Dr. Marsha Linehan, neuroscientist and founder of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) said that “Emotions love themselves. They perpetuate themselves. Mood creates momentum.” For decades, she examined the relationship between feelings, actions, and thoughts. Here’s what Dr. Linehan means when she said that mood creates momentum. We stew in anger, create in liberation, hide in fear, expand …
In 1972, Judy (Syfers) Brady wrote a satirical article for the fledgling Ms. Magazine entitled, I Want a Wife. I remember reading this piece while in my doctoral program and finding it humorous to imagine a trailblazing woman wanting a disempowered wife. I also found it sad because so many people believed that those stereotypes were …
If you’ve been following my month in Croatia on LinkedIn, you read my three-part reflection about my bus adventures. I’ve been traveling by bus in Croatia for nearly ten years and you would think that I would have mastered it by now, right? Not even close. Two weeks ago, while sitting in a suffocatingly smoky …
Because trailblazers create new methods by disrupting old ones, you will face resistance at some point in your journey. People form all sorts of opinions about the changes you want to make, the way you make them, and the simple reality of you taking up space. Come on. You’re rocking the boat, and some folks …
Last week, I visited the town of Samobor. It is located 25 km west of Zagreb which lies on the eastern part of the Samoborsko gorje Hill Range along the Gradna River. I wanted to visit Samobor because it is the home of the famous desert called kremšnita. For years I’ve wanted to eat the custard dessert …
MM: You are a TEDx speaker and you travel around the country giving talks, one of which is called “Why Powerful Women are Scary.” What inspired you to delve into this topic? RB:To put it simply, the idea behind this talk was based on frustration. A lot of my clients are incredibly intelligent, hard working, …
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Traveling has been integral to my life since I was young. As a middle schooler, I used to read and transport myself into diverse worlds. I even used to sit on the living room floor for hours poring through encyclopedias. I wanted to learn about all the places and people I encountered in my books. As a …
It’s not your thoughts that make you suffer. It’s the thoughts you attach to them that make you suffer. Thoughts about thoughts? Previously, my thought about all that thinking was that it was a bunch of nonsensical mental gymnastics for desperate people who wanted to escape reality. Talk about a thought! That was life …
Last fall I joined a friend for a fire walk. For the record, risk avoidance has been my operating system for most of my life. Sure. I love an adventure and by that, I mean a carefully curated adventure. I have learned to shift my relationship with the unknown over the past year, but I …
Goal obstacles Imagine that slowly unfolding desire or that stagnant goal that you focus on 24/7. It feels frustrating, right? After all, you know why it matters. You’ve created the vision board and outlined the plan. You bookend your day visualizing the goal as a reality. And, yet, you still feel scared and frustrated that …
