Competence: Skill in action

Curiosity, Creativity, Courage… three skills cultivated through practice built on compassion as authenticity and gratitude. Consistent practice builds competence in these skills. With successful outcomes from our efforts, we gain confidence in our ability to execute these skills and even transfer these skills to other contexts and situations. We call these transferable skills. When I… Read More

Cultivating Confidence

I’m so grateful that Yoga has helped me reframe my life as a journey of Inspired Living. An adventure of learning the skills of Curiosity, Creativity and Courage in practice of doing what matters most. In being my most authentic compassionate self, I build confidence and competence to be me, in process, perfectly imperfect me…. Read More

Courage of a Cowboy

Do you have it? As the daughter of a Bull Rider, I don’t know that I’ve ever really FELT brave, but I have had a lot of opportunities to practice. My folks met in Rodeo Club in college. Dad rode bulls and broncs (that’s a horse) and bareback (a horse without a saddle). Mom raced… Read More

Life as a Creative Practice

Creativity as a Practice “There are no rules to creativity.” At least according to Laura Jaworski. Whether you consider yourself creative or not, for many, creativity is both completely captivating and entirely frightening. Perhaps Laura’s no rules perspective makes creativity feel too risky? And yet the temptation for something new often outweighs the risks. Creativity… Read More

Curiosity killed the Cat (Inspired Shift, step 2)

Curiosity killed the cat.” That’s like saying hunger made me fat. Curiosity is the magic that drives inquiry, passion and engagement. Walt Disney identified curiosity as one of the 4 conditions that make dreams come true along with courage, consistency and confidence. I don’t know of a test or assessment tool for measuring Curiosity, but… Read More

Inspired Shift: Embrace change

As Winter starts to shift toward Spring, I find my sense of energy increasing and my enthusiasm for shift waking up! It’s been a long, hard few years and I’ve been hanging on to a sense of “normal” with a death grip. Truth be told, I’m not even sure what normal should look like! But… Read More