Sep 26, 2023 | assertiveness, boundaries, personal development, relationships
How do you turn someone down? Every day, we are presented with “opportunities.” They may come in the form of an invitation to a fundraising event, a party, or even just a casual dinner with friends. They could be a request for your help like counseling a friend...
Aug 30, 2023 | boundaries, boundary setting, personal development, relationships
Since I’ve been on this boundary journey, I am constantly looking for lessons, examples, and boundaries in action. This past weekend, I discovered them at the Nashville Zoo. My husband and I were in town visiting family, and we decided to take our 2-year-old...
Aug 29, 2023 | assertiveness, boundaries, boundary setting, podcasts, relationships
I join Joe Curcillo to talk about healthy boundary setting and my new book, “You Had Me at No: How Setting Healthy Boundaries Helps Banish Burnout, Repair Relationships, and Save Your Sanity” on The Cigar Lounge, the official podcast of the Cigar Peg. Tune...
Aug 29, 2023 | assertiveness, book, boundaries, boundary setting, relationships, sales
“If you let everyone pick your brain, your brain will be picked clean.” If you’re an expert in any subject, there’s a good chance that someone has, at some point, asked you for advice about whatever you do. Perhaps you’re an accountant with extensive knowledge of tax...
Aug 14, 2023 | personal development, relationships, resilience
It was late January of 2016 when I attended my women’s mastermind group against the advice of just about everyone. Two days earlier, I had been in a car accident, my poor little Toyota Corolla flipping 5 times before coming to a stop on the shoulder of the parkway....
Jan 3, 2020 | Business, goal setting, happiness at work, personal development, relationships
My refrigerator is a very scary place. Not like Ghostbusters scary with an evil dog/monster creature that will ultimately lead to possession. It’s not even a “Bachelor Fridge,” a barren wasteland with a case of beer and three-week old pizza languishing in the box. No,...
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