Category: Empowerment & Resilience

How to Be Resilient on the Journey to DEI

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) work is tough.   It requires resilience.   I know if I don’t have it, I can’t do this important work.   Simple Ways to Practice Resilience   I have outlined very clear steps on how to be resilient as a person experiencing discrimination and as an ally in a… Continue reading How to Be Resilient on the Journey to DEI

How to Use Anger Constructively

What’s your personal relationship with anger?   For a lot of us, we are socialized to look at anger in a very narrow way.   We learn to see it as destructive, bad, and at times, manipulative.   We are also socialized to resist feeling or expressing anger because it’s perceived as not becoming.  … Continue reading How to Use Anger Constructively

Why Goal-Setting is Ineffective & How to Make it Effective

There’s something I keep repeating: Get clear on your goals to achieve what you want.   It sounds easy but have your found yourself asking: How exactly do I do that?   OR   Have you been in a situation where you thought you were clear, achieved your goal but didn’t actually feel you got… Continue reading Why Goal-Setting is Ineffective & How to Make it Effective

Your 3-Step Plan to Effectively Speak-Up

Can you picture it?   You’re at a work holiday party, a friend’s get-together or visiting your family.   Inevitably a topic comes up that you don’t want to talk about.   This time, you want to avoid being in the discussion entirely OR, avoid blurting out exactly what’s on your mind in a way that… Continue reading Your 3-Step Plan to Effectively Speak-Up

Work Effectively Under Stress Series – Part 2

  In my last post I introduced 2 steps on how to work effectively under stress. These steps make up part of your support system. They are to pause and purge. You can read about it again here.   In the second part of this 2-part series I want to share 3 more steps that… Continue reading Work Effectively Under Stress Series – Part 2