Posts Tagged ‘healing’
Maximize Your One Life
by Odilia McLeod 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝘂𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲. It was the belief that I had more time. A client recently asked me what it was like to walk away from my 35-year corporate career. The honest…
Read MoreGetting Back Up After the Dust Settles
by Odilia McLeod 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. They begin with an event or situation that shakes us to our core. A layoff. A loss. A relationship ending. A health scare. A dream that didn’t unfold the way we imagined. In the beginning, there is often only dust and confusion. We find…
Read MoreA Quiet Sense of Dread!
by Odilia McLeod Sunday evenings used to come with a quiet sense of dread. At first, I ignored it. Then it became impossible to shake. By Sunday afternoon, I was already mentally at work. I would open my laptop, “just for a minute,” and instantly felt the heaviness in my chest return. From the outside, my…
Read MoreMaking Space for Mindful Decision Making
by Odilia McLeod I remember looking at my calendar week after week and realizing 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸. Every hour was booked, back-to-back meetings, calls, email and Slack messages in between. I was constantly moving from one conversation to the next, with little or no dedicated time to fully process it…
Read MoreIntrinsic Motivation
by Odilia McLeod Work, at its core, is an exchange. A transaction. After decades in corporate environments, I’ve come to see this more clearly, something I wish I had understood early in my career. We give our time, energy, and talent. In return, we’re compensated, we grow, we contribute, and there can be real fulfillment…
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