THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

vulnerability connects

Thoughts and concepts that pop up in our every day lives can help shape us as leaders. And real, vulnerable stories challenge us to connect us as humans. Explore how we’re growing and expanding our views.

Relational Fear

Relational Fear

A few nights ago, I attended a beautifully organized event – a cool venue, servers walking around with crackers covered with crab, and a Baltimore celebrity speaker. The event was a little intimidating to me because it was filled with many potential clients.

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Self Awareness Lessons

Self Awareness Lessons

“It’s not that your requests are unreasonable. I just don’t like how they feel.”
That was Chris’s brave comment to me last night after I gave my oldest daughter a long list of chores for the week. He actually tried to secretly help her with one of them.

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People Pleasing And Why You Do It

People Pleasing And Why You Do It

People pleasing is often manipulative and counterproductive. When I try to please others, I attach strings to my words and actions, trying to manipulate people to like me. Nobody likes to feel controlled or manipulated! Also, people pleasing sucks the life out of me because I am often rejecting myself in the process and feeling like a big phony.

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Alcoholism In Unlikely Places

Alcoholism In Unlikely Places

Over the past couple of years, I’ve been asked several times, “Why don’t you want a drink? What’s wrong?” as many of the social and networking events I attend are centered around alcohol.

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Letting Go & Self Acceptance

Letting Go & Self Acceptance

A few years ago, during my week of Myers-Briggs certification training, I immediately noticed a man who resembled my dad. The man had the same skeptical and thoughtful questions my dad would have had, the same unexpected sarcasm, and the same posture of confidence and deep thought. It was an uncanny resemblance. No doubt, he shared the same personality type preferences as my dad.

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Love What You Do

Love What You Do

As we started our 10-hour drive back home yesterday from South Carolina, I could feel stress building for both me and Chris. We were getting short with one another, and the conversations were less fluid. We had taken several days off work and were about to face the pile of work that accumulated while we were gone.

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