“You are so beautiful,” Ned, my boss, said while caressing my hand. What?! My mind screamed and heart rate accelerated while …

“Why did I say “yes”? I complained while dropping onto bed fully dressed. My schedule was too full already, but I knew exactly why I said “yes.” I was afraid to say “no.”  …

Society has placed a premium on appearances, but it is our inner beauty that really determines our impact on the world. Each day we spend time deciding what clothes we wear, fixing our hair, and putting on makeup. We seldom think about it, but we also choose ...

“I can’t take this anymore! I quite!” Helen yelled as she stomped out of the office. Silence followed her stunned staff members.

Can you recall a time when conflict interrupted daily life? Conflict seems to find a way to shake up even the most functional families, teams, organizations, and societies.

Anxiety, like a contagion, moves rapidly from person to person. As we choose to decrease the pull of anxiety tornados, we promote life balance for ourselves and everyone around us.

Large businesses have known for years that having an articulated purpose statement and values can provide valuable guidance and motivation promoting organizational success. The same holds true for small businesses such as private medical clinics, or units of larger clinical systems.

Ethics plays a role in almost every decision we make and the various demands on our lives can make it difficult to face moral dilemmas with wisdom. Strengthening one’s ethical foundation can help…

My research focused on ethics education and professional development, gathered numerous ideas from very experienced leaders across industries on what helps professionals deal with moral dilemmas and the pressures put on individuals in business.

Do you finish your work week feeling like everyone has taken a piece of you and the only piece left wants to crash on the couch? Does ‘that’ appointment (you know the one) refuse to move.

A path focused on helping others includes a variety of intersections. Many options are good, yet it can be hard to know which are the most effective and sustainable.

Have you ever seen a preschooler doing a prolonged wheelie on a tricycle? Short legs pumping hard to turn the pedals, red streamers flying off the handle bars while the front wheel is up in the air. No? Neither have I.

Healthy boundaries create guidelines promoting resilient and sustainable caring. Like a white picket fence around a yard, boundaries are limits designating what we are and aren’t responsible for.

While leading a healing group for women escaping abusive relationships, there was a young woman curled up in a corner afraid to look around. In seeing such deep suffering my heart went out to her with a desire to help alleviate the pain.