Subject: What you don't want to feel (but do)
What you don't want to feel (but do)
August 24th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTI could barely keep my emotions in check (my voice was shaking almost as much as my hands were). It was just a few weeks after I'd been promoted to partner, and I'd been wrestling with an issue for another partner's client (and former mentor). Unce ...
Do affirmations really work?
August 17th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTI'd rather hear nails on a chalk board than have to listen to yet another self-appointed personal development "expert" tell me how they. . .manifested their dream life,attracted everything they wanted, and/orself-affirmed their way to confidence.As i ...
Wanted to prove myself (but failed spectacularly)
August 10th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTRaise your hand if you've ever wanted to prove yourself so badly that you ended up doing something out-of-character that led to failing (in spectacular fashion). It was July 3rd, and instead of heading out to dinner with my family, I was on the pho ...
Why willpower fails (every time)
August 3rd, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTThat moment you try to hide the number on the scale (from your husband). Yes, that was me 9 months after giving birth to my 2nd child (Noah). Although I'd lost some of my baby weight, I wasn't where I wanted to be. And I was nowhere near where I'd b ...
An essential ingredient to success & balance
July 27th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTWorking too much. . . yet still struggling to get everything done? Spending too much time doing things you don't want to be doing (and very little time doing the things you actually want to do)? You're in good company (in my experience, most dedicate ...
The power of a post-it note (will shock you)
July 20th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTStomach full of knots, feeling a bit (okay, a LOT) nauseous. I wanted to make like an ostrich and bury my head in the sand. It was July 2009, and I was staring at my revenue numbers for the year to date. I wasn't even close to being half-way to my go ...
#1 tip to increase productivity
July 13th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTI kept thinking "Heather, what's wrong with you?" It was busy season as a corporate finance attorney (October - December are by far the busiest months). My team and I were more than busy. We were slammed. [I'd even turned down work from my biggest c ...
How to not have regrets
July 6th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTI was so stunned that I audibly gasped. Okay, so let me back up a moment... I was having lunch with a dear friend mentor several years after he retired, and it was time to tell him that I was leaving law to start a new business. Heart racing, I nervo ...
This is uncomfortable (because it's true)
June 29th, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTShe didn't want to hear it. . . But I was determined to say it. It was the Summer of 1990, and my friend *Anna* was dating a cute boy who was pressuring her to do things she didn't want to do. [Okay, so Anna wasn't her real name. I've changed it.] A ...
The most wonderful time of the year (that wasn't)
June 22nd, 2021 at 8:00 am CDTDriving home after a long day at work, oblivious to the twinkling red white lights (that were everywhere) and irritated by The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year mockingly playing in the background. . . I burst into tears. I was barely holding it toget ...