Author: steamengine

We aren’t taught how to feel feelings. Emotions come up, and we try to hide them, pretend they don’t exist, or we let them make our decisions for us. Maybe our emotions invite us to just react without thinking. This

Sometimes we don’t really think about the power of community. Community can be there to support us through life’s ups and downs as well as be a place of connection. This episode highlights a guest, Tara (my sister), who had

Whether your are religious or not, there is a sense that we are called. Each of us is called to be the best version of us that we can be. We are called to a higher purpose, perhaps to achieve

When events happen in our life, we often are left with big blanks – huge holes of missing information. We are left wondering why did that person do or say that. Our mind can’t stand not knowing. So we fill

Authenticity and influence are related. At the higher levels of influence, our influence goes up the more authentic we are with people. We are taught to appear like we’ve got it all together, otherwise people won’t follow us, but the

We often get so caught up in our own world view, that it’s nearly impossible to see a different perspective. Our perceptions are colored by our beliefs. Our beliefs are colored by our perceptions. And sometimes it’s like we are

There are things we go after in our life where we put in a halfhearted effort. We just the minimum. And then there are other things in our life that we go after with a no holds barred, “whatever it

Making change in your life can be challenging and uncomfortable. Sometimes things are really complex and it’s difficult to determine who to make the change. And often, we’d like other change, and that is even more challenging. Listen to hear

We all have a conditioning that tells us we need to appear a certain way to be loved, accepted, respected, and admired. So we show up with a need to: be right appear perfect be powerful appear like we’ve got

Often times we are so caught up in trying to be heard, that we miss out on affirming other people. Others then feel like they’ve not been heard and start pushing hard to be heard as well. We end up