Posts by Coaching - Living Out Loud
Taking Feedback (to Heart)
A colleague who just heard your presentation at work is giving you some feedback that you were too quiet, didn’t get to the point quickly enough, and lacked a compelling example. Your breathing goes shallow and your body stiffens, your heart speeds up, and you look around to see if anyone is in earshot of…
Read MoreTaking a Stand – Self-sabotage disguised
Taking a Stand There comes a time when it is time to take a stand. Many of the decisions we make are easily done because of their relative importance, or when you’ve done it it’s done. Lifestyle changes made consciously are decisions of a different nature in that they are a series of small decided…
Read MoreBurnout
Burnout“My candle burns at both ends/it will not last the night.” —Edna St. Vincent MillayBurnout resists simple definitions because it affects so many aspects of an individual’s life. In their book, Beyond Burnout, authors David Welch, Donald Medeiros, and George Tate, describe burnout as a condition that affects us physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.…
Read MoreSaying the Hard Thing
How to Have that Difficult Conversation “There are no classes in life for beginners,” wrote poet Rainer Maria Rilke. “Right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.”Saying the hard thing can be one of the most difficult things we ever do. And for many of us, just thinking about doing…
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