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Slow Dance Poem
Yesterday, I was reminded of this Slow Dance Poem printed in the book by Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week. I recall reading this poem when my company was gaining momentum in sales and gaining territory each year. They were good times! Our nurses had more work than they needed, and everything was going to plan. Adrenaline-pumping, high-achieving me was saying, ‘ More, do more, work harder’. I was also meditating and an avid reader of all kinds of leadership books. One book I read was The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. The poem titled ‘Slow Dance’ was towards the back. I read the words. Then I sat quietly, looked up,…
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My break up with social media
In 2020 I began what I call my break up with social media. In 2021 there was a day when my break up with social media came down to clicking the delete buttons – if I could find them! I persevered, and I did find the right buttons. I pressed delete and exited from Facebook and Instagram for ethical and safety reasons: about women, children, and challenging the norm. Women For some time, I had listened to women of every age share how social media stir up emotions of anxiety, depression, overwhelm, low self-worth, comparison, not feeling good enough, loss of self-confidence, lack, a failure. Women I was coaching were…
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Handle Your Resistance
I could see the parts of me playing a tug-of-war in my writing mission. One wanted to keep me safe, loved and belonging - not interested in me risking the love of my mother in sharing my story as a memoir; and the other, the adult me, who had a vision that far outweighed the fear in me...
