3 Tips on How to Deal With Difficult Work Situations

The boss isn’t being fair. Co-workers are being being difficult, putting us in tough situations. It’s hard to focus on the work because of so much drama other people are creating for no good reason. It becomes particularly frustrating because we can’t fight back against toxic co-workers or the boss no matter how unfair it might seem for the fear of being seen as a whiner or a ‘difficult person’. With so much uncertainty and chaos at work these days, […]

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Embrace the Chaos Life Manifesto: 3 Lessons on How to Deal with Uncertainty and Randomness

I spent the last few years trying to learn and understand this life experiment called, Embrace the Chaos, where I am learning how to move forward. Although you can never be certain of anything, I have attempted to write down some core beliefs and ways I am learning to deal with uncertainty in life and coping with uncertainty that allows me to live happier and more fulfilled. Below is a summary of a “Manifesto” that I have developed based on […]

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Move Forward Because One Thing Always Leads to Another

The kids were driving me crazy! I needed to get their energy expressed somehow but it was very windy and cold outside. I just couldn’t take their whining anymore and needed some air. So I took them for their first ever, “run” in a nearby park. By chance, I grabbed some bread on our way out, for the deer at the petting zoo which I thought we might visit on the way back from the run. Off we went for […]

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5 Lessons I Learned on How to Stop Overthinking

The overthinking chatter going on inside my head is one of the biggest problems I struggle with as I learn to deal with uncertainty of life and the unpredictability of a career.  Normally, it’s fine to have a pro/con debate about choices you want to make in life but so often I’ve found the overthinking to be associated with paralyzing negative thoughts.  “No, you can’t do that!”, “that’s just not logical or reasonable” or “why take a chance?”, “stop dreaming […]

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Better to have made a thousand mistakes than to have one single regret: 4 Lessons on How to Move Forward After a Mistake

I felt like someone hit me in my stomach. Nervous, anxious, serious all rolled up into one giant ball of anxiety strung up so tight that the lightest of words would shatter my confidence revealing my fragile self. My palms were balmy. My forehead felt the bead of sweat starting to crystallize. I had made a mistake. Not a big one but who knows? It was unpredictable. I thought I was doing the right thing. A really good thing. Ethical, […]

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