you,” she said, “is that you’re not clear, clean, and straightforward with people about what you want, what works or doesn’t work for you, or when you get upset. Then,” she continued, “at some point, you get angry enough to speak up, and when you do, you do so with a great deal of self-righteousness and judgment, which pushes them away and makes the boundary fixed and rigid, like the state line between California and Nevada.”
As I sat there and listened to Eleanor’s feedback, it hit me like a ton of bricks. “You’re right,” I said, “that’s what I do. It not only doesn’t feel good, but it also doesn’t work.”
“No, it doesn’t,” she said, “however, you’re not alone – many people do this. Creating healthy boundaries isn’t easy, but it’s so important.” She went on to say, “Mike, you, like lots of people, have a fairly immature perspective about boundaries. The cleaner you are with your boundaries, the easier it will be for you to negotiate them and also to operate with power, clarity, and integrity in all aspects of your life.”
Boundaries Impact Relationships and Other Important Areas in Your Life
As it often is, Eleanor’s feedback was a bit hard to hear but so valuable. What she said had a real impact on me and made me take a deeper look at how I operate in my life as a husband, father, friend, leader, colleague, client, author, speaker, coach, and more, in regards to boundaries. It’s both illuminating and humbling to see the impact of my lack of healthy boundaries in various important relationships and areas in my life.
What Happens If You Don’t Create Healthy Boundaries?
When you don’t set boundaries, it gives others the chance to do harmful and upsetting things towards you, even if these things aren’t done intentionally or with malice. In addition, it means that you will likely spend a lot of time and energy doing what others want you to do over what you want to do, which in the long term can lead to unfulfillment, frustration, and resentment.
What I’ve noticed is that when I don’t create clear and healthy boundaries with certain people or in particular situations, it’s often because of fear. I’m sometimes afraid to speak up and say what I want/don’t want or what works/doesn’t work for me. I find myself trying to navigate my life and relationships in such a way that I won’t offend or upset people while at the same time attempting to get what I want and have people like me. Maybe you can relate to this in some way?
When we don’t set boundaries, not only does it set us up for difficulty and failure, but it also sabotages our desire for healthy, strong, and authentic connections with other people.
How to Create Healthy Boundaries
Here are some things we can do or think about to create healthy boundaries in our lives:
1) Take inventory of your boundaries.
Take an honest look at your boundaries (or, at times, lack thereof) and how you relate to boundaries in general. How clean, clear, and healthy are your boundaries?
2) Avoid Resistance
Maybe you have some resistance to setting boundaries, as I did for a long time (and am still working through). You may think of boundaries in a negative or restrictive way like I did. Or, you might be on the opposite end of the spectrum with lots of specific, fixed, and rigid boundaries, without much flexibility or potential movement.
3) Be Honest With Yourself
Healthy boundaries aren’t fixed and unconscious – they are clear and intentional, but not nailed in place. The more honest you can be with yourself about the health of your boundaries and your overall relationship to boundaries, the more effective you’ll be in making positive changes in your life, your relationships, your teams, and your work.
4) Ask Yourself, “Is This Working For Me?”
It’s important to ask ourselves how things work for us in the most important relationships and situations in our lives. If something isn’t working for us (we feel upset, offended, disappointed, disconnected, confused, irritated, taken advantage of, or misunderstood), it’s likely that our boundaries aren’t clean or healthy in that specific situation or relationship.
We may or may not know what to do or say about it, but identifying what’s not working for us and taking responsibility for it is an essential step in the process of creating positive and sustainable change.
5) Get Clear About Your Boundaries
It’s also essential that we clarify what our boundaries are (i.e., what works for us and what doesn’t), which can sometimes be easy and sometimes difficult, depending on various factors. However, once we’re clear, the more challenging aspect of this often involves communicating this to others.
6) Have the Courage to Communicate Your Boundaries
It takes courage to communicate our boundaries honestly, but it can be so liberating and empowering when we do. It’s important to communicate with humility and vulnerability, which can be scary, especially in specific situations and relationships. One of the most critical things for us to remember is to remove our self-righteousness from our communication. Our boundaries are not Right with a capital “R.” They’re just true for us. And, they may change, which is what often happens with authentic and healthy boundaries as we grow and evolve.
Examples of Boundaries
- Communicating your physical needs
- Physical space
- Handling negative energy
- Having the right to your time
- Accepting help
- Expecting respect
- Expressing how you feel
- Asking for what you want
- Having an identity outside of a role or relationship
- Communicating discomfort
- Standing up for yourself
The cleaner and healthier we are with our boundaries, the more power and freedom we’ll have in our lives, our relationships, our work, and all the things that are most important to us. Share your thoughts, ideas, insights, actions, and more on my blog below.
I have written five books about the importance of trust, authenticity, appreciation, and more. In addition, I deliver keynotes and seminars (both in-person and virtually) to empower people, leaders, and teams to grow, connect, and perform their best. As an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, I teach techniques that allow people and organizations to be more authentic and effective. Find out more about how I can help you and your team achieve your goals today. You can also listen to my podcast here.
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This article was published on September 18, 2013, and has been updated for 2021.
I love the Olympics and have been watching the Games with gratitude, curiosity, and concern. It feels weird that they are taking place a year late, with no fans, and with Covid on the rise in Tokyo, here in the US, and around the world.
Simone Biles withdrawing from the competition breaks my heart and makes me proud at the same time. What a courageous act on her part.
I cannot imagine the pressure on her. And, for her to take this bold step, she must be in a lot of mental and emotional distress right now. My heart goes out to her, and I hope she is okay. I also hope she is getting the love and support she needs right now.
I feel sad, selfishly, that we don’t get to see her compete and share her incredible talent with the world on this huge stage…and I feel grateful and proud of her for taking care of herself…and opening up an even bigger conversation about the importance of mental health.
The pandemic has created a mental health crisis in our world, and even though we’re talking about it more, it feels like we’ve only scratched the surface.
Simone Biles is an international superstar, considered by most to be the greatest gymnast of all time. She’s been in the public eye for many years. She performed at an historically high level five years ago in the Olympics. This is not about her ability able to handle the pressure of the moment…this is about her needing to care for herself mentally and emotionally.
With the delay in the Olympics, the stress of Covid, the lack of fans, the lack of family and friends there for the athletes, and everything that has happened to her personally and in the world over the past 18 months, it makes total sense to me that she would be impacted mentally in a significant way. She also revealed publicly that she was a victim of sexual assault by Larry Nasser, along with so many other young women connected to USA gymnastics.
My heart breaks for her and all of the other victims of the unconscionable assault by this man (and all victims of sexual assault). We must do a better job of addressing this type of abuse and trauma.
Although I’ve never experienced abuse of this kind and I’ve also never competed on a world stage with the pressure and expectation of someone like Simone, I did spend 18 of the first 25 years of my life as a competitive athlete.
As a 20-year-old baseball player at Stanford University, I got severely depressed. This happened right at the start of the season my junior year, when I was eligible for the Major League draft. I was one of the key pitchers on our team, which was ranked #1 in the country and ultimately made it to the College World Series.
The pressure and expectation I was dealing with at that time and throughout the next few years of my short pro baseball career and subsequent injury and surgeries, caused a great deal of mental and emotional pain and distress for me.
I was in and out of episodes of depression over those years, on medication, and in therapy. At times I felt lost, scared, and like I let a lot of people down, including myself.
Hardly any athletes were talking about mental health publicly at the time (1994 to 1999). I thought I was weird, flawed, and weak. I’m so grateful for the love and support I received from some friends, family members, and professionals. I was thankfully able to navigate that difficult time, learn a lot about myself, and ultimately heal and grow.
Sports are amazing. I feel fortunate to have been an athlete for so many years. I learned a ton, made lots of great friends, and experienced some wonderful things. I haven’t played competitively since 1997, and I still think of myself as an athlete and have so much gratitude for the opportunities I got from sports.
I’ve also remained an avid sports fan throughout my life and love watching baseball, basketball, the Olympics, and so many other sports.
I’m keenly aware of the fact that in our culture we put so much pressure on athletes and there is a lot of toxic energy around sports. Our obsession with winning and our harsh criticism of failure, mistakes, and losing, can make it very scary for many of us athletes to compete without feeling an intense burden and, at times, debilitating pressure.
Most athletes start out competing in our respective sports because they’re fun, we love the game, and it’s an avenue for friendship, growth, teamwork, and accomplishment, among other things.
If you happen to be blessed with some God-given talent, have a supportive family and community, and can leverage these things to experience athletic success for yourself…you can create huge opportunities through sports. I’m lucky to have been able to do this myself.
This success, however, can be both a blessing and a curse. Those of us who are lucky enough to excel in sports often get defined by it. I was “Mike the baseball player” for much of my life from the age of 7 until I finally retired on my 25th birthday in 1999.
Even as a 47-year-old man today, I still think of myself at times as “Mike the baseball player,” for better or worse. And for all the sports stars like Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, Steph Curry, Tom Brady, and others…there are literally millions of competitive athletes who never have fame or fortune in our respective sports…yet can be defined by them just as much.
I think we need to take a step back, think about and talk about these things more authentically. Mental health is as important (and sometimes more important) than physical health. It’s just way less understood.
If Simone Biles had broken her leg on that vault, the whole world would have understood, felt empathy for her, and clearly realized she could no longer compete in these Olympic Games.
Her choosing to bow out of the competition to take care of her mental health is more complicated and confusing for many reasons, but just as important…and incredibly courageous.
My heart is with her and all athletes (and humans) who are struggling with mental health challenges.
The pandemic has been and continues to be really hard for many of us mentally and emotionally. No one, not even the greatest gymnast of all time, is immune from this.
We truly are all in this thing together.
How is your mental health these days? What are things you do to prioritize and manage your mental health? What support do you need in this regard right now? Feel free to leave comments or questions below in the comments section.
Do you appreciate your body?
The human body is truly a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing thing. Just think about all the great things it does for you daily: breathing, walking, digesting food, doing everything it can to keep you from getting sick, and so much more.
When you appreciate your body, you acknowledge all the vital things your body does for you every day that keeps you alive and healthy.
So why, then, is our body the one area where many of us struggle to appreciate ourselves?
Many people, myself included, can be hyper-critical of how they look and their bodies’ size, shape, and appearance. Throughout my life, some of the deepest pain and self-loathing I’ve felt has had to do with feeling flawed or simply not good enough physically.
We live in a culture that has an obsession with appearance.
While there is nothing wrong with us wanting to take care of ourselves and even wanting to look good, I think that many of us go overboard with this.
We tend to compare ourselves to others, making us feel like we’re in constant competition.
Remember: life is not a competition. We are all growing and learning in our own ways. What if we stopped competing with other people and focused more on ourselves?
We forget that our ability to appreciate our bodies isn’t actually about how much we weigh, how tall we are, the size of particular body parts, how our skin looks, how much hair we have (a big one for me over the past two decades), or anything else. Instead, it all has to do with how we feel about our bodies and our appearance.
Here’s Why It’s Important to Appreciate Your Body and Love Yourself
We can appreciate our body at any time and for any reason. There are so many things about our bodies that are great, work well, and look good. But, unfortunately, we often forget to focus on the good stuff about our bodies, instead choosing to pay attention to the areas where we think we “need work.”
These days we spend and waste way too much time comparing ourselves to others we see on social media. It’s easy to think that these people are perfect, but the truth is, no one is perfect.
Everyone has their flaws, and everyone has insecurities. Therefore, let’s stop comparing ourselves to other people.
Here are just a few reasons to love your body.
- Your body is unique to you, and only you
- Your body needs nutrients and energy to survive
- All bodies change with time
- You’re beautiful just the way you are
- Your body does so many amazing things for you every single day
- Your body keeps you alive
- Your body has gotten you through the most challenging times of your life
- Your body lets you do all the activities you love to do
The world of form (which is where our bodies reside) constantly changes and evolves. While we would not expect to have the body size and appearance that we did when we were toddlers, we should not expect to look the same at 40 as we did at 20 or at 65 as we did when we were 45. It is almost as if we’re trying to apologize for being human, aging, or being physical beings.
How to Start Appreciating Your Body
One of the best things we can do for ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually is to appreciate ourselves and our bodies. Be grateful for your body and everything it does for you.
This is something I’ve struggled with and found challenging for much of my life. As they say, “We teach best what we most need to learn.” While our culture talks about body image and appearance issues quite a bit, I don’t think we go very deep in our inquiry or discussion about it.
We primarily focus on the surface – food, weight, skincare, haircare, clothes, plastic surgery, etc. None of that stuff matters if we don’t ultimately feel good about ourselves and our bodies.
As with most things in life, appreciation, when genuine, comes first and can lead to the outcome, result, and feeling we desire. Instead of holding our breath until we lose those 10 or 20 pounds or get whatever we think we need to get to feel better about our bodies and appearance, let’s start appreciating ourselves. What if we started right here, right now, and appreciated our bodies exactly as they are? What if we loved them unconditionally?
Here are some tips on how to start loving your body.
- Stop attaching yourself to meeting conventional beauty norms
- Get to know yourself and your body
- Shower your body with love and gratitude
- Make it a habit to do something nice for yourself and your body every day
- Remember that happiness comes from the inside
- Repeat to yourself that your body deserves love
- Stop comparing yourself to others
- Stop judging other people’s bodies as well as yours
- Spend less time on social media, especially when you find yourself comparing
Being able to appreciate ourselves physically, while challenging for many of us, can and will create such a sense of freedom, peace, and love in your life – for yourself and with others. I’m working on it – want to join me? Share your thoughts, ideas, insights, actions, and more on my blog below.
I have written five books about the importance of trust, authenticity, appreciation, and more. I deliver keynotes and seminars (both in-person and virtually) to empower people, leaders, and teams to grow, connect, and perform their best. As an expert in teamwork, leadership, and emotional intelligence, I teach techniques that allow people and organizations to be more authentic and effective. Find out more about how I can help you and your team achieve your goals today. You can also listen to my podcast here.
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