Growth begins with seeing your patterns clearly enough to decide which ones still serve you and which ones need to change.
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In a world dominated by social media highlights, created personas, and carefully crafted digital identities—and now even AI influencers—authenticity is becoming the most valuable currency of all.
Last week during our weekly Skeen Stronghold call, we introduced the concept of drama, and how it can show up in our lives.
As we begin 2025, we have a fresh opportunity to look at the year as a blank page, taking inventory and making necessary changes in our lives. It’s the perfect time to reflect on what might be holding us back and…
Ever known someone who is seemingly caught in a continual cycle of drama, moving from one crisis to the next without missing a beat?
The reality is, we all go through periods in our lives when negative things happen to us, sometimes in a cluster or streak of bad events and outcomes.
Here’s a quick story that I shared with the Skeen Stronghold group this past Monday. As I was driving home last week, a simple moment of clarity struck me.
One of the books that I’ve recently been using as a teaching tool is Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics by Marsha Sinetar, Ph.D.
Last week during the Skeen Stronghold, we explored the power of fierce conversations and how transformative they can be in our personal and professional lives. We discussed how these honest, courageous dialogues can…
Imagine you’re a hermit crab, cozy and safe inside your shell. It’s your home, your protection against the harsh world outside. Life is good. But there comes a time when this shell just doesn’t fit anymore. It becomes…
In the realm of leadership, executives and CEOs often find themselves immersed in the ceaseless ebb and flow of thoughts. The dynamic, day-to-day nature of decision-making, strategic planning, and management can create…
I am a Baltimore boy, born and raised. Baltimore is known for the Chesapeake Bay and blue crabs. Ripping open a blue crab steamed in Old Bay is something everyone should do…at least once.
Our “stories” lead to drama because, while they were prompted by actual facts, they become blended with our prejudices, fears, slights, and wounds from the past. They stir up feelings that rile us up and for which we…
Drama occurs when you turn some small slight or problem into something big and bad! And you may be doing this all of the time. Two of the most important skills you can master in life are learning to differentiate facts…
I define drama as emotional arousal without a real cause. The tricky part here is that drama always seems to have a real cause. But, in truth, drama arises not from the circumstances of life but from our own mind. In…
You may not think of yourself as someone who has entitlements but, most likely, you do! Entitlements are expectations of how you think things should go. Let’s see if any of these fit you:
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