Whatever “hard” things you are challenged by today: What would make it easy?

Exhaustion settles into the bones, and left untended will weaken the matrix. If you think you’re alone, you aren’t.

We are going to have to lean into the reality that truth is rarely found in the binary. Humans are wonderfully, brilliantly complex creatures.

What *is* of value is examining the truth of the stories I’m telling myself and asking if the lens I am choosing is one that increases or diminishes my desire and ability to respond with compassion.

Our commitment to this bootstraps-grit-rugged-individualism legacy is every bit as false and damaging as the prince charming fairytales of our youth.

When we can’t forgive those who have wounded us, we amplify the trauma and it becomes a barrier to us fully healing.

We help each other when we recognize fear, fatigue and frustration as part of our shared experience and make the choice to respond with compassion.

Resilience is a resource. No resource is limitless. Do not allow others to weaponize your previously demonstrated resilience against you..

Every one of us has the terrible power – even if only by default – to amplify the pain. Or we can commit to becoming mitigators of the pain.

It is amazing what happens when we drop our fists, unclench our hands, allow ourselves to be curious about how others are making sense of the world.

Healthcare and coaching meet in both research and practice: asking questions and in finding pathways to solutions at the intersection of humans and healthcare.

Even our most adaptive competencies become maladaptive when taken to the extreme. Resilience is a critical skill, one that has been both overplayed and weaponized.

There’s value in leaning in when people are angry and hurting – value for them and value for us.